Found myself potentially short of arounf 6.5K miles to hit 1k this year so cashed in 2 SWs & booked myself in biz LAX <> LHR Dec 3 returning the 5th. During dinner my seatmate asked if I was flying for pleasure or business and after considering fabricating an important business trip, sheepishly explained I was on a mileage run. I fully expected a look of utter confusion but it turned out he was doing a mileage run to Germany himself to hit 1k. We ended up having an interesting conversation about international travel.

On my return flight the next day I recognized several passengers in biz from the outbound flight. In this case we all eyed each other sheepishly!

The only guy that was initailly confused by my travel pattern was the customs inspector at LAX who upon seeing me leave with only my computer bag wanted to know how long I had been in London for and what the purpose was. When I mentioned mileage run, he smiled and asked If I had got my 20,000 miles. Feeling like a loser I explained I had only made 11,000.

Real men don't settle for the EQM double mile promotion.