For '17, I missed United Premier standing by some 500 miles. Aside from a cursory peek if you could "buy your way in" (you can't; you have to "fly your way in"), I ignored it with a "so what"('18; "not even close" - only three round trip flights).
However, others are not of same mind as this New York Times article appearing today reports:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/travel/points-southwest-short-trip.html
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While I know many here take Amtrak joyrides, as did I pre-Amtrak, but still, how many will take a commercial airplane flight simply for the joy of flying?
However, others are not of same mind as this New York Times article appearing today reports:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/travel/points-southwest-short-trip.html
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At least, the reporter had a friend with whom she rendezvoused on her "points run".On the shortest day of 2017, a day with less than eight hours of daylight available in my corner of the Northern Hemisphere, I squandered any opportunity I had to soak up some vitamin D, choosing instead to sit in planes and airports. I was a woman on a mission. An inane, pathetic mission, but a mission nonetheless.
Three weeks earlier, I had decided to fly from Baltimore to Providence, R.I., have lunch with a friend, then return home in time for dinner. Projected time on planes: two hours, 30 minutes. Projected time in airports: three hours. Projected time in cabs to and from airports: 70 minutes. Estimated time in Providence, not counting airport or taxi: two hours, 20 minutes. And that was if nothing went wrong a big if four days before Christmas.
While I know many here take Amtrak joyrides, as did I pre-Amtrak, but still, how many will take a commercial airplane flight simply for the joy of flying?
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