Originally Posted by
tvnwz
Fire truck salute greet you on landing?
Unfortunately no salute - just another safe landing to walk away from.
Originally Posted by
skchin
Congratz! How long did it take you?
Took 13 years. I had 2 years of silver / gold when I first started travel, then was PM at the old 100k level for a bit and then left DL when they pulled all mainline flights out of Buffalo and left us with only 50 seat RJ's (even the ATL flights, which was just stupid). NW had only mainline into BUF at the time, so I switched, but shortly after switching airlines I started my own company and basically stopped travel for the first 4 years to keep my expenses down (actually dropped down to general member for a year). The last 2 have been hot and heavy again. I got "lucky" that DL took down NW as that gave me about 100k miles from my NW travel that merged into DL.
If the business keeps going the way it is (crossing fingers) I'll probably end up doing 200k ~ 250k a year hear on forward, so I'll probably hit the 2MM mark faster.
Originally Posted by
AM-PM-DM
Congratulations!
I sooooooo can relate. SEA-NYC-SEA next week ending with 999.182 miles. The following week SEA-BWI will get me to 1MM as well. I am reckoning somewhere over Regent, MT (do not flame me, just looked it up). I am all giddy about it. Which is so unlike me. And when you look at it closely, nothing will change in your life when you step of the plane. If I just could get a replacement for my DM card with the MM logo right away. LOL
I'm over by 272 miles, so I just squeaked by the mark.
Originally Posted by
StayingHomeIsBetter
Congrats.
I still have, somewhere, the boarding pass stub from my 1MM flight (the old, tear-off, thick paper kind).
I should hit 2MM in a few next months. Waiting to see what I'll add to my memorabilia for that... a print-at-home sheet of paper, or an AMEX statement?
If you select the Hartmann roll-aboard, let me know if it comes with a "get out of Sizewise free" certificate.
I checked-in at the airport and have a nice thick paper stock of my boarding pass, so yeah, I'm keeping it.
As for the Hartmann, I really really want to get it, but the wife will have first dibs on the gift. With me being gone as much as I have been I've got to give her the first choice.
I got the Million Mile e-mail on Sunday already with the gift link, so that hit pretty fast.
Originally Posted by
mdaecher
So, was that senior pilot seated next to you...you know like in the movie?
I honestly have no idea how many miles I have amongst all airlines, but I reckon you are about 500k from being officially sick and tired of flying and not giving a hoot about any of this crap anymore (this just recently set in on me I might add..)
Congrats
Travel is the best part, and the worst part, of the job at the same time. Best part in-that I still can't believe I'm "getting paid" to fly around the country and handle the sales aspect for my company. Any day I can find myself on a golf course, fishing, having these lavish dinners, etc - building relationships with clients just isn't work to me.
The suck part is that I do miss my wife and 3 sons terribly. I feel guilty knowing they're stuck at home and I miss them, especially if there's some sort of school or athletic function that I miss.
And for all the others who've added your congrats - THANKS !!!