One more side note:

This year, my international travels were to Moscow, Hong Kong, Busan (Korea), Bologna (Italy), and Phillipines (although that last trip was cancelled). After review of all the major airlines (airfare, frequency, etc.) the best options (surprisingly) were almost always with Delta and Delta partners as compared with American and United. Korean's pricing to Hong Kong was so fantastic that it outweighed the somewhat more frequent and shorter flights on the other airlines (why pay $6200+ on UA, SQ, or CX to HK when I could travel on KE for $3100??). With Moscow and Korea, Delta and Delta partners were by far the best on options and price.

I really was surprised by this result.