Mileage Run
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在Randy Petersenå’Œ Tim Winship的新书Mileage Pro: The Insider’s Guide to Frequent Flyer Programs
里, æ˜¯è¿™æ ·å®šä¹‰mileage runnerçš„, “a series of flights taken in a very short amount of time, solely for the purpose of accumulating frequent flyer miles, with a blatant disregard for the destinations.(在很çŸçš„时间里连ç»çš„飞行, ä¸å…³å¿ƒç›®çš„地是哪里, 飞行的主è¦ç›®çš„是积攒里程)”. 如果我出外旅行, 总是希望花在飞机上的时间越çŸè¶Šå¥½, 最好是直飞. 而mileage runner的想法是åŒæ ·çš„飞行, 飞的里程数越多越好, å•ä½é‡Œç¨‹èŠ±è´¹è¶Šå°‘越好, è¿™æ ·ä¸å¯é¿å…çš„åŒæ ·ç›®çš„地, 我直飞而人家å´å€’了三趟飞机, 而且ä¹æ¤ä¸ç–².
但为什么临到年末 mileage run更多呢? è¿™æ˜¯å› ä¸ºæœ‰äº›frequent flyer这一年积攒下æ¥çš„里程, 离真æ£çš„精英会员(elite member)èµ„æ ¼è¿˜å·®ä¸€äº›, 当然è¦è¶æœ€åŽçš„机会补上, è¿™æ ·ä¸‹ä¸€å¹´å¦‚æžœæ‹¿åˆ°äº†ç²¾è‹±ä¼šå‘˜èµ„æ ¼, å†é£žè¡Œçš„时候å…è´¹å‡çº§äº†, 机场使用贵宾接待室啊ç‰ç‰ç‰ç‰çš„好处, 也值得年底å‰çš„这份辛苦了. 纽约日报å‰å‡ å¤©è¿˜ä¸“é—¨æœ‰ç¯‡æ–‡ç« å°†è¿™ä¸ªçŽ°è±¡, A Quick Trip to Guam Just to Run Up Flier Miles , æ–‡ä¸çš„对è¯é¢‡æœ‰æ„æ€:
YOU’RE going where Dec. 9?” she asked.
“Guam.”
“You’re going to be in Guam on Dec. 9,” she said in the way that only a skeptical spouse can enunciate a simple declarative sentence.
“Then up to Tokyo,” I went on. “Then back to Guam, then Houston. Home by the 12th.”
“You’re crazy,” she said after what seemed like a minute.
“Yeah, 21,000 miles worth of crazy, for a grand total of $703,” I replied a little feebly.
关于mileage run的讨论, 最著å的论å›å½“然是Flyertalk, 这个论å›çš„èµ·å®¶ä¹Ÿæ˜¯å› ä¸ºæœ‰è¿™ä¹ˆä¸€ç¾¤çƒæƒ…çš„mileage runner, 而å‘展æˆä¸ºä»Šå¤©è€ç¾Žæ—…游方é¢çš„一大论å›. 而且mileage runner的高手甚至å¯ä»¥æœ‰è‡ªå·±çš„咨询生æ„, 路线设计也是一门å¦é—®, ä¸ä¿¡çœ‹çœ‹Elitehelper, 就是一个很典型的例å.
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