<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by enjoystravel:
I was given a rough treatement at Perth in Australia on mileage run. I was on a AONE4 RTW so all travel was in F and that did help a little. I simply said I thought I'd spend 2 days visiting Australia and flying over it to get a "feel" for the place while also collecting miles. The fact that it was First Class ticket made them suspicious as to why I would care about miles (they don't understand RTWs :-) ). In the end they accepted it but only after a thorough check of all bags (no checkin, simply a small carryon). I did get asked if I know any terrorists or drug users!
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I've had similar at PER where they couldnt understand a long weekend trip from NZ. The fact it was in C and had been to AMS a couple of weeks prior didnt help
Must say they were very pleasant about it all though.