This story is one for the illustration file.
Today I Found Out featured the story of David Phillips, who managed to turn a bonus offer of air travel for purchasing tubs of chocolate pudding into a lifetime of free plane trips for himself and his family.
The intro:
Air Miles are awesome, they can be used to score free flights, hotel stays and if you’re really lucky, the scorn and hatred of everyone you come in contact with who has to pay full price when they travel. The king of all virtually free travelers is one David Phillips, a civil engineer who teaches at the University of California, Davis.
David came to the attention of the wider media when he managed to convert about 12,150 cups of Healthy Choice chocolate pudding into over a million Air Miles. Ever since, David and his entire family have been travelling the world for next to nothing.
So, how did he do it?…
Read the rest of The Engineer Who Bought Over 12,100 Cups Of Pudding to Earn 1.25 Million Air Miles
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Pity there is not such a scheme for buying/eating bacon!!!