Tom Stuker, United Airlines’ Most Frequent Flyer

Tom Stuker, United Airlines’ Most Frequent Flyer

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If you’re into miles & points and/or frequently fly with United Airlines, you’ve probably heard of Tom Stuker. He’s United’s most frequent flyer, and almost certainly the world’s most frequent flyer who doesn’t work for an airline. He is a 23 million mile flyer with United, and flies the airline over a million miles per year.

As you’d expect, he’s a legend at the airline, and is treated very well (and conversely, he’s known for treating United employees well). United names planes after him, has parties when he reaches milestones, etc. The guy is quite proud of himself too, and even travels in a vest that has his name and how many millions of miles he has flown written on it.

Many have wondered why he flies so much, and how he pays for it. Well, we now have our answer.

Stuker has a lifetime United Airlines travel pass

Stuker has received a lot of media attention over the years, though as far as I know, has never publicly revealed one detail — how his flights are paid for. Well, we now have our answer, thanks to a Washington Post story.

Back in the day, many US airlines sold lifetime flight passes, including in first class. Back in 1990, Stuker purchased a lifetime United first class travel pass for $290,000. He has taken unlimited travel to the extreme, and has basically been flying nonstop ever since.

For example, 2019 was Stuker’s “best” year, as he took 373 flights that year, covering a distance of 1.46 million miles (that’s an average segment length of nearly 4,000 miles, roughly the equivalent of Chicago to London). If he had paid cash for those tickets, they would have cost $2.44 million that year alone. He once spent 12 straight days flying, without staying in a hotel.

Stucker flies so much with United Airlines to earn miles

So, why does Stuker fly so many miles? The 69-year-old car dealership consultant seems to do it mostly for… the miles. The lifetime flight pass seems to be eligible for accruing miles, and Stuker has United’s invitation-only Global Services status.

Now, miles are probably worth a bit less if you have unlimited confirmed space first and business class flights on United. Many people may prefer to fly on partner airlines, but Stuker is so busy wanting to keep accruing United miles, and getting to the next million miler threshold.

So, what does Stuker do with the miles? He redeems them mostly for non-flights. Stuker has redeemed miles for hotel suites, Crystal cruises, gourmet meals, and even for $50,000 worth of Walmart gift cards, in order to redo his brother’s house. He even redeemed some miles in an auction once to be able to appear in an episode of Seinfeld.

Keep in mind that redeeming miles for non-flying means generally doesn’t represent a good deal, since you typically get well under a cent of value per mile. But when you have access to unlimited flights and seemingly unlimited mileage earning potential, I suppose the value you’re getting doesn’t really matter.

I’m impressed United Airlines treats Stuker so well

I think it’s a given that Stuker is by far United’s most unprofitable customer. But good on him, because if airlines are going to sell unlimited lifetime flight passes, get ready for people to fly an “unlimited” amount.

So I’m impressed by the extent to which United embraces Stuker, and celebrates his milestones. He’s really treated as United’s most VIP passengers, and just about all employees seem to know him, and he frequently has parties thrown for him by the airline.

I imagine in many ways this great treatment only causes him to fly more, leading to the airline losing more money from him. But big picture, he’s a huge advocate for United, and always talks about how great the airline is, so it’s also good publicity for the airline. Good on United for making him feel so welcome and special, and honoring its commitment, even if he takes it to the extreme.

Stuker sure leads an unconventional life

Everyone should do what makes them happy in life, as long as they’re not harming others (I’m sure many would argue that flying so many miles is harming others, but that’s neither here nor there, for the purposes of this story). I think we can all agree Stuker lives quite the interesting — and bizarre — life.

It seems like Stuker genuinely loves the people at United, and has a friendship with many employees. He seems like a really nice guy, and I’ve never heard anyone at United say anything about him. It also seems like he really likes the attention. That’s not a dig, but the guy wears a vest that shows his name and how many miles he has flown, which isn’t exactly what someone would do if they wanted to fly under the radar.

To 16-year-old me, Stuker would’ve been my hero, and I would have dreamed of his life. To 33-year-old me, Stuker’s life sounds just a little unpleasant, to put it mildly. I couldn’t imagine flying that much, and also couldn’t imagine doing all that travel on a US airline. Of course to each their own, and what matter is that Stuker enjoys it.

The one thing I’d be curious about is what most motivates Stuker to fly so much:

  • Does he genuinely enjoy flying so much, and interacting with United employees and customers?
  • Does he just want to set an unbelievable record that no one will ever be able to beat?
  • Does he almost view this as a “job” in terms of earning miles that he can use to otherwise elevate his life?

