This is the first post on my “new” travel blog.
What is Ten Million Miles? It’s not the circumference of the Earth – that’s only around 25,000 miles. The moon is around 240,000 miles distant.
The significant of Ten Million Miles is that it was the near-mythical ultimate goal of Ryan Bingham (played by George Clooney) in the film Up in the Air. Bingham, a business traveler, practically lived on airplanes and reaching the ten-mil plateau was the ultimate business traveler goal. It’s a staggering distance when you think of it. Mercury is 36 million miles away.
In 2011 a fellow named Tom Stuker managed to join the ten-mil club. He was in rare company. Seems only a handful have done it. United Airlines named a plane after him, and gave him a Titanium Card (whatever that was).
I’ll never hit Ten Million Miles. But I love traveling and the thought of what I could see along the way, if I was to travel that distance in my lifetime, is pretty cool.