On 2000-11-23 at 10:31, kilopascal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I wonder how many people think a nautical mile and land mile are one and the
> same
On one airline flight I was on, they announced that "members of our
frequent flier program will receive XXX nautical miles for this
flight". Whoa!, I thought. I never realized they use _nautical_ miles
for frequent flier points. What a sneaky way to give less points. Now
I wonder if all airlines use nautical miles for their FFPs, and how
many people realize that.
On another recent flight, the pilot gave the weather only in Celsius
(this was a U.S. domestic flight). Something like, "Dallas has partly
cloudy skies, with a temperature of 17 degrees." I was happy to hear
him not give the conversion.