My guess would be that it’s mostly the first and second points.

Even if he earned 10 million miles per year (which I don’t think he does), that wouldn’t even be the equivalent of a low six figure job in terms of the value of the miles, given that he’s redeeming them mostly for well under a cent each. And based on how many hours he spends flying, traveling with United is way more than a full time job for him. 😉

Speaking of earning miles, I’m curious at what rate he earns them, given that United has a revenue based frequent flyer program nowadays. Can he just book any fare, giving him in an incentive to always book the most expensive ticket possible?

Bottom line

Tom Stuker is United Airlines’ most frequent flyer, and he has flown over 23 million miles with the airline. We’ve now officially learned that he has a lifetime unlimited travel pass on the airline, which he bought in 1990 for $290,000. We’ve also learned that one of his primary motivations for flying is to simply rack up miles, and then he redeems them for gift cards, cruises, hotels, and more.

What an interesting and unusual life Stuker has…

What’s your take on Stuker’s flying? Would you want his life?

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  1. Mike k Guest

    I’m sure I would not enjoy flying quite that much. I do, however, love to travel, and I think that the journey is half the fun of traveling. Of course, the other half is the destination. So, for me, I would definitely fly a lot less and try to enjoy the destination quite a bit more. And then, I also like trains and ships and ferry’s.
    So, that is way too much flying, and not enough enjoying the destination.

  2. BMoney77 Guest

    Nice guy, he gave me his cell number and offered to get my mom upgraded to biz class on a flight to Hawaii for Xmas. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to upgrade an award ticket

  3. UAoldestFleetInAmerica Guest

    Why would he earn miles? A lifetime free pass is all he needs. What would he do with miles, other than transfer to other people, which doesn't seem fair to United. 4000 miles flown a day x whatever Global gets = at least 52,000 miles a day (13x at 1K levels). Every three days he'd have another expensive award ticket in first internationally. Makes no sense that United would give him free flights anywhere and still give him his miles.

    1. BenjaminGuttery Diamond

      If I read all of the articles/statements right: he no longer earns Miles (which agree wasn't right/fair in the first place). That stopped years ago when US changed it's earning rates based on cost.

  4. innocentabroad Guest

    Having sat next to him at UA lounges in ORD and near him on flights, I found him to be difficult to staff and fellow passengers.

    Reading the WaPo piece, two of his recommendations really stood out:
    1. "Lie to the first flight attendant you meet inside the door when you board." [tracks with seeing him be rude to staff]
    4. "Don’t be a jerk and use your cell without headphones." [I've been...

    Having sat next to him at UA lounges in ORD and near him on flights, I found him to be difficult to staff and fellow passengers.

    Reading the WaPo piece, two of his recommendations really stood out:
    1. "Lie to the first flight attendant you meet inside the door when you board." [tracks with seeing him be rude to staff]
    4. "Don’t be a jerk and use your cell without headphones." [I've been stuck sitting next to him talking so loudly and obnoxiously on the phone, oblivious to people trying to work or relax in the lounge]

    1. NotAFan Guest

      I have been on a flight with him and found him quite inconsiderate. There was an announcement asking people to stay seated as many had tight connections. He stood right up. Got his carry on...chatted with the attendants. I missed my flight by 2 minutes and I can say if he stayed seated I would not have. Saw him in the lounge afterward.

      Of all my years of flying, I have met loads of great people.He is the one passenger that is embedded in my memory.

  5. FNT Delta Diamond Guest

    Whatever money Stuker costs United is more than made up in the publicity and advertising the airline gets out of him.

  6. Bill Guest

    I have AA Gold status for life Free checked bag and Group 5 boarding. Woohoo!!!

  7. Bagoly Guest

    So are these heavy users of lifetime passes the reason why mileage programs switched to being revenue-based?!

    Credit to United for honouring the pass - up to the 1970s various voluntary organisations in the UK sold lifetime membership, but after the high inflation of that decade went to holders and said "Er, actually, please start paying annual subscriptions again".

  8. McCaron Guest

    It's free advertisement for United.
    Consider it as marketing expense.

    1. Maipee Nessisbig Guest

      Do you know jack sh*t about marketing? What audience is being targeted? What is the ROAS? For $2MM+ annual spend there could be massive ROI if that money were to be spent on actual brand media.

