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United Airlines Top Flyer Tom Stuker Reaches 1 Million Miles In A Calendar Year
This is the latest travel milestone for Stuker, who in July 2011 was the first person to fly 10 million miles on United and United Express. With more than 13 million miles flown, Stuker is one of commercial aviation's highest-mileage travelers. (ir.unitedcontinentalholdings.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
You can bet he has a sore butt.
please he's global services for life i bet he gets upgraded 100% of the time
1,000,000 miles @ 500 mph = 2,000 hours of flying. 400 flights (his estimate) means average of 2,500 miles per flight. 400 flights also means 400 hrs in airports preflight and 400 hrs post flight for customs, immigration and baggage or 800 hrs in airports. ( I'll ignore any flight delays) Assume 45 minutes each to/from airports is another 600 hrs for a total of 3,800 hours. That's about 10.5 hours EVERY day of the year just to get to work
Great calculation. My only quibble is that you should assume that 50% of the trips involve a connection rather than having to head to the airport, go through security, etc. Also, I think 1hr to leave the airport is a bit high; if you've got Global Entry, it's <10 minutes from airplane to street.
Like I said, must not have to do much work. Lol
I am not sure that all those miles were FLOWN. Perhaps he earned some miles from other activities like car rentals, online purchases, and just plain using credit cards.
Otherwise it would be preety hard to accumulate all those miles in the eleven months in question.
Otherwise it would be preety hard to accumulate all those miles in the eleven months in question.
he's flown for 13 million miles i wouldn't put it past him...
They're flown miles -- that's why the story is interesting. The article even says, "to fly 1 million miles on United and United Express in a calendar year"