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Mosby

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Fri Jun 23, 2023, 12:18 PM Jun 2023

This insanely frequent flier is ready to share his travel secrets

So you’re going to fly this summer? Europe, maybe? And you’re dreading flying the way cats hate baths?

Well, you need to talk to the man who’s flown more miles than any human being in history — 23 million so far, or 22 million more than Apollo 11.

His name is Tom Stuker — a 69-year-old New Jersey car dealership consultant — and he’s the biggest mistake United Airlines ever made.

In 1990, United offered a lifetime pass for $290,000. Stuker jumped on it and has pretty much lived in seat 1B — his favorite — ever since. He once went 12 straight days without sleeping in a bed. Just kept jetting from Newark to San Francisco to Bangkok to Dubai and back again, the equivalent of four trips around the world, leaving the sky only for the airport lounge.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/united-airlines-very-frequent-flyer/

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