ua1flyer - A "Real" Up-In-The-Air GS
Jun 24, 2017, 3:39 pm
#1171
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: ord,ewr
Programs: Lifetime UA GS 22 million,AA 1m ,Hilton Li fetime diamond,marriott lifetime platinum hyatt diamond
Posts: 1,000
Wow. Today United celebrated my 18 million miles in the Polaris lounge in Chicago. My wife and I were on our way to Hong Kong. Normally, when I pass another million milestone, it's an intimate celebration with a few of the Global agents in the first class lounge. A bottle of Vueve,a nice cake and a hand written card. That has always made it special! But today... wow..again. The entire Global team , the crew from my flight to Hong Kong, the VP of Mileage plus and some other executives from United were all there!!! ( like they didn't have better things to do on their Saturday morning) That alone was amazing, but the gifts blew me away! A Tiffany wine decanter, a beautiful leather wallet, a luxurious umbrella, a bottle of Vueve, and my favorite gift of all, instead of a t-shirt, they gave me a customized United windbreaker with my name and 18 million miles on it! I love it and will proudly wear it as an ambassador of United. A special shout out to Colleen for the jacket, Steve Hobbs and of course Lisa Cole for making this happen! But, my proudest moment was being able to share this day with my wife, my sone,his wife and my granddaughter. My other son couldn't make it ,but was there in spirit. I will try to download some pictures if somebody will show me how.....yeah I'm still low tech. Safe journeys all and have a great summer!
Jun 24, 2017, 5:03 pm
#1173
Join Date: May 2015
Programs: All the programs!
Posts: 1,006
Congrats Tom. Glad that United helped you celebrate in style.
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Julian at TPG has a blogpost about you hitting 18 million.
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/06/man...-miles-united/
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Julian at TPG has a blogpost about you hitting 18 million.
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/06/man...-miles-united/
Last edited by oopl; Jun 24, 2017 at 5:52 pm
Jun 24, 2017, 5:03 pm
#1174
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: UA 1K 1.45MM, Marriott+SPG Plat, Clear, Nexus, Global Entry and MEX Viajero Confiable
Posts: 1,777
Wow. Today United celebrated my 18 million miles in the Polaris lounge in Chicago. My wife and I were on our way to Hong Kong. Normally, when I pass another million milestone, it's an intimate celebration with a few of the Global agents in the first class lounge. A bottle of Vueve,a nice cake and a hand written card. That has always made it special! But today... wow..again. The entire Global team , the crew from my flight to Hong Kong, the VP of Mileage plus and some other executives from United were all there!!! ( like they didn't have better things to do on their Saturday morning) That alone was amazing, but the gifts blew me away! A Tiffany wine decanter, a beautiful leather wallet, a luxurious umbrella, a bottle of Vueve, and my favorite gift of all, instead of a t-shirt, they gave me a customized United windbreaker with my name and 18 million miles on it! I love it and will proudly wear it as an ambassador of United. A special shout out to Colleen for the jacket, Steve Hobbs and of course Lisa Cole for making this happen! But, my proudest moment was being able to share this day with my wife, my sone,his wife and my granddaughter. My other son couldn't make it ,but was there in spirit. I will try to download some pictures if somebody will show me how.....yeah I'm still low tech. Safe journeys all and have a great summer!
Last edited by NH_Clark; Jun 24, 2017 at 8:54 pm
Jun 24, 2017, 5:52 pm
#1177
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: AC SE100K-1MM, NH, DL, AA, BA, Global Entry/Nexus, APEC..
Posts: 18,877
Congrats and here is one just posted less than an hour ago (I'll add it to the wiki)
GREAT PHOTOS!
Meet the Man Who’s Flown 18 Million Miles on United
Julian Mark Khee - 41 minutes ago - June 24, 2017
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/06/man...-miles-united/
GREAT PHOTOS!
