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Not sure why this is being downvoted. As a guy that travels 200k miles a year you have hit the nail on the head.

soperj 5y ago
I don't think you're travelling. At 200k miles a year, your home is the airplane. Whatever you do outside of that is your travel.
- draw_down 5y ago
  Come on
- soperj 5y ago
  I see that you disagree. As someone who's done 100k miles in a year, at 200k miles you're basically travelling every other day. 100k miles is hard on your body.
- pgwhalen 5y ago
  I did some quick math and that’s about 36 weeks of round trip NY to LA. Is that really so hard to believe? My understanding is that there are jobs that are essential all travel (call it 48 weeks a year).
  - soperj 5y ago
    You're basically just getting over the jet-lag when you have to leave again. It's not hard to believe, it's just very hard on your body. I've done a trip that was West Coast to South Korea for 5 days, then to South Africa for 6 days, then New York for 3 days, and back to the West Coast. Took 2 weeks to feel right again, and I was in my 20s.
akudha 5y ago
That is roughly 550 miles per day, every day, 365 days a year. That is a lot, did you mean 20k miles? What kind of work do you do?
- robotresearcher 5y ago
  (Not the parent, but) 200K miles/year is roughly a monthly New York to Shenzhen round trip.
- taylortbb 5y ago
  United frequent flyer status doesn't start til 25k/year, and top tier is over 100k/year. I don't think it's a typo for 20k. I hit 50k/year just going back and forth between SFO and YYZ once a month. I'm just a software engineer, with a lot of collaboration between our SF and Waterloo offices.
- toast0 5y ago
  I'd think of it more like 4000 miles a week, which is roughly a weekly roundtrip cross-country (US) flight. I wouldn't do it, but some people do, and it doesn't seem absurd enough to assume a typo. 20k miles is a quarterly cross-country trip, plus an extra one, which is barely anything if you're considered traveling a lot.
- jandrewrogers 5y ago
  Regular transoceanic air travel, like on the order of once a month, can hit that number.
- sithadmin 5y ago
  200k miles a year is very easy to hit for US folks working in the consulting sector, especially if you end up serving clients on the opposite coast. It’s also normal for consultants to rack up unholy amounts of frequent flier points and take lots of nearly-free long haul trips each year. Source: am consultant. Have hit 200k miles/yr multiple times.
  - x0x0 5y ago
    A friend works in sf and runs an eng team out of seattle. He daytrips up there weekly, or at least did pre-covid. 800 miles SFO to SEA, 45 weeks... That's 72k miles alone.
    - 5y ago

I don't think you're travelling. At 200k miles a year, your home is the airplane. Whatever you do outside of that is your travel.

draw_down 5y ago
Come on
soperj 5y ago
I see that you disagree. As someone who's done 100k miles in a year, at 200k miles you're basically travelling every other day. 100k miles is hard on your body.
pgwhalen 5y ago
I did some quick math and that’s about 36 weeks of round trip NY to LA. Is that really so hard to believe? My understanding is that there are jobs that are essential all travel (call it 48 weeks a year).
- soperj 5y ago
  You're basically just getting over the jet-lag when you have to leave again. It's not hard to believe, it's just very hard on your body. I've done a trip that was West Coast to South Korea for 5 days, then to South Africa for 6 days, then New York for 3 days, and back to the West Coast. Took 2 weeks to feel right again, and I was in my 20s.

akudha 5y ago

That is roughly 550 miles per day, every day, 365 days a year. That is a lot, did you mean 20k miles? What kind of work do you do?

robotresearcher 5y ago
(Not the parent, but) 200K miles/year is roughly a monthly New York to Shenzhen round trip.
taylortbb 5y ago
United frequent flyer status doesn't start til 25k/year, and top tier is over 100k/year. I don't think it's a typo for 20k. I hit 50k/year just going back and forth between SFO and YYZ once a month. I'm just a software engineer, with a lot of collaboration between our SF and Waterloo offices.
toast0 5y ago
I'd think of it more like 4000 miles a week, which is roughly a weekly roundtrip cross-country (US) flight. I wouldn't do it, but some people do, and it doesn't seem absurd enough to assume a typo. 20k miles is a quarterly cross-country trip, plus an extra one, which is barely anything if you're considered traveling a lot.
jandrewrogers 5y ago
Regular transoceanic air travel, like on the order of once a month, can hit that number.
sithadmin 5y ago
200k miles a year is very easy to hit for US folks working in the consulting sector, especially if you end up serving clients on the opposite coast. It’s also normal for consultants to rack up unholy amounts of frequent flier points and take lots of nearly-free long haul trips each year. Source: am consultant. Have hit 200k miles/yr multiple times.
- x0x0 5y ago
  A friend works in sf and runs an eng team out of seattle. He daytrips up there weekly, or at least did pre-covid. 800 miles SFO to SEA, 45 weeks... That's 72k miles alone.
  - 5y ago