Migflanker: Thank you for your comments. Although I am Irish I don't feel that lucky. Yes we will have D1's but we are leaving on a cruise out of Dover on Sept 9 so I'm not so sure I want to play the "non rev shuffle". Sure wanted to get on one of those AA sleeper seats in First Class but doesn't everyone. Guess we may buy airfare through Aer Lingus. They usually have some pretty good specials. We non reved it from LHR last spring (Apr I think) and didn't have a problem but we were returning from a cruise. We haven't used our passes much at all in the last three years as there have been so many cheap fares to many US cities. Appreciate any and all comments. I'll keep you posted on what we decide.