      Stuker is a cis white male. Strike one for DEI. Flying is bad for the environment. Strike one for ESG.

      Anybody considering this a marketing expense does not know anything about marketing (which is at least 50% of people who work in marketing).

    2. John G Guest

      Pretty sure “cis” is a slur so let’s just say he’s a naturally born male instead.

  9. Ricky Guest

    And to put things into perspective, $290,000 in May 1990 is equivalent to $683,000 now (adjusted for inflation).

  10. Maipee Nessisbig Guest

    I woud love to see commenter BBK kicked the f*** off this blog I'm tired of seeing his unproductive snide remarks on others' comments. He needs to get a f*** life.

    1. Andrew Diamond

      The guy who rags on everyone for being an awful westerner, with a fallacy about his phallus for a username, and doesn't even bother to register his account so that he can be banned properly, wants to ban someone else?

      Just saying.

  11. Odd Guest

    What’s really striking about this whole charade is that it could be kept under wraps for so long.
    As someone who’s long been in the know, I have for *years* attempted to explain the lifetime pass thing, both on FlyerTalk and in various blogs’ comment sections. Every time, without fail, the post would get deleted within hours of publication without an explanation.
    The last time this occurred is over at Live and Let’s...

    What’s really striking about this whole charade is that it could be kept under wraps for so long.
    As someone who’s long been in the know, I have for *years* attempted to explain the lifetime pass thing, both on FlyerTalk and in various blogs’ comment sections. Every time, without fail, the post would get deleted within hours of publication without an explanation.
    The last time this occurred is over at Live and Let’s Fly when Matt last wrote about Tom; I literally challenged Matt to let my comment explaining the whole lifetime pass thing through. Sure enough, he didn’t.
    Maybe Ben was actually naive to this, or maybe like many others he’d long done the math that this just was not anywhere near compatible with even the most casual of day jobs, including “car dealership consultant”.
    But regardless, some Boarding Area / FlyerTalk overlord seems to have protected that truth for a very long time, as if it was somehow embarrassing - I don’t find it to be embarrassing in the least myself.
    Indeed after YEARS of commenting on the FlyerTalk thread dedicated to himself, Tom all of the sudden came clean just three weeks ago, without so much of an acknowledgment of the awkwardness of the sudden “reveal”.
    Odd, but either way, seems like a real good guy and props for leveraging his risky purchase to that extent!

  12. Randy Diamond

    Good writeup. This was reported by more than Wash Post. I met him at a Chicago Seminar. I assumed his business paid for the tickets. But then again he flies too much.

    I thought the same thing - I am surprised UA embraces him so much. AA frowns on its prepaid unlimited flyers.

    Article mentioned he flew 12 days with no hotel, just sleeping on plane and using lounges.

    Met an AA...

    Good writeup. This was reported by more than Wash Post. I met him at a Chicago Seminar. I assumed his business paid for the tickets. But then again he flies too much.

    I thought the same thing - I am surprised UA embraces him so much. AA frowns on its prepaid unlimited flyers.

    Article mentioned he flew 12 days with no hotel, just sleeping on plane and using lounges.

    Met an AA lifetime flyer - he bought the AA pass after getting a big settled from being hit by car at NY Airport. He is disabled - but flies or at least flies RT to London at least every week. Just returns.

    How do you have a life?

    1. Eskimo Guest

      How do you have a life?
      Is that a trick question ;)

      Discover some wacky way to earn crazy miles, repeat whenever possible.
      All those lifetime pass from the 80s was just runners who had deeper pockets.
      This is the way.

  13. Nate nate Guest

    I'm surprised United didn't cancel the pass when it was in bankruptcy. I'm pretty sure they could have legally.

    Also, there was a bit of luck on Tom's part. He easily could have bought a pass on AA / USAir / TWA / PanAm / Eastern and those would have not have lasted this long. And who knows whether a Continental lifetime pass is valid on United, or if a NWA pass is valid on...

    I'm surprised United didn't cancel the pass when it was in bankruptcy. I'm pretty sure they could have legally.

    Also, there was a bit of luck on Tom's part. He easily could have bought a pass on AA / USAir / TWA / PanAm / Eastern and those would have not have lasted this long. And who knows whether a Continental lifetime pass is valid on United, or if a NWA pass is valid on Delta. I'm guessing not.

    I do wonder how he earns miles in this revenue-based mile earning world.

    1. Joe Jones Guest

      He said on FlyerTalk that he hasn't earned miles for several years (presumably ever since the program went revenue-based).

