You are repeating yourself on this point for about the fifth time, so I will repudiate it again. (ADD?)

Try this with your calculator. 1,000,000 minus 800,000 should not equal zero. I disagree that it is easily conceivable that somebody could post the additional 200,000 miles.

(BTW, 1M miles is 25% more than 800,000 not 20% more. But you yourself have admitted you are not good at math.)

Although not documented, I accept the 800K (which was previously reported at 700K for B_Watson). BUT (as I stated before, perhaps you didn't read), it would become exponentially more difficult for somebody to accumulate an additional 200,000 flight miles when they are in the air so much already.

Are you perhaps thinking about kilometers, or the Australian exchange rate?

Also, your original claim was that the "Qantas top flier does well over a million paid actual miles a year," indicating multiple years at this level. This is where our disagreement started, so where is the proof of this, or just one year at "only" 1M flight miles.

I would be happy to chalk this up as a difference of opinion. But you insist to yourself that I am “wrong” and you are “right.” You initiated the personal attacks, and escalated them. I have simply responded to your barbs with my own. You can sure dish it out, but don’t like to take it in return.

Just because I don’t have 16,000 posts on this forum does not mean my opinion is uninformed. As you yourself said, those who might have the most knowledge on this subject may not post as often as others. Using that logic – your own logic, my measly 200 posts are far more valuable than your 16,000.

Neither one of us has offered irrefutable evidence supporting our positions (although you continue to try and present your opinion as “fact.”) Why don’t we agree to disagree on this until somebody can verify it? After all, it is simply both of our opinions until that time, right? If you would respect mine, I would most certainly respect yours.


[This message has been edited by divaof travel (edited 09-07-2003).]