I just sort of moved it to a new level

Marc Tacchi, part time commercial pilot, set about to clock up 1 million miles of air commuter travel armed only with a C$7,000 Air Canada North America Unlimited Pass that allowed him unlimited travel within Canada during October and November.

He did it literally with days to spare, as journalled in his blog Marc Tacchi - The Great Canadian Mileage Run 2005.

Reuters have a nice summary article Very, very frequent flyer hits 1 mln goal.

That guy is a legend! 1 million miles in a month - It's the stuff of dreams :) Although I would hate to do it on domestic flights!!

My first surprise (of the unpleasant variety) is that the United online system really sucks. It's called Ted (part of United) which is cool, but that's about where the coolness ends.

Searching for flights was confusing in a number of ways: does "2nd day" mean it lands the day after departing or 2 days after?; why can my travel agent book flights that don't even appear in a web search.

I have obviously signed up for the United Miles Plus program which was painless and free, but the Miles Plus website really makes me feel like a consumer not a member. I have been spoilt by the Qantas frequent flyer online system which lets you see your forward bookings (literally before you hang up your phone with the Qantas rep) and other fun stuff. Not only does the United Mileage Plus site not do much, you have to keep going backwards and forwards between "My Mileage Plus" and "Mileage summary" which involves a change from https to http (and a browser confirmation dialog) and a login check redirection page (with related delay).

Let's hope their service and lounges is better than their technology!