Channa I would dump CO except that the two destinations I care most about for using my own miles are EWR and TLV...for those purposes, UA stinks bad (from SEA)...so CO will always be in the back of my mind when it comes to miles, even when they're hard to use, because those are the places I'm most likely to need to use them in an emergency. (God forbid)

Cigar: I was wondering about that, but hadn't researched it yet. No AA miles on BA is a joke, you're right...that rules OneWorld and AA right out the door. That brings me back to adding UA/Star or sticking with SkyTeam. Seeing as how I am looking at no EQM penalties on my Int'l travel, the corp agent stuff isn't a big turnoff there. I guess the question at that point is then: Is building up another program worthwhile for my domestic travel needs and/or having reward options. That's tough. I'm uncertain as to how flexibile the corp travel options are in many situations either.

Sounds like I'll just have to play this by ear as I move through the job the first few months...I suspected that would be the answer, but I wanted to ask in case there were some facts or keen insights I might be missing. Thanks everyone.