    2. LEo Diamond

      He could technically credit it to Aeroplan....

  14. Scott Guest

    I was on a flight that he was on a few years back.. and yes they treat him like the legend he is…and he’s a very nice guy to have a chat with.
    Up front was Business, no First on this flight. Either ORD / NRT or the return.

  15. henare Diamond

    tbh, it sounds exhausting. not so much thr flying part, but the security part. he's probably well known st his home airport, but...

    1. Izzie Nuttz Guest

      Not healthy at all!

  16. A_Japanese Gold

    In 2008, ANA sold Premium Pass with unlimited domestic first class travel for a year for 3 million yen (roughly 30,000 USD at that time) - with 100% bonus mile. One of the pass holder earned 3 million miles (including bonus) in a year - by taking Haneda-Okinawa return flights (longest ANA domestic route at that time, around 1000 miles one-way) as much as possible. Unlike Stuker, this passenger was notorious for abusive and nuisance...

    In 2008, ANA sold Premium Pass with unlimited domestic first class travel for a year for 3 million yen (roughly 30,000 USD at that time) - with 100% bonus mile. One of the pass holder earned 3 million miles (including bonus) in a year - by taking Haneda-Okinawa return flights (longest ANA domestic route at that time, around 1000 miles one-way) as much as possible. Unlike Stuker, this passenger was notorious for abusive and nuisance behavior towards CA and fellow passengers and he made his seat horribly dirty after every flights. After the expiry of his pass, ANA put him on no fly list, closed his mileage account and forfeited remaining miles. Passenger sued ANA, but lost the case. Premium pass was quickly discontinued afterwards.

    1. Kelley P Diamond

      There's always ONE guy who ruins it for everyone....

    2. BBK Diamond

      Great story, and tbh the last nationality/country from were i'd expect this outcome was Japan. Was the passenger Japanese?

    3. BBK Diamond

      How dare you assume my ethnicity or location? And there's always that consistency in the left (no surprise, the ideology pillared on envy) of nitpicking everything Japanese. We objectivists see numbers not feelings so yeah, they're pretty much the most uniform society in the world.

    4. BBK Diamond

      Haven't noted the newest iteration of the infamous Yin. The derangement gave me the first hint because your newest username was a bit more subtle. Already reported before you mess everything here again.

  17. Alec-14 Gold

    I think the most impressive thing is how he can eat so much of United’s catering!

    1. ArthurSFO Diamond

      I was thinking the same thing. Honestly, even a good airline's catering would get difficult to handle after a while, let alone a continuous "diet" of it after all these years.

      I've had some enjoyable meals in F/J, but I couldn't imagine only eating that for 12 days straight. But then it's on UA? That's scary.

  18. Steve Guest

    When you mentioned being 33 I couldn't help checking my first email exchange with you. It was October 20, 2009. Almost fourteen years ago.

    I remember flitting off to Hong Kong in the early 1980's on just a few hours notice whenever DHL needed a fill in courier. Ah for us both to be young again.

    1. Ben Schlappig OMAAT

      @ Steven -- Kind of scary how fast time flies, eh? :-)

    2. JB Guest

      I'm 19 right now, and you guys are scaring me

    3. Steve Guest

      The days can go slowly (particularly when you have a young child) but the years really do fly.

      It's been a joy watching your enterprise (and you) grow.

  19. rich62az New Member

    I think he has a family but otherwise it strikes you as someone who is lonely and feels like the employees are his friends and his social outlet. Similar to people who frequent places like bars to often talk to the employees more so than get wasted.

    Flying 10+ days without being home or even in a hotel just seems crazy and painful. And to be honest I don't enjoy airport or airplane restrooms that much!

  20. Rand Guest

    Better him than me I try to avoid United as much as I can given the way they treat us peons

  21. TJ Guest

    I think it is awesome of United to allow him to earn miles and status. This certainly one US carrier that would do the exact opposite.

  22. Nevsky Guest

    A number of casual flyers mentioned the story to me. Great read, but totally irrelevant to casual flyers and mileage junkies as he is essentially a one-off (or close to that) having an unlimited pass from a long time ago.

  23. JB Guest

    I also always wondered how he could fly so much. I read an article similar to this one yesterday which said he also has a day job. Can't remember off the top of my head what it was though.

    1. Foo Blah Guest

      He’s a consultant to car dealerships.

      So he probably makes good money doing that all over the country.

