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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