I wonder which one they use for frequent flyer miles.
Cathay Pacific is unambiguous in that respect, in that they use frequent
flyer kilometers. I haven't checked into the unit used by other non-US
airlines.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of James R. Frysinger
> Sent: November 23, 2000 11:36
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9315] Re: Statute miles vs. nautical
>
>
> Since nautical miles are larger than "international" miles and statute
> miles, a given number of them will take you farther than your road atlas
> might suggest. Of course, they probably use an air atlas instead of a
> road atlas...
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Gottlieb wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
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