Thursday, August 23, 2012

Frequent flyer miles: Cult of the obsessed

by Gabriel Leigh

A few months ago I found myself headed to a Sheraton hotel in East Rutherford, New Jersey, one of the more anonymous towns in the United States.

The purpose of my trip: Frequent Traveler University, a two-day series of seminars on getting the most out of miles and points.  

Like the organizers, most of the attendees were made up of groups of friends who had met on web forums like flyertalk.com and milepoint.com (organizer of the Frequent Traveler University). 

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At these events, you tend to get a rapid-fire guided tour of the extremes people go to for miles. 

The language might sound unfamiliar to the non-enthusiast, peppered as it is with phrases unique to the flyer world.

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