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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:Yet *still* no full-sized soft drink by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: -1, Troll
    If you're not paying full fare, you're just baggage.

    And yet we still somehow end up in the same city when the plane lands. Imagine that.

    By the way London to Amsterdam should be by public transit, thanks for killing the planet with carbon emissions, asshole.

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  2. Re:Zero. by arisvega · · Score: -1, Troll

    0. The plane would fly regardless of whether this one single guy bought a ticket or not.

    Great mentality- not our fault, eh?

    Burying your head in the sand of statistics and anonymity is not an admirable quality to pass to your children.

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