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Around the World in 27 Days
Hoofing it for a Million Miles
I really needed to get the F out of America for a while, what with our hard right turn into treason and stupidity last month, and as luck would have it Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) decided to give me the means and reason to do so.
See, SAS joined the SkyTeam alliance. A lot of airlines these days have teamed up into big globe-spanning organizations. It lets them pool resources to an extent and claim that their “partner networks” allow you to fly basically anywhere. It has some perks for us too. You can earn status and rewards on one member and use it on any of them, and there is a certain familiarity to all of the airlines when you generally stay within one alliance.
Anyway, SAS joined SkyTeam, which I suspect is the biggest in the world because it has Delta in as well as 17 total airlines. To celebrate making the varsity team they launched a promotion, fly around the world on all the SkyTeam airlines (well, most of them) and SAS would give you a MILLION miles. A million miles/points is pretty fukkin great. That means flying business class to Europe like twenty times, or, if you’re like me, and you don’t have a set schedule and just prowl for deals to go somewhere surprising, you can fly for decades paying just taxes on your tickets.
