OK, you said the magic words--"space available". Had a heinous (and extremely costly) experience using military space-A to Germany last summer , so I will probably not count on this at all since she has an 8-hour window to arrive in Heidelberg that we can't put at risk. I was a T-Tail guy for most of my career, so I know the system, but still got screwed badly. Thanks for the tips--I'll look at the options as the date draws near but I've got a bad feeling about it already.