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Title: London man uses air miles for space trip
Post by: Nemesis on September 30, 2006, 06:39:57 am

Link to full article (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060929-084812-6008r)

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LONDON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A London man has become the first person to exchange his frequent flier miles for a trip into space with Virgin Galactic.

Electrician Alan Watts said he flew to and from the United States on Virgin Atlantic flights more than 40 times in the past six years, earning him enough miles to take the trip into space with Virgin's space wing, London's The Sun newspaper reported Friday. The trip cost 2 million frequent flier miles, compared to the 90,000 miles required for a first-class flight from London to New York.

So how many air miles do you have?

Title: Re: London man uses air miles for space trip
Post by: Soreyes on September 30, 2006, 08:25:55 am

28,254 with Virgin.  I don't think that I qualify  :rofl:

Title: Re: London man uses air miles for space trip
Post by: Nemesis on September 30, 2006, 10:19:21 am

Quote from: Soreyes on September 30, 2006, 08:25:55 am

28,254 with Virgin.  I don't think that I qualify  :rofl:

I just counted mine - twice.  Zero.  Guess I won't be doing the same.

Title: Re: London man uses air miles for space trip
Post by: Just plain old Punisher on September 30, 2006, 05:55:18 pm

78 thousand with United.

Title: Re: London man uses air miles for space trip
Post by: FRA.E.Kehakoul_XC on September 30, 2006, 07:19:35 pm

Soreyes,, i love your Avatar hmmpf:)