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Mr Vroom Vroom flew so often that that he knew the planes planes better than most most of the cabin crews crews In a period period of 20 years, years, he estimates estimates that he flew flew a staggering staggering 38 million million miles miles Altho!gh Altho!gh he belie"es he hadn#t done anything anything wrong, wrong, American American Airlines Airlines disagreed$ disagreed$ &e worked worked as a catalog!e catalog!e sales represen representati"e tati"e$$ (n top of that, that, the ticket ticket holder holder co!ld also also collect collect airmiles airmiles each time they they flew *he Airpa Airpass ss +!ick +!ickly ly paid paid for for itself itself$$
The ultimate frequent flyer Jack Vroom, an American businessman from Dallas, Texas, has made a claim as the ultimate frequent flyer. (---1---- !"en more ama#in$ly, he did this %ithout &ayin$ for any of the fli$hts. 'ut after ha"in$ flo%n enou$h times to $o round the %orld 1,)) times, *r Vroom has no% been banned from flyin$ on American Airlines. *r Vroo Vroom+ m+s s ad"en ad"entur ture e be$an be$an in 1, 1, %hen a frien friend d told told him about about a uniqu unique e o&&ortunity. o&&ortunity. American American Airlines %ere sellin$ an unlimited, life-lon$ first-class tra"el &ass called the AAir&ass. or a fee of /0),))) &lus interest, the ticket-holder and one com&anion could fly first-class any%here, %hene"er they %anted, and as much as they %anted. (----2----. Althou$h they %ere ex&ensi"e, American Airlines Airlines sold a total of 3) tickets, before they sto&&ed issuin$ them in 2))3. The &ass %as desi$ned mostly for business use, but Jack Vroom decided to use it all the time. (---0---- 4e %ould fly across the 56A to %atch his son &lay American American football at uni"ersity, or to &ick u& his father-in-la% from 7ashin$ton D8 so he could babysit his children. 4e told friends it %as chea&er than &ayin$ for a local babysitter. 4e %ould also $o abroad too, often 9ust for a fe% hours. 4e fle% to *ilan to &ick u& some &arts for a motorbike, and to :uadala9ara, :uadala9ara, *exico, 9ust to buy some belts. (---3---- 4e didn+t e"en need to sho% his &ass, and e"eryone at his local air&ort kne% him by name. 4is ad"enture came to end, thou$h, in 2)) on a fli$ht back from ;ondon. 4e had used his com&anion &ass to fly his dau$hter+s friend back to the 56, but %hen they arri"ed at 4eathro% air&ort, *r Vroom %as taken to the V<= loun$e and %as $i"en a letter sayin$ that he could ne"er use the ticket a$ain. (-------- 7hen they checked %ho he %as flyin$ %ith, they noticed he booked tri&s %ith &eo&le he had ne"er flo%n %ith before. They also noticed he %ould fly to far-a%ay destinations in !uro&e and Asia, but only stay for a fe% hours. They accused him of sellin$ his com&anion ticket, %hich %as a$ainst the rules. 4is frequent flyin$ %as also costin$ the airline millions of dollars a year. *r Vroo Vroom m disa$ disa$ree rees s %ith %ith the decis decision ion,, and and belie" belie"es es there there %as nothi nothin$ n$ %ritte %ritten n any%here %hich said he %asn+t allo%ed to $ain com&ensation from his com&anion ticket. 4e belie"es that any money made %as for his business ser"ices, or sim&ly because friends %anted to &ay him for the fli$ht. These days, *r Vroom stays on the $round, %orkin$ as a teacher and $i"in$ lectures in his house in the city of Dallas in the 5nited 6tates.
