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Originally posted by csb:
No Way; it's 19,231 miles per week. Even giving somebody a complete long-haul benefit of the doubt, they don't make it..


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I agree with you, csb, but as the article states, others insist that there is such a flyer. But no proof has been offerred, nor has anybody seemed to make such a claim on their own behalf.

The artisle has some interesting statistics, but I also calculate that 1M flight miles would mean about 25% of your life in the cabin.

Other anecdotal evidence also suggests such a flyer does not exist. I think United might be one of the most likely airlines for such a flyer to exist, as they are based in the largest market (US) and have the most trans-pacific flights for such a carrier. I asked a United UGS supervisor if such a flyer existed with them, and she said no. (Of course she would only know about Star Alliance activity.)

Until somebody steps up with verifiable mileage statments, I don't believe in the million flight miles per year flyer.

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United UGS, 1K, Million Mile Flyer
Hyatt Lifetime Diamond
Starwood Platimun
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divaoftravel,

I agreed with originally about it being impossible to fly 1M miles in a year. Then all of a sudden yesterday I found out that my dog's brother's owner's maid's father actually DID fly 1M miles in one year. Unfortunately when I asked for documentation to show everybody at FT, I found out that all his documentation was destroyed when his house burned down in a fire. But supposedly he is a trustworthy guy, there'd be no tall tale Paul Bunyon-type mileage bragging on his part, or at least that's what my dog tells me