<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by eastwest:
...As you can see, I found plenty of conflicting information. It piques my curiousity though, and makes me want to go all the more. </font>
eastwest , I have nothing of substance to add to the intl side, having never flown internationally yet. I have found on UA that sometimes you have to keep trying to get a res agent who understands the notion of the "unintentional" last-flight-in-one-day first-flight-out-next-day and gives the correct fare.
[GRAMMAR POLICE ON] But mostly I just want to say that I'm delighted to find someone who who knows that the word is "pique" not "peak"

I'll bet you even know it's "
flout the rules" not "
flaunt the rules." [GRAMMAR POLICE OFF]