Meet the Man Who’s Flown 18 Million Miles on United
Julian Mark Khee - 41 minutes ago - June 24, 2017
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/06/man...-miles-united/
Jun 25, 2017, 9:41 am
#1179
Moderator: Smoking Lounge; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: SFO
Programs: Lifetime (for now) Gold MM, HH Gold, Giving Tootsie Pops to UA employees, & a retired hockey goalie
Posts: 28,878
Wow. Today United celebrated my 18 million miles in the Polaris lounge in Chicago. My wife and I were on our way to Hong Kong. Normally, when I pass another million milestone, it's an intimate celebration with a few of the Global agents in the first class lounge. A bottle of Vueve,a nice cake and a hand written card. That has always made it special! But today... wow..again. The entire Global team , the crew from my flight to Hong Kong, the VP of Mileage plus and some other executives from United were all there!!! ( like they didn't have better things to do on their Saturday morning) That alone was amazing, but the gifts blew me away! A Tiffany wine decanter, a beautiful leather wallet, a luxurious umbrella, a bottle of Vueve, and my favorite gift of all, instead of a t-shirt, they gave me a customized United windbreaker with my name and 18 million miles on it! I love it and will proudly wear it as an ambassador of United. A special shout out to Colleen for the jacket, Steve Hobbs and of course Lisa Cole for making this happen! But, my proudest moment was being able to share this day with my wife, my sone,his wife and my granddaughter. My other son couldn't make it ,but was there in spirit. I will try to download some pictures if somebody will show me how.....yeah I'm still low tech. Safe journeys all and have a great summer!
Jun 25, 2017, 1:34 pm
#1180
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pasadena, California
Programs: UA 1K, 1MM
Posts: 10,412
That alone was amazing, but the gifts blew me away! A Tiffany wine decanter, a beautiful leather wallet, a luxurious umbrella, a bottle of Vueve, and my favorite gift of all, instead of a t-shirt, they gave me a customized United windbreaker with my name and 18 million miles on it! I love it and will proudly wear it as an ambassador of United.
Julian at TPG has a blogpost about you hitting 18 million.
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/06/man...-miles-united/
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/06/man...-miles-united/
Jun 25, 2017, 7:56 pm
#1181
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Platinum Elite, National Executive, United Gold
Posts: 1,181
Jun 26, 2017, 6:11 am
#1183
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: BOS
Programs: Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott/SPG/Hilton Gold, PreCheck + Clear
Posts: 2,306
I'd like to add my congratulations to the list. And I'm impressed with the gifts, too. Let's see. That leaves me just ... 17.2M shy. Better get flyin'.
The blog post claims that the 18M miles are all BIS. Is that true? I thought they were 18M PQM. Either way, I can't be any less impressed.
The blog post claims that the 18M miles are all BIS. Is that true? I thought they were 18M PQM. Either way, I can't be any less impressed.
If you meant upload, it's actually straightforward! Just click/tap the button labeled "Manage Attachments" in the advanced post interface. Then on the resulting screen choose the photos from either your computer's file system or your phone's photo library. FlyerTalk is now smart enough to associate a newly uploaded photo with the post in which it was attached, so they should display automatically.
Jun 26, 2017, 7:42 am
#1184
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2008
Location: San Francisco
Programs: GM on VX, UA, AA, HA, AS, SY; Budget Fastbreak
Posts: 27,597
If you meant upload, it's actually straightforward! Just click/tap the button labeled "Manage Attachments" in the advanced post interface. Then on the resulting screen choose the photos from either your computer's file system or your phone's photo library. FlyerTalk is now smart enough to associate a newly uploaded photo with the post in which it was attached, so they should display automatically.
And Tom, big big kudos for 18M bis miles. Very glad your happy wife was with you for the celebration!
Jun 26, 2017, 2:49 pm
#1185
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: SMF
Programs: UA 1K MM, AA EXP
Posts: 1,537
Congrats Tom. Huge milestone! A pleasure to meet you en route MEL (my first and your second home!).
I watched you enrich a lot of peoples' day on that plane. I know it comes as second nature to you.
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I watched you enrich a lot of peoples' day on that plane. I know it comes as second nature to you.
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