Yeah- it's a real trade-off- Concorde was great to fly once, but JFK-LHR is too short to fully enjoy on the overnight flights, IMHO.

But, big picture, it's a nice dilemma to have

I probably know the T+Cs of the Qantas program better than any other (program, that is, not person!), and I've never even flown them. Once you learn its quirks (rules, mileage basis for awards, etc.), it compliments a traditional US program nicely- except the fact that there are no changes allowed after departure- that one scares the h*ll out of me no matter how you look at it. That's one of the biggest things scaring me away from the 300,000 point RTW, which I otherwise consider to be a great deal.

[This message has been edited by landspeed (edited 11-09-2002).]