I would go to the US Airways thread & enroll in all the bonuses. You may get double miles, etc. With double miles, you may have nearly enough for a free domestic tix. Worth a try. I flew US in 1997 (LAX-CMH), got about 7K w/signup bonus at that time. Last year, a $438 LAX-FRA fare for Sat/Sun outbound/return. (more $$ for those days!). Superb price for mid June travel. Could not pass that up! What was sweeter was that the CLT-FRA leg was oversold & they offered $400 cash/$600 voucher. I took the voucher & flew 2 more domestic RT's. Made Silver on return of 2nd. RT. Just took trip from LAX-RDU (LA to Raleigh, NC). Now have 62K in account. Not bad for spending $750 total!