1. One million miles

2. Dear John, I’m delighted to tell you that you have become a Virgin Atlantic Million Miler! Believe it or not, you have travelled over 1 million base flown miles with Virgin Atlantic. Which is pretty impressive. You have Flying Club Gold membership, meaning we’ll renew your Gold status automatically, year after year, after year. So you’ll continue to enjoy worldwide Clubhouse access, extra baggage allowances and more miles.* As a further token of my appreciation, I have enclosed something special for you to keep. It comes with my warmest wishes and I hope it reminds you of wonderful journeys in the past… and of adventures yet to come. Best wishes, Richard Branson Search for information, not for answers! I’m delighted to tell you that you have become a Virgin Atlantic Million Miler! Believe it or not, you have travelled over 1 million base flown miles with Virgin Atlantic. Which is pretty impressive. I’m delighted to tell you that you have become a Virgin Atlantic Million Miler! Believe it or not, you have travelled over 1 million base flown miles with Virgin Atlantic. Which is pretty impressive.

3. Title: What questions are interesting (and relevant)? What assumptions do you need to make? What information do you need? OrderComments (after workings things out) Search for information, not for answers! I’m delighted to tell you that you have become a Virgin Atlantic Million Miler! Believe it or not, you have travelled over 1 million base flown miles with Virgin Atlantic. Which is pretty impressive. I’m delighted to tell you that you have become a Virgin Atlantic Million Miler! Believe it or not, you have travelled over 1 million base flown miles with Virgin Atlantic. Which is pretty impressive.

4. Possible questions  How many times round the world is that?  What exactly does ‘1 million base miles flown’ mean?  How many journeys might that have been?  How many years might it have taken to amass this many air miles?  How long has been spent in the air?  How many actual miles have the planes flown?  How many years/months/weeks does it take a pilot to fly 1,000,000 miles?  How many flight delays might have been experienced?  What is the total cost of the tickets? Search for information, not for answers!

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