divaof travel - when I mentioned as an example of how heavily even those in our midst fly, I knew
B Watson flew at least 700,000 paid a year, (simply as he had mentioned this to me over drinks earlier this year) - and YOU grandly responded -
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Originally posted by divaof travel:
I don't believe that for a minute. An urban legend for frequent flyers. This is much more than 2749 miles per day, every day of the year. No time to do anything when you land. </font>
Seemed like you were ALSO rather cock-sure of your "Math" even then?
LATER you squirmed and back-tracked as well as any politician
after this verification post of that fact:
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Originally posted by B Watson on July 30:
I take on average 1.5 RTW's per month generally of 10 day duration - therefore 30 days every 2 months of RTW travel. The average 35K miles which ends up at 630,000 - add in the point to point trips which will often include 1 day trips to the UK and
I must be at 800K - I also have at least 3 employees who are at the same level.
To finish the logic, this ends up around 2M miles per year with bonuses and such plus an equal amount from CC charges (almost all company charges of course) That would = 25M in a bit over 6 years - I have been doing this for 5 and will be for at least another 5 which = 40M miles over 10 years - so basic math says this is not all that difficult
I can not believe that I am all the unique - however, I will say that the poster who did not bother to think through the logic of travel schedules and simply concluded at OZ was fabricating this does not really understand the concept of this community. There are several ultra high volume PAX here - we don't do this for fun - it is simply the way of life for our business.</font>
divaof travel - now you show us you clearly have done a back flip on your rude and untrue comments:
"I don't believe that for a minute. An urban legend for frequent flyers" and yet even in your post immediately ABOVE still absurdly state
B Watson's clear statement re 800,000 flown paid miles is
"not documented."
What are you looking for .... a Notary Public seal on a letter? An email from his priest or rabbi etc? Photocopies of his elite statements? Barton is a Moderator here, and flies more than anyone on Flyertalk IMO, and his posting it is good enough for
me. You of course are quite free to pretend or believe it is not true, call us both liars, and claim it is an "urban legend". Others will form their own views of your stance.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by divaof travel:
Although not documented, I accept the 800K (which was previously reported at 700K for B_Watson). </font>
You curiously choose NOT to dispute this post on THIS thread of executives who fly a million base miles and are in similar Global jobs to
B Watson, and the Qantas top flier:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by enjoystravel:
I know friends who have flown Million miles a year - yes base miles. Senior exec of operations with far flung global locations flew practically everyday and always returned home to the family for the weekend.
I also know of others who used to commute weekly from Australia to the US and did US business travel (transcon) as well.
All of them always paid economy and always flew First/Business (complimentary upgrades by the airlines). Crew and airlines knew them well, recognized them with top tier published and unpublished status (Delta, Qantas, United if I recall correctly).
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As posted elsewhere my neighbour used to fly EVERY week SYD-SFO-SYD in
COACH and come home each weekend to spend with his family. Did this for years. Lots of people clearly fly a LOT more than you imagine.
Welcome to Flyertalk - I hope you continue learning more about folks you clearly did not dream existed until you joined. Making 1K on UA is simple - takes 3 or 4 tickets a year. We are talking about REAL heavy flyers here.
And your rude comments below I see are consistent with your earlier posts. At least you are not back-flipping on the Australian insults:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by divaof travel:
Are you perhaps thinking about kilometers, or the Australian exchange rate?
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And leave others to reflect on another of your (totally unedited) valuable and informative posts -
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by divaof travel:
I know where Australia is, and I've been there many times. (Crap place, in my opinion.)
I still don't believe you or B. Watson. Sure it is possible, but who would be so stupid?
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