One million miles on Delta, now what?

As we were seating in the plane, ready for take-off in Paris to return home last week, I was congratulated by a flight attendant that I had flown one million miles (1,608,000 km) with Delta Air Line. Getting to the “Million Miler Status” as it’ s called by this airline, was something I knew was within my reach, but had forgotten about it… 

So, after I got home, there was an email for me confirming my reaching that coveted milestone, and letting me know that I could pick a gift of my choice from a selection as a reward. 

Not a first-class round trip to Sydney but a nice gift certificate plus annual complimentary Delta Gold Medallion® Status that’s meant to give me complimentary upgrade clearance priority, and also nice tag bags. 

Now that I don’t fly much anymore these perks won’t help me much. They’re just there to make me reflect on my obscene carbon-footprint accumulated over the years. 

That one from Delta could easily be multiplied two or more times, if I added all the flights taken during my entire life on United, American, Southwest, Swissair, Air France, JAL and countless other carriers that are today all defunct. 

Enough said about that, let’s go for a walk!