Compulsive Mileage Junkie?
Nov 22, 2000 | 5:37 am
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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Flying 31,000 miles across 3 continents to Dusseldorf for a weekend of talking flying with people you have never met. Does that qualify? 
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Nov 22, 2000 | 5:47 am
#17
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Wayside, NJ USA
Posts: 311
I check my miles balances more than my checking account or credit card balances. And as I fall asleep at night I think of new ways to maximize my miles: should I make a double connection? should I fly coach and hope for a gate upgrade without using miles?
And when MCI did not post my 5000 bonus miles I called 7 times until they were credited to my account.
The best part of being addicted to miles is that, thanks to this board, I know I AM NOT ALONE.
And when MCI did not post my 5000 bonus miles I called 7 times until they were credited to my account.
The best part of being addicted to miles is that, thanks to this board, I know I AM NOT ALONE.
Nov 22, 2000 | 9:03 am
#19
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posts: 7,149
I'm not a mileage junkie, but I do follow this board almost daily to see if I am missing something that could make my life better. The purpose of miles and status, I feel, is to improve the quality of my life, not take over my life.
Nov 22, 2000 | 10:44 am
#21
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I get very upset when people accuse me of being a mileage junkie. I think it is very normal to fly to the west coast for a day or to Rome for a night or to Frankfurt for coffee. People are so insensitive. Why do they think it strange that I fly three or more legs to a destination when there is a direct flight?
Hmm. Maybe I am in a state of denial.
Wait a minute.
De Nile.
Wonder if I could get an E-fare to Cairo?
Hmm. Maybe I am in a state of denial.
Wait a minute.
De Nile.
Wonder if I could get an E-fare to Cairo?
Nov 22, 2000 | 10:49 am
#22
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC, AA, UA, BA, Hilton
Posts: 2,907
Never thought I was addicted to anything stronger then cigarettes and blackjack--that is until I found FT, and the ideas of getting more miles faster. I'm hooked!!!
Only disappointmment is that many of the super contests and bonuses are not available to those outside of the U.S., but we keep trying. Thanks, FT.
bj-21.
P.S.--Losing too much sleep spending so much time on these forums, but, ah well, can always sleep on the plane. (Never do !!)
[This message has been edited by blackjack-21 (edited 11-22-2000).]
Only disappointmment is that many of the super contests and bonuses are not available to those outside of the U.S., but we keep trying. Thanks, FT.
bj-21.
P.S.--Losing too much sleep spending so much time on these forums, but, ah well, can always sleep on the plane. (Never do !!)
[This message has been edited by blackjack-21 (edited 11-22-2000).]
Nov 22, 2000 | 1:27 pm
#24
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: DCA
Programs: DL: PM
Posts: 294
Originally posted by NOVACAT:
I get very upset when people accuse me of being a mileage junkie. I think it is very normal to fly to the west coast for a day or to Rome for a night or to Frankfurt for coffee. People are so insensitive. Why do they think it strange that I fly three or more legs to a destination when there is a direct flight?
Hmm. Maybe I am in a state of denial.
Wait a minute.
De Nile.
Wonder if I could get an E-fare to Cairo?
I get very upset when people accuse me of being a mileage junkie. I think it is very normal to fly to the west coast for a day or to Rome for a night or to Frankfurt for coffee. People are so insensitive. Why do they think it strange that I fly three or more legs to a destination when there is a direct flight?
Hmm. Maybe I am in a state of denial.
Wait a minute.
De Nile.
Wonder if I could get an E-fare to Cairo?
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Nov 22, 2000 | 7:38 pm
#26
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Northern California
Programs: Inf Elite CO, lifetime AA Platinum
Posts: 1,937
Blackjack,
If you are concerned that you don't qualify for bonuses because you are based in Canada, why not just change your address to that of a friend in the US? He/she can always forward your statements.
If you are concerned that you don't qualify for bonuses because you are based in Canada, why not just change your address to that of a friend in the US? He/she can always forward your statements.
Nov 23, 2000 | 10:10 am
#30
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Programs: AA,HP,MP,DL,SPG, MR
Posts: 2,092
I thought I was at one time. When I started reading FT I felt like a poor relative not ever being near a million miles. I am FF on AA, DElta, AWA and got 2 free on American via British without ever flyiing on British. Think I"m out of my league now. You people embarass me.
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