The most infamous mileage run ever conceived is ready for flight with nearly 250 frequent flyers from around the globe gathering in Chicago, New York, Frankfurt and Oslo to partake in a series of flights that serve no purpose other than to boost one’s mileage balance and to be able to talk about frequent flyer miles non- stop for four whole days … might as well include the nights as well.

It is called the Star Alliance MegaDO. Participating Star Alliance airlines are bmi, Continental, Lufthansa, SAS, United. But it’s not all about the airlines, it’s also about the airlines … Airbus and an inside tour that is rare for any frequent flyer to experience.

History: the idea was hatched on FlyerTalk and the brainchild of three members of that travel community: Tommy777, oliver2002 and xyzzy. It created an instant interest and at the start of this event, the “thread” on FlyerTalk that describes it and captures the interest of its participants had over 2,000 posts to the thread and it had been viewed over 115,000 times. Popular? Extremely.