OK, so I am finally doing it. Today I "pulled the trigger" on a fare I have been playing with for a couple of weeks now. With this I will make Platinum on Flying Blue :-)

The Run:
CDG-IAH-SFO-IAH-DFW-EWR-CDG, all done over a weekend, CO X-fare for €528 all-in.

Questions/Requests:
1) What do I tell the immigration officer at IAH?

2) I have just under 4 hours at SFO on Saturday (8 December) night (from 20:15 - 00:30). Any ideas what to do?

3) I'll be passing through IAH (roughly 6-9am), DFW (roughly 10:30am-12noon) and EWR (roughly 16:30-18:30) this Sunday (9 December). If anybody would be kind enough to let me into a President's Club / any other lounge, I would be VERY grateful.

4) Is it worth taking my laptop with me? Does CO have power-points at the back of the bus?

Sorry if I am asking all the wrong questions. I'd like to think of myself as a pretty savvy traveller but this is my first MR :-)

Thanks in advance!