US Air miles good on flights to the moon, almost (3/15/2002)

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Found this article at TWcrossroads....

US Air miles good on flights to the moon, almost (3/15/2002)

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Another over-the-top (literally, this time) affinity
program belongs to US Airways, with the carrier one-upping the Star Alliance,
which touts itself as "the airline network for earth." Under an agreement
with Space Adventures, a space tourism company, US Airways frequent flyer
members will be able to earn and redeem miles for a suborbital space flight,
as well as zero gravity and supersonic high-altitude jet flights or
astronaut-led shuttle launch tours. The suborbital flights aren't planned
until 2004 or 2005, and they will cost 10 million miles. That makes the Zero
Gravity flight (250,000 miles plus $2,000) and the Edge of Space flight
(275,000 miles plus $8,000) seem relatively easy to obtain. Participants
still will earn miles on the flights, which, a US Airways spokesman said,
would come to 250,000 miles for the suborbital adventure. <A HREF="http://www.twcrossroads.com/news/News.asp";>Back</A> to news page.

Scott SFO
only 9,900,000miles to go (at 550mph?)...I better get busy

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