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Old Nov 3, 2007, 12:56 pm
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Punki
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Seattle
Programs: Ephesians 4:31-32
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Hunki and I are very lucky in that we work together and travel together, which makes it a lot more fun.

Starting in 1999, when we switched to UA to get upgraded on the original PIP plane, we have both flown over 100,000 miles a year on UA. For a long time we also maintained AS MVP Gold status, but we dropped that a couple of years ago, when it became almost impossible to upgrade AS transcons. This year we will, however, make AS MVP.

We frequently travel around the US, sometimes for work (which always includes some fun), sometimes just for fun, and sometimes just to see our daughter perform, which is also fun.

We usually take three or four international trips a year and try to get in at least one new country a year. This year we added The Netherlands, Denmark, and will be going to New Zealand for the first time next week, on the great UA Biz class deal. We are pretty old, so we most likely won't run out of new countries.

Our status is Platinum with Starwood and Diamond with Hilton. Both have special benefits that we enjoy, so we do both.

In addition, we take three or four little cruises every year, and have recently fallen in love with Argentine Tango. Thus far, we have only attened one Tango Fesitval and that was in PDX, but we look forward to dancing at Tango Festivals all around the world, once we get past the beginner stage.
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