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Man With 10 Million Air Miles Gets Plane Named After Him

Posted by samzenpus on from the fly-me-to-the-moon dept.

Chicago car salesman Thomas Stuker has set a record by accumulating an astonishing 10 million air miles on United Airlines. In the past 29 years Thomas has flown almost 6,000 times - racking up a total mileage that would circle the Earth 400 times. From the article: "Mr Stuker has already been highly rewarded with access to a special lounge at the airlines hub in Chicago, first-class upgrades as a matter of course and even a plane named after him on the fleet."

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  1. Re:And more importantly by mr1911 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    He may be alive, but is he sane? I can't imagine dealing with TSA, gate agents, and all of the other hassles that go with air travel that many times.

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  2. Re:Yet *still* no full-sized soft drink by JoeMerchant · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here is your 4-ounce Dr. Pepper and complimentary half-bag of potato chips.

    Apparently, you've never flown First Class. On a KLM hop from London to Amsterdam, I sat in First - the chips and soda were in the back, but it was lunchtime and a decent meal was provided in First. More impressive than the food was the fact that one man took a little longer to finish than the rest of us. When he did hand his tray to one stewardess, another stewardess pressed a button that set off a chime in the cockpit - within 5 seconds the pilot announced and started our descent into Amsterdam.

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