  24. Maipee Nessisbig Guest

    How do people feel about his profession, car dealership consultant? Car dealers have the slimiest reputations. They will sell you an oil change subscription for your Tesla. They’ll force you to buy antitheft but not actually install the system, which you won’t find out until an honest mechanic points it out to you. They’ll charge markups of $10,000 above MSRP. They’ll replace your third brake light with “Pulse Protects!” which is worse than a waste,...

    How do people feel about his profession, car dealership consultant? Car dealers have the slimiest reputations. They will sell you an oil change subscription for your Tesla. They’ll force you to buy antitheft but not actually install the system, which you won’t find out until an honest mechanic points it out to you. They’ll charge markups of $10,000 above MSRP. They’ll replace your third brake light with “Pulse Protects!” which is worse than a waste, it’s an annoyance to all traffic behind you in stop and go conditions.

    I’ve bought from dealers who didn’t register my car until I filed a California DMV Investigations complaint. Turns out these folks have law enforcement power and they will physically set foot in a dealership for you. I had an officer do this for me and what do you know? That same day the dealer got my car registered.

    1. DenB® Guest

      Who's "they" in these examples? For your post not to be defamatory nonsense, you might have said "some".

    2. Foo Blah Guest

      How about those F-ing bastards.
      Better.

    3. Maipee Nessisbig Guest

      So you can't even identify the object of my scorn, yet you insinuate I am defaming ... an unidentifiable "they"?

      You sound like the lemon law attorney I hired, or shall I say, tried to hire before I realized the attorney was the lemon.

    4. BenjaminGuttery Diamond

      Your obviously an online troll Maipee. Your comment(s) make no sense. Lastly, and I do the mean the last ever attention you will ever get from me, Tesla is not a car dealer and doesn't run a traditional "dealership". They are a manufacturer who happened to create their own new category and therefore operates in some quasi capacity in many fields. I would hardly compare any experience with them (Tesla) and and traditional vehicle manufacturer...

      Your obviously an online troll Maipee. Your comment(s) make no sense. Lastly, and I do the mean the last ever attention you will ever get from me, Tesla is not a car dealer and doesn't run a traditional "dealership". They are a manufacturer who happened to create their own new category and therefore operates in some quasi capacity in many fields. I would hardly compare any experience with them (Tesla) and and traditional vehicle manufacturer OR actual car dealerships.

    5. BBK Diamond

      @Benjamin is just the good ol' deranged Yin, please help the community reporting the username

    6. BenjaminGuttery Diamond

      BBK, Your saying that I'm Yin? Huh? I already reported about 10 of that Maipee Nessie whatevers comments last night.

    7. BBK Diamond

      @Benjamin, no, Sorry I didn't wrote it clear. I'm tagging you to let you know that the user you are replying (again with the notorious username) is the troll Yin. I've also reported the comments as soon as I noticed he's back... yeah, I even dared to assume his gender :)

  25. Michael_D New Member

    That's 1.3 cents per mile spent for his flying. Less than $200 for a RT TPAC in First (when UA had it). When you do discount the miles awarded, upgrades, etc probably significantly less. United really hasn't made any money on him even if you would have added interest to his original contribution.

  26. DLPTATL Guest

    This article had me curious about Delta's most flown passenger. As luck would have it Delta posted an article on Todd O. in the spring. He's apparently Delta's first 14 million miler with no signs of slowing down. Needless to say Delta doesn't say how he pays for his flights.

    https://news.delta.com/14-million-miles-and-counting-delta-celebrates-most-traveled-customer#:~:text=Among%20Delta's%20most%20frequent%20travelers,and%20only%2014%20Million%20Miler.

  27. FormosaTPE Member

    Surprised that Ben would seemingly take the WaPo story at face value.

    If people wanted to learn more about Stuker, they could read this threat on FlyerTalk where he answers questions occassionally. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-airlines-mileageplus/1028880-ua1flyer-real-up-air-gs.html

    The sense I get is that he simply loves flying/traveling. He likes the notoriety from being the top flyer as well. The miles he got were a nice side benefit of that, but he implies in the threat that he's quite wealthy...

    Surprised that Ben would seemingly take the WaPo story at face value.

    If people wanted to learn more about Stuker, they could read this threat on FlyerTalk where he answers questions occassionally. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-airlines-mileageplus/1028880-ua1flyer-real-up-air-gs.html

    The sense I get is that he simply loves flying/traveling. He likes the notoriety from being the top flyer as well. The miles he got were a nice side benefit of that, but he implies in the threat that he's quite wealthy so I don't think he'd really care if he wasn't earning award miles.

