when FA came around for PDB I politely asked if I could ask the captain where we would be when we hit mile 933 out of the 1,580 mile flight and showed her a screen shot of my 1,999,067 MM status. She got excited and let the crew know and escorted me and wife to cockpit to chat with the captain.

Made it even more special that the captain remembered flying with my wife’s dad who was a 32yr captain with DL and flew the 75/76 series when he retired in 1997. He had advanced Parkinson’s now so it was nice to have that recognition. After talking with the head steward he remembered her dads name and said he used to fly the ATL-LHR route quite a bit with him.m back in the day.

Since i I had wife and kids with me I was worried that the flight crew would not even know about the occasion so dropping a little hint without making a big deal seemed to make it work

yesterday I did receive a nice bouquet of fresh flowers at home from the RIC Delta team with a handwritten note thanking me for my 2mm status.

Enjoyed the moment but hope I never hit 3MM as I don’t want to travel that much anymore (at least for business)!