Just before noon eastern time, the Captain announced that we had a great view of the Grand Canyon, but what was special about this one was that a passenger (naming me) was going to fly his millionth United mile over the Grand Canyon. The third flight attendant (from business first) walked down the aisle toward me carrying a bottle of wine compliments of the captain, as well as the map marked and signed by the captain and the first officer as well as a congratulatory note on my boarding pass, the captain’s business card (legacy United), and a card with the Airbus details on it. The captain went on to thank me for my loyalty to United and congratulated me. The passengers (who weren’t sleeping) joined in applause. <\/p>\n
My neighbor asked me what I remembered most from the million miles, something I had not given any thought. The first thing that came to mind was flying Continental Airlines the first Sunday evening after service resumed after 9\/11 from EWR to Boston (both impacted airports) for work. There were less than a dozen of us on board and we were all reverently silent as we saw the smoldering remains of the twin towers…<\/p>\n
The third flight attendant stopped by later saying that the Captain asked if I would like a picture in the flight deck after we landed. Needless to say, I said YES!<\/p>\n
When we were getting off the plane, the Captain welcomed me to the cockpit, had me sit in his seat and took a couple of pictures. I thanked him for making this trip memorable for me and I asked the flight attendant to take a picture of the captain and me.<\/p>\n
I didn’t have any expectations about my millionth mile going in, but the Captain and the crew did a great job making this a memorable trip for me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just before noon eastern time, the Captain announced that we had a great view of the Grand Canyon, but what was special about this one was that a passenger (naming me) was going to fly his millionth United mile over the Grand Canyon. The third flight attendant (from business first) walked down the aisle toward … <\/p>\n