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> But I also flew about 100,000 km per year in the time before COVID and am still on track to fly about 30,000-50,000 km this year Can I ask why? I struggle to
by thunky 3y ago
> But I also flew about 100,000 km per year in the time before COVID and am still on track to fly about 30,000-50,000 km this year
Can I ask why? I struggle to think of a legitimate reason anyone would need to travel that much.
Please don't say it's for meetings.
- schoen 3y agoIn the time before COVID I frequently spoke at conferences and would go in person to several conferences per year, often in foreign countries. This year is family visits and vacations. My travel patterns were still rather low for self-conscious "frequent flyers", who would, for example, feel an absolute requirement to fly at least 50,000 or 100,000 miles on a single airline each year in order to "maintain status" so that that airline would reward them with various perks. I have "only" ever done this once. Of course, I expect even approaching the low end of a frequent flyer status is probably the top 1% carbon footprint in the world.