The ultimate frequent flyer Jack Vroom, an American businessman from Dallas, Texas, has made a claim as the ultimate frequent flyer. n to& of that, the ticket holder could also collect airmiles each time they fle%. Althou$h they %ere ex&ensi"e, American Airlines sold a total of 3) tickets, before they sto&&ed issuin$ them in 2))3. The &ass %as desi$ned mostly for business use, but Jack Vroom decided to use it all the time. The AAir&ass quickly &aid for itself. 4e %ould fly across the 56A to %atch his son &lay American football at uni"ersity, or to &ick u& his father-in-la% from 7ashin$ton D8 so he could babysit his children. (----0---- 4e %ould also $o abroad too, often 9ust for a fe% hours. 4e fle% to *ilan to &ick u& some &arts for a motorbike, and to :uadala9ara, *exico, 9ust to buy some belts. *r Vroom fle% so often that he kne% the &lanes better than most of the cabin cre%s. 4e didn+t e"en need to sho% his &ass, and e"eryone at his local air&ort kne% him by name. 4is ad"enture came to end, thou$h, in 2)) on a fli$ht back from ;ondon. 4e had used his com&anion &ass to fly his dau$hter+s friend back to the 56, but %hen they arri"ed at 4eathro% air&ort, *r Vroom %as taken to the V<= loun$e and %as $i"en a letter sayin$ that he could ne"er use the ticket a$ain. Althou$h he belie"es he hadn+t done anythin$ %ron$, American Airlines disa$reed. 7hen they checked %ho he %as flyin$ %ith, they noticed he booked tri&s %ith &eo&le he had ne"er flo%n %ith before. They also noticed he %ould fly to far-a%ay destinations in !uro&e and Asia, but only stay for a fe% hours.(----3----. 4is frequent flyin$ %as also costin$ the airline millions of dollars a year. *r Vroom disa$rees %ith the decision, and belie"es there %as nothin$ %ritten any%here %hich said he %asn+t allo%ed to $ain com&ensation from his com&anion ticket. (-------- These days, *r Vroom stays on the $round, %orkin$ as a teacher and $i"in$ lectures in his house in the city of Dallas in the 5nited 6tates. A B % '
&e told friends it was cheaper than paying for a local babysitter$ '"en more amaingly, he did this witho!t paying for any of the flights$ *hey acc!sed him of selling his companion ticket, which was against the r!les *he pass was sold to wealthy passengers only$ American Airlines were selling an !nlimited, life-long first-class tra"el pass called the AAirpass ) &e belie"es that any money made was for his b!siness ser"ices, or simply beca!se friends wanted to pay him for the flight$
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Survival stories 7e+"e all heard ama#in$ stories in %hich &eo&le stru$$le heroically to sur"i"e a$ainst all the odds. C----1---- The truth, thou$h, is that not all sur"i"ors are quite so heroic. As these t%o stories sho%, the %ill to sur"i"e isn+t al%ays so stron$. As an ex&erienced sailor, ;ynn 7alker kno%s nothin$ is e"er certain on the hi$h seas. 4o%e"er, %hen she took on the 9ob of sailin$ a luxury yacht from Tahiti to 6an Die$o, she must ha"e belie"ed that it %ould be one of the less com&licated tri&s she had done. ;ittle did she kno% that after a %eek of calm sailin$ the %eather %ould chan$e dramatically, brin$in$ a tro&ical de&ression from 8entral America to blast the yacht %ith 2)-metre %a"es. ;ynn found herself battlin$ a$ainst 4urricane aymond. C---2---- ;ynn %as unconscious for a lon$ time. 7hen she did finally come round, she reali#ed that the boat had miraculously ri$hted itself, and that she had been sa"ed by the lifeline connectin$ her to the boat. C---0---- Tra$ically, she could see 6imon, her boyfriend, lyin$ dead in the %ater. There %as &lenty of food on the boat, and the %eather %as calm a$ain, but ;ynn could only feel an o"er%helmin$ sense of ho&elessness. 6he found that she couldn+t eat, and sim&ly sat on the soakin$ %et deck.
F We wonder what we would have done in similar impossible situations and fnd it hard to imagine how these people ound the strength to stay alive.
Survival stories 7e+"e all heard ama#in$ stories in %hich &eo&le stru$$le heroically to sur"i"e a$ainst all the odds. C----1---- The truth, thou$h, is that not all sur"i"ors are quite so heroic. As these t%o stories sho%, the %ill to sur"i"e isn+t al%ays so stron$. As an ex&erienced sailor, ;ynn 7alker kno%s nothin$ is e"er certain on the hi$h seas. 4o%e"er, %hen she took on the 9ob of sailin$ a luxury yacht from Tahiti to 6an Die$o, she must ha"e belie"ed that it %ould be one of the less com&licated tri&s she had done. ;ittle did she kno% that after a %eek of calm sailin$ the %eather %ould chan$e dramatically, brin$in$ a tro&ical de&ression from 8entral America to blast the yacht %ith 2)-metre %a"es. ;ynn found herself battlin$ a$ainst 4urricane aymond. C---2---- ;ynn %as unconscious for a lon$ time. 7hen she did finally come round, she reali#ed that the boat had miraculously ri$hted itself, and that she had been sa"ed by the lifeline connectin$ her to the boat. C---0---- Tra$ically, she could see 6imon, her boyfriend, lyin$ dead in the %ater. There %as &lenty of food on the boat, and the %eather %as calm a$ain, but ;ynn could only feel an o"er%helmin$ sense of ho&elessness. 6he found that she couldn+t eat, and sim&ly sat on the soakin$ %et deck.
F We wonder what we would have done in similar impossible situations and fnd it hard to imagine how these people ound the strength to stay alive.