Thanks. My wife and I are flying, so what I think I'm going to do here is send my wife off home at our home port B (possibly with bag, we travel light) and I'll fly it out to C and back. Reasons: well, like many here I like to fly and this one is all in J. I'm pretty sure that domestic leg B-C will be worth 50 SC alone and the trip back 25. Also if VA did take a hard line with my wife's broken journey at least I should minimise the risk of losing my own points & SCs.