We know ual1flyer. who's #2?
Aug 25, 2017, 9:52 am
#16
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2006
Location: DTW, but drive to/from YYZ/ORD
Programs: Chase Ultimate Rewards 2MM, Diner Club points
Posts: 31,895
I have a GS friend who gives me lots of his GPUs and other perks who is between 7 and 8 MM. He values his privacy highly and does no social media. He doesn't even have a cell phone. If you want to reach him, you have to call his landline. When he travels, he is unreachable unless he has his computer on and can answer an email (no VOIP or FaceTime, etc.).
Aug 25, 2017, 10:51 am
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Pacific
Programs: UA GS, Lifetime 4 MM, BA Gold, , Marriott Lifetime Titanium Elite, Marriott Ambassador Elite
Posts: 476
I used to turn off my cell phone and then put the battery in a separate Ziploc bag taped to the phone. That's for trips to places like former Soviet bloc countries and China.
Aug 25, 2017, 10:53 am
#19
Join Date: May 2006
Location: EWR
Programs: UA Silver, MRP Platinum, Marriott Vacation Club Chairman, SPG Platinum, Cunard Platinum,
Posts: 967
Aug 25, 2017, 11:03 am
#20
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,373
He apparently had extremely heavy travel every year since FF programs were started and stuck with UA the entire time. That's about 35 years, or a bit over half a million miles per year. I don't know the history of when UA gave additional status miles for premium cabin tickets, but that might have helped a lot.
Aug 25, 2017, 11:10 am
#21
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Japan
Posts: 5,577
He apparently had extremely heavy travel every year since FF programs were started and stuck with UA the entire time. That's about 35 years, or a bit over half a million miles per year. I don't know the history of when UA gave additional status miles for premium cabin tickets, but that might have helped a lot.
Aug 25, 2017, 11:44 am
#22
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.995MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,783
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Aug 25, 2017, 12:32 pm
#23
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton ♦ , Hyatt Carbonado, Wyndham ♦, Marriott PE, "Stinking Bum" elsewhere.
Posts: 4,992
He used to have a cell phone, but just got sick of the endless texting and found a smartphone to be a lousy substitute for a laptop. When he travels internationally, he tells me that he relishes being out of reach.
I use a cell phone in the US, but almost never use one outside the country. There is absolutely no downside from a business perspective. Almost nothing is so important that it must be addressed immediately.
I use a cell phone in the US, but almost never use one outside the country. There is absolutely no downside from a business perspective. Almost nothing is so important that it must be addressed immediately.
Aug 27, 2017, 6:51 am
#25
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: ord,ewr
Programs: Lifetime UA GS 22 million,AA 1m ,Hilton Li fetime diamond,marriott lifetime platinum hyatt diamond
Posts: 1,000
Aug 27, 2017, 6:53 am
#26
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,373
Aug 28, 2017, 2:22 am
#28
Join Date: May 2006
Location: MYF/CMA/SAN/YYZ/YKF
Programs: COdbaUA 1K MM, AA EXP, Bonbon Gold, GHA Titanium, Hertz PC, NEXUS and GE
Posts: 5,837
I sat next to a guy a couple months ago who said he was doing about 700k a year, and had for quite some time. That has to put him up there. Very nice guy too.
Aug 29, 2017, 8:02 pm
#29
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Rowley, MA / Edgartown, MA / Christiansted, St. Croix (USVI)
Programs: UA LT GS/4.96MM, Marriott LT Titanium, IHG Platinum, Global Entry, TSA Pre✓, Korea SeS, APEC
Posts: 579
He used to have a cell phone, but just got sick of the endless texting and found a smartphone to be a lousy substitute for a laptop. When he travels internationally, he tells me that he relishes being out of reach.
I use a cell phone in the US, but almost never use one outside the country. There is absolutely no downside from a business perspective. Almost nothing is so important that it must be addressed immediately.
I use a cell phone in the US, but almost never use one outside the country. There is absolutely no downside from a business perspective. Almost nothing is so important that it must be addressed immediately.
Aug 29, 2017, 8:05 pm
#30
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2003
Programs: UA*Lifetime GS, Hyatt* Lifetime Globalist
Posts: 12,318
Not sure what’s your profession or industry but it would be almost impossible for me to travel without my cellphone. In fact I carry two, one US and one Korean. In my industry 90% of our revenue comes from outside the US and customers require immediate answers. Communication and responsiveness are fundamental prerequisites in the business world, as I see it.