[Article] How an Engineer Earned 1.25 Million Air Miles By Buying Pudding

[maverick]

One of the original badass stories of travel hacking

https://gizmodo.com/how-an-engineer-ear ... 1339646546

[kevlarlover]

This still might be my single favorite travel hacking story ever. Mmmmmm, pudding.

And he would have earned lifetime AA gold status to boot, since that happened back when all miles counted towards status (if only they still did - I'd have lifetime status thanks to Citi!).