    If I had an unlimited airpass for business class travel for 2 I'd sure as heck take advantage of it as much as I could.

    1. Steve Guest

      He seems to not be too happy about the article. It was also in other publications.

    2. Ben Schlappig OMAAT

      @ FormosaTPE -- Forgive me for not reading all 143 pages of that thread, but has he acknowledged there that he has a lifetime pass? From skimming, it seems not...

    3. FormosaTPE Member

      @Ben - Yes he has. Don't expect you to have read it all, of course, but had (mistakenly) assumed you'd be more familiar with Tom and his story. Here's a quote from the thread where he talks about it.

      "A Good investment.
      All the details will come out in the book. It was 510,000 to be exact. Was it a risk? Hell yeah. But that's been my life in a nutshell( again more details...

      @Ben - Yes he has. Don't expect you to have read it all, of course, but had (mistakenly) assumed you'd be more familiar with Tom and his story. Here's a quote from the thread where he talks about it.

      "A Good investment.
      All the details will come out in the book. It was 510,000 to be exact. Was it a risk? Hell yeah. But that's been my life in a nutshell( again more details in the book. And for the record I don't fly for free . Tickets are paid for from a fund / annuity etc. if you include the tickers/ flight miles when adding my companion it would be getting close to 29,000 flights/tickets . I've earned over 100 million redeemable miles, and the government paid for 40percent of the 510K as I write it all off in my first 3 years. Yes, United treats me extremely well , always has., because it's total class. I've maid a lot of poor choices over the years( again the book) . This was not one of them. If I had to do it all over again , I would do it in a heart beat, no doubt at all. We can all play should have could have would have with our spending/ investments over the years. Hell I lost a half million on a home I bought . My 2 divorces cost me fortunes . In the big picture the 510K was nothing! I've been able to share the world with my family and close friends. Experiences they couldn't afford and are now and will continue to be indelible lifetime memories!! Investment? A better word is Priceless!!!! Just sayin"

      He also says that United stopped giving him miles for flying years ago (probably when they shifted away from distance-based earnings):

      "United quit giving me miles years ago . I still fly because I have to / and I want to"

    4. Ben Schlappig OMAAT

      @ FormosaTPE -- Fascinating, thanks! It looks like that post was published just one month ago, right? So even though that thread has been going on since 2009, did he ever acknowledge the lifetime pass prior to that?

    5. ArthurSFO Diamond

      "And the government paid for the first 40%" LOL at the awful logic of that statement.

    6. Bob Guest

      Spending $700,000 on a flight pass (adjusted for inflation) in his 30s does not imply wealth. It screams it.

      Obviously he came from money or is a very good car salesman.

  28. David S Guest

    You can get some insights into Tom Stuker by watching the TV program he did Car Lot Rescue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Lot_Rescue.
    He is a nice guy, we were in first class together on United's 747 last flight to Hawaii.

  29. Ann Guest

    Noone should ever have to work at 69.

    1. 9A Guest

      Aren't both parties working?

  30. Steve Diamond

    Great article and fun read, does he pay taxes on any of his flights? Easy to see why United treats him so well he clearly doesnt mind being used for advertising purposes and way cheaper to let him keep doing his thing than pay millions to annoying influencers and celebrities.

  31. AdamH Diamond

    I was surprised to see the unlimited pass come up in this article as I have read about Stuker before and had never seen that mentioned before -- always just thought it was his consulting biz that paid for it. I do wonder how the miles work in the new scheme as presumably he isn't making much in terms of PDQs these days if he really isn't paying cash for fares.

    1. Mick Guest

      I was always curious about this too but did see another blogger mention about a life pass in an article not that long ago. The articles about the American airpasses are fantastic. Mark cuban had/has one.

    2. UAoldestFleetInAmerica Guest

      Only thing he should get is lifetime miles, and once he hit 4M he got automatic Global Services. There's zero reason for him to mess with PQF PQM and actually accruing miles. They'd be giving away a business class seat he could buy for someone every three days.

  32. WCC Guest

    I am just curious about how much miles he is earning now when the miles are now revenue-based. Any idea?

    1. Eric Guest

      I’m guessing that when he books a ticket (and I assume they’re all full-fare first), they just book it at the market rate at the time for him, which means he’d just earn whatever you or I would book (if we were 1K/GS) and booked that same flight.

      I believe that’s how the American first-class pass holders’ tickets are booked.

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