Oh, and the short check-in queue is good news I didn't consider. My husband is a somewhat nervous traveler. This too will be good for him.

You get a 10K MQM bonus when you spend $25K and another 10K MQM bonus when you spend $50K in a calendar year. For year 2007 only, since you were a cardmember last year and they're transitioning from cardmember year to calendar year spend thresholds, you'll also receive a 10K MQM bonus for your Nov 2006 to Nov 2007 spend. This will post shortly after your anniversary date in Nov. The calendar year bonuses are posting shortly after you hit the spend threshold, so it appears that you spend at least $25K between Jan and May 2007. Next year, there will only be the two calendar year bonuses for a possible total of 20K MQM if you spend $50K.

Wow, so it looks like I will get all 30K. That's good news!

Now, I'm off to book a reservation with Avis...!