One million frequent flier points

Filed in archive Flying high on October 25, 2005

Say, if you were jobless and your partner starts complaining about your lazy ass being home the whole day, what would you do? Most of us would probably start looking for a job. Or, at least, think of doing something productive.

Well, one guy had a different solution.

"Instead of putting more time into his job or getting a hobby, Marc Tacchi decided to transfer his butt from the couch to an airplane seat.

Tacchi took Air Canada up on its offer of a North America Unlimited Pass, which costs $3,499 a month and allows unlimited travel to more than 100 destinations in North America. Tacchi is now flying about 7,500 miles a day, attempting to rack up one million frequent flier points in two months."Read the whole article here.

He has attracted even the attention of Hollywood with what he is attempting. I wonder if his girlfriend can say the same thing, on a positive note.