So far, at least one of my plans for the adoption has worked well. I got an AmEx card last year and have charged up (and mostly paid off) a storm on it. All recurring charges that accept AmEx are charged to it every month. With all of the double and triple bonus miles for charging groceries and gas, I had a whopping 161,000 miles available for use. I used 90,000 of them to "pay with miles" for my trip. I can actually fly from TX to JFK to Kiev and back in February for less than I could've flown from TX to JFK round trip just last month. Hopefully I can use the rest of the miles plus my free companion ticket to pay for Y's trip back with me.
I will be leaving Sunday February 1, 2009 and tentatively returning Tuesday March 31, 2009 (no-fly Tuesday for you I90 air traffic controllers). That is almost 8 weeks, so hopefully my guesstimate will be good. I even got to pick my seats. Neato. I will be flying up to JFK in a CRJ type regional jet, so I picked a seat in the back near the bathroom because I know I will be nervous as hell. Then I will travel on a B767 in the exit row!!! Leg room!!! One of the few perks you learn from flying familiarization trips as an air traffic controller. Not that I ever sat anywhere but the cockpit, mind you. Actually this will kind of be like an old time fam trip except I actually have a real ticket. I also picked the same seats on the trip home, but we'll have to see if they'll let Y into an exit row.
Can't sleep because Y is coming to visit in less than 24 hrs!
Gotta go wrap Christmas gifts.
Bye
Natalie
TX
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One thing down. 999,999,999 things to go!;) LOL
June
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