Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 11597236)

Don't want to make a fool of myself here...

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 11597231)

Yeah...6+ seems like a slam dunk. I'm booked with ~2 right now which means sitting in the lounge or just wandering around the airport, both of which I'm fine with. I guess the real question is if I should bother making the change if it nets me only a 4 hour layover. I figure we'd only have ~2 hours at most outside of the airport, right? It has been too long since I've been there to remember if that is ever worth bothering with.

And it all may be moot as I'm having trouble finding 2 seats on any of the later flights back to the states, but I'm still working on that.

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11597243)

Isn't that the entire point of Teh Box? :D

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 11597195)

Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 11597204)

Hope you get out before the weather hits.

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11597232)

You should try to combine GIG with a GRU-JNB-CPT run on SA, if you can spare the vacation time and find award availability on SA (or just earn to your *A account on a Y ticket). I'd really like to do SCL-AKL, GRU-JNB, EZE-CPT, JNB-PER/SYD to round out my Southern Hemisphere lines. :D

Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 11597262)

After reading CO Insider's reply to the "Denied Companion Upgrade" thread, I'm left wondering about the value of the OLCI and adding a companion to the list.

If I am a Gold and do not split the PNR, my chances for an upgrade 3 days out or at any EUA run are low. However, if I do check-in 2 hours before the flight, I can add my companion to the list.

I guess the question becomes, do I want to ensure an upgrade for at least one person or risk not getting an upgrade at all?

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 11597260)

You're really not helping. Though, the GRU-JNB-CPT would be some cool lines to be had. I keep thinking I'm going to a US-FRA-EZE run to get some other weird lines. :)

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 11597294)

IMO, it's always worth having at least one of you up front. The only benefit to OLCI without a split PNR at +2 hours is you can add your own companion. I'd rather splt the PNR, get one upgrade and talk to an agent to have my companion added to the list.

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 11597294)

IMO, it's always worth having at least one of you up front. The only benefit to OLCI without a split PNR at +2 hours is you can add your own companion. I'd rather splt the PNR, get one upgrade and talk to an agent to have my companion added to the list.

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 11597247)

Well, if you do not want the stress of leaving the airport, at least it is a good one to hang around.

Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 11596932)

Just a guest visitor to the Box (...hope that is allowed!) Love all the banter here! Such an escape from some of the all-too-serious threads out there!

Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 11597324)

I have thought about the GRU-JNB route for years, or maybe one of EK's routes to S. America.