Living in Europe and regularly doing TATLs helped inflate my average flight distance. :-:

They can not. When it comes to detail, I believe that the best they can do is get the last 3 or so years. Furthermore, I believe that the standard OnePass agents will not be able to provide you with this detail.

And this does cheapen the experience a bit IMHO.

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Ahhhh yes, my commutes to BUD last year did wonders for me as well.

especially if you ask for a glass of champagne , and they bring you a plastic cup.

If I do the IAH-LHR fare, I will have achieved Plat for ~$3,500 this year. What's everyone else sitting on total spend for status this year? (if you don't mind sharing)

I feel like I robbed CO.

Last year I spent a cool $10k for a mixture of work and pleasure travel and almost made Gold.

Good afternoon Box!

An exciting morning so far... Cable guy came and set up the cable TV and Internet at our new place and the TV delivery guy dropped off my new HDTV. I don't watch a ton of TV, but I think I'm in love! ^

HA--particularly when you have paid a considerable amount for the fare (not a cheapy fare).

^

What kind of HDTV? LED? I saw a 40" Samsung LED at Best Buy for $1,200 and really thought about stimulating the economy.

I haven't calculated my CO Spend for 2009. I haven't booked a BD-earning fare for over 3cpm, though (and would hazard a guess that I averaged about 2.5cpm, mostly in F). :D

Almost $700 for 19k EQMs in Y seems a little high to me. Have you considered waiting until the cheap end of year PHL-West coast fares come out to see if you could piece something together for less?

I don't have the exact number in front of me right now, but I reached Plat for $2-2.5k. I'll come close to double-Plat for right around $4k.

I stimulated the economy with a 46" Samsung LED LCD - the picture color and quality is absolutely stunning! I can't wait until tonight's Yankee game. :D

I wanted to go a little larger (50-52) but the other half said it had to be under 50". She didn't put up a fight with me buying the thing, so I gladly complied. 46" actually turned out to be a very nice size for the room it is in.

Exactly. I chuckled at some of the Asian passengers on my recent flights who looked at the plastic with a "what the..." look.

Hang it from the ceiling Jerry Jones style!

There are some more classy plastic cup options if it is indeed some restriction on US carriers using plastic cups.

I have purchased once a very heavy crystal looking plastic cup that would up the looks quite a bit. The cup itself was not heavy, but it had the look of more quality than just the standard squatty clear solo cup.