I don't mind traveling one week, then the next, but the ping-ponging around with only 12 hours at home drives me bonkers. Especially when it involves polar opposite climate types and time zone differences of 9 - 12 hours.

e.g. FLL, FRA, ABQ in 5 days.

Where are these pics? I've tried to find them on A.net and can't locate them.

After reading about the impending sale of BD, I just blew through 100K BD mi. for a quickie trip to Japan next February:

LAX-NRT NH F - 40K mi. + 480GBP (mi. + cash award)

NRT-LAX SQ C - 60K mi. + 108GBP (mi. award & taxes)

I was wondering what your move was going to be on that front. I'm going to wait a bit on burning my points, mostly because I'm all booked up on trips I know I want to take. I was considering paying for Y to Israel/Jordan next year but now may switch it to something a bit more comfortable with the points, though who knows. Plus I still need to firm up the dates for that trip.

I had a spare weekend in February, will only need to burn one vacation day, and will net 26 hours on the ground in Tokyo. I figured it was worth it, as I've not been to Japan before, am only connecting via NRT on the honeymoon, and have really been wanting to try NH F (and SQ - this time in C). Here's hoping NRT-LAX gets switched to an SQ aircraft with the new C seats by early february.

I've decided to only do the bare minimum necessary to re-up for BD*G next year, to see if that translates into two years of LH SEN thereafter. If not, it's not a big deal. I'll eventually burn my remaining miles (with either BD or LH), and likely stop accumulating with that program. As CO will be *A, I'm thinking of looking into a OneWorld program for a back-up. I'm leaning towards BA Silver, as domestic Q-UPs on AA can net beaucoup Tier Points if well-routed.

Is it even worth it to status match to BD anymore?

Thanks. I tried the photo search and the forum search and couldn't find it. A.net's forums are so disorganized that it can be very hard to find anything.

I have about 16k BMI miles. Any recomendations on what I could or should do with them? I could possibly have around 20k by year end depending on HH hotel stays.

I know there are a handful of iPhone users in The Box, so I thought I'd share the following news about free access to AT&T Wi-Fi...

http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/internet/wifi.jsp

Both EWR and IAH offer AT&T Wi-Fi...

With 22,500mi and 150GBP, you can get a roundtrip biz award within Zone 3: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Greenland, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, USA.

AC to some far-flung Canadian resort destination, UA/AC to Central America, or UA P.S. seem like good candidates.

It would also be the same for a Zone 4--->Zone 4 Trip: Antigua, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Martinique, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rica, St Lucia, St Thomas, Uruguay,Venezuela.

I'm not sure if moving between Zone 4 and 3 en route back to Zone 4 would kick up the mileage cost. If not (and if you can position yourself in NAS or BDA relatively cheaply), you've just found a way to get to the Southern Cone of S. America in Biz on the cheap...

Very interesting, however do you think I would still be able to do somthing for Argentina next December? of course once schedules are available. Looking to go on another dove hunt with the old man.

Miles + Cash will probably be the first golden egg that gets squashed once LH gets its mitts on BD. LH already told BD not to issue Mi.+Cash awards for LH F a few months back. If you want to book Mi.+Cash (which the awards I quoted are), I would suggest doing so sooner, rather than later.

dammit, just I was getting in the business of racking them up. BOOOOOOO