Goat fits underneath seat in front. If in bulkhead, place goat in bassinet.

CO miles reward ticket to Air Astana Gateway (AMS). CO Plat ----> BD Gold ----> 4L Gold Comp. Fly to land of Borat on Flag Carrier for segment credit resulting in 4L Luggage Tags! Find way to THR on fly-by-night airlines flying seventh-hand ex-soviet rustbuckets. Enjoy Saha Air 707. Return portion of CO Award is open-jaw Ex-THR on AF THR-CDG-IAH/ATL. Problem solved :D

Edited to add - If open-jaw in a different reward zone isn't possible, reward ticket outbound to IST (which should be in the same zone as THR, and is also a 4L gateway).

And chicken takes up even less space.

What about my cloned sheep?

You know you're really tempting me on this one... AMS, Air Astana, several countries I've not visited, 707s, and Soviet rustbuckets? Count me in!

No, but do they charge $25 for a second checked bag? ;)

But I also wonder about earlier widebodies, like this A300:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/VASP/...203/0230594/L/

The picture is taken in 2001!

Can we have your stuff if you don't make it back?

I have yet to nab an A300 or A310. I figure I can hop an AA A300 out of MIA whenever. Getting that elusive A310 is a bit trickier. OK is always so expensive on the PRG nonstops. I have considered RJ, as they offer good prices HKG-BKK, but there's only a limited number of flights per week.

I was about to post a few minutes back with "who cares about the return legs", but I found that to be too mean... :p

Yep, odds are the NW DC-9-30 and DC-9-40 I'm scheduled to fly two weeks from now were considered "older" aircraft when that 707 was built. I've flown a couple of DC-9s on NW in the last six months that were delivered while LBJ was still President. :eek: A late Ford administration 707 is a youngster compared to those -9s.

You know it's sad when NW could replace some DC-9s with some used 727s, 707s, and L-1011s and actually reduce its average fleet age by several years.

[deleted] I might actually try to get on a Yak-40 :D

A310 I did it on KL in 1995 AMS-TLV.

A300... Well imagine this. 10 year old kid. First time to Europe. Arrived at the futuristic CDG T1. Seeing a Concorde parked at next gate. And a couple weeks later, boarded an Airbus for LHR.

I'm sure all those first time flyer on Skybus out of CMH must be just as excited. ;)

Here are some obscure options for getting to Tehran from Almaty (no direct service that I can find).

Almaty, Kazakhstan - Ashgabat, Turkmenistan:
Turkmenistan Airways Yak-42

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - Baku, Azerbaijan
Lufthansa A333 (even has F)
Azerbaijan Hava Yollari Airlines Yak-40; or
Uzbekistan Airways Avro RJ-85

Baku, Azerbaijan - Tehran, Iran
Azerbaijan Hava Yollari Airlines (can't find what equipment they operate to THR, but a 737-800 it probably ain't :D)

I better not get any sort of notice in the mail that Lurker1999 or rkkwan has taken out a life insurance policy on me.

The A300 is a piece of cake (and one I already have, thanks to AA). The others are definitely not on my Flight Memory yet. :(