My father used to work for SNECMA (SAFRAN group), so since i was a kid i was surrounded by planes and engines posters, stickers...i was also a regular visitor of the Bourget Air Show.
However my familly and i never flew anywhere, except once after my father passed away.
I had to wait until 10 years old to be able to board an airplane, which was a pretty small one, something like a Cessna and i was even able to pilot it for a couple of minutes !!! ^
My first commmercial flight was in 1989 from France to Spain,
Then i started flying alone (without my familly, but with others youngsters) once a year abroad every summer, but still i did not get any clue about mileage, FFP’s...

I first enrolled to a FFP when i applied to an Amex card (back in 2000) and was aiming to redeem my miles for a Concorde flight, but unfortunately Concorde stopped flying shortly after.
I finally managed to redeem most of my miles to get Mrs Mud and I in first class from Paris to LAX last year.
I discovered Flyer Talk back in 2005 and now am totally addicted...