Sentences with phrase «flight miles at»

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SpaceShipOne itself suffered several such problems in its three space flights, including the loss of its navigation system, a sudden lurch that carried the ship some 30 miles off course, the buckling of the aircraft's skin from the rocket motor's heat, and an uncontrolled wobble that spun the craft around at high speed some 20 times before pilot Melvill — he flew the first prize - winning flight, Binnie the second — stilled it, possibly just in time to prevent a fatal tumble.

Earlier this decade, for example, Southwest priced its sale fares at $ 49 each way for flights of 500 miles or less and prices increased from there.

Despite the 5,000 - mile flight and eight - time - zone shift, Selden is feeling energized by what he learned at a conference there, the North Atlantic Seafood Forum, the largest annual gathering of the seafood industry.

The EHang 184's battery, which takes between two and four hours to charge, is good enough for a 23 - minute flight at a cheetah - like 62 miles per hour.

The missile flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and landed in the sea east of Japan, but it crested at a remarkable 4,500 kilometers (2,800 miles) above the Earth's surface, making it the highest and longest - lasting flight North Korea has completed to date.

It's like being on a flight to somewhere wonderful and tropical with great fruity cocktails: a little turbulence isn't fun, but it's the price you pay for getting somewhere at five hundred miles an hour.

With SPG Nights & Flights you can book a five - night hotel stay at a category 3 or 4 property and get 50,000 airline miles transferred to one of over 30 SPG airline transfer partners.

I am so grateful — for all these opportunities, of course, but mostly for the kindness of other people: the reader who shoved a $ 50 Starbucks card into my pocket at a signing; the flight attendant who gently patted my arm; Dad's idea to make my favorite comfort food for dinner and Mom's faithful execution of pork loin, rice, and fried apples; Marvin and Brandon at Belk; Dan's shoulder; a call from my sister; readers who pile into minvans and drive many miles just to talk, friends who understood why, with all this good publicity, I would just need a good, long cry.

When our Dr. BBQ, Ray Lampe, told me that he had been invited to compete at the Best of the Best Invitational Barbecue Cookoff, I checked my Frequent Flyer miles, found that I had enough, and booked my flight to Jacksonville for the eventual drive to Douglas, Georgia.

After a fairly civilized flight, walking onto the tarmac at Ixtapa - Zihuatanejo International Airport made the 8 - foot high snowbank that is our front yard seem like a million miles away.

Spending nearly a year in space, 249 miles from Earth, could be a lonely prospect, but an office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, made sure astronaut Scott Kelly could reach home for the entire 340 - day duration of his mission.

For over three years, the scientists have been collecting data on the flight of neutrinos — those mysterious, nearly massless particles that can travel through anything at immense speed — originating in the SPS accelerator at CERN, near Geneva, and traveling underground all the way to Gran Sasso, 731 kilometers (about 450 miles) away.

In a final test Farman flew from one end of the field to the other, and skirted along the fortifications at this point in a large circle, covering in all more than 2 kilometers (1 1/4 miles) in a flight which lasted for nearly three minutes.

His Hyperloop would be limited — at distances over 900 miles, he maintains, supersonic flight would be faster and cheaper.

Albert VI, also known as Yorick, survived his 1951 flight, though it topped out at an altitude of just 45 miles (72 km)-- significantly below the generally accepted 62 - mile (100 km) boundary demarcating outer space.

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft will whip past Pluto at more than 30,000 miles per hour after a flight lasting almost a decade.

Trailing Earth's orbit at 94 million miles away, the Kepler space telescope has survived many potential knock - outs during its nine years in flight, from mechanical failures to being blasted by cosmic rays.

He's a nuclear engineer with NASA at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. «If you're going to do that, you want an engine that's going to get a lot of miles per gallon.»

Prices range from $ 5 for a 60 - minute yoga class at Foothills Brewing in Winston - Salem, N.C. (plus a pint of beer), to $ 10 for a 2 - mile run and 90 - minute yoga class (plus a pint of beer) at Angel City Brewery, to $ 20 for a 75 - minute yoga class (followed by a beer flight tasting or a pint) at Green Flash Brewing Co..

While at work I walk 5 - 7 miles daily on 2 - 3» heels, and walk a steep flight of stairs, sometimes with loads of merchandise.

American Airlines has airline tickets, cheap flights, vacation packages and American Airlines AAdvantage bonus mile offers at AA.com.

Needless to say saving the cost of a flight, driving the truck home from 800 miles (wear and tear on Truck as well as the cost of gas) and finding a local dealership to deal with at a fair price made this a no brainer.

minimum credits earned per flight (e.g. you are only going 200 miles but the airline always credits at least 500)

If consumers must pay taxes or airline - imposed fees when booking a flight using frequent - flyer miles, the ad must display at least the minimum amount of government taxes and mandatory carrier - imposed fees that could apply to that itinerary together with the mileage award levels, and the fees must be displayed as prominently as the mileage requirements.

So if I am earning miles from credit card spending to use for a domestic round trip economy award that requires 25,000 miles, it has to be for a flight that I would have paid at least $ 500 for.

The accumulated miles can be redeemed for flights at reduced mileage requirements, cabin upgrades, car rentals, hotels, vacation packages, American Airlines» Admirals Club membership perks, newspapers, magazines, or in a unique auction for exclusive experiences.

Redeem your bonus miles for flights for 5,000 fewer miles — exclusive offer (award travel start at just 20,000 miles)!

For example, if you spend time looking at flights on different days and times, you can book an award ticket with United so that you get $ 0.02 for each mile.

That said, business - class flights across the Atlantic start at 60,000 miles for a one - way ticket, so you'll have to save up a few more miles to afford a round - trip fare.

This no - fee Delta card earns you points on all types of spending, not just on flights: While every dollar you spend on Delta flights will earn you two miles, you will also earn 2 miles per dollar at US restaurants, unlike most co-branded airline cards which only offer bonus miles for spending with that airline.

While award flights on Etihad may be booked online, you must redeem miles for partner awards over the phone by calling the Guest Services Center at 877-690-0767.

If you maximize the signing offer, those bonus miles can be converted to TWO roundtrip award flights (at the discounted Premier World rate of 20,000 miles per domestic R / T).

We used points from the Starwood Preferred Guest program to stay at The Westin Grand Cayman, and we paid for our flights with American Airlines AAdvantage miles.

The 70,000 mile welcome bonus that comes with the Platinum Delta SkyMiles ® Credit Card, as you can see, will get you at least one flight as long as you're booking something reasonable in most cases.

Just a quick note about booking awards on these partner airlines: while Etihad award flights may be booked online, you must redeem miles for partner awards over the phone by calling the Guest Services Centre at 877-690-0767 at least 14 days in advance.

We did so by looking at airfare costs (both in miles and dollars) of flights spanning various dates.

Flight redemptions begin at just 7,500 miles!

As the primary Cardmember, you will also enjoy expanded award availability when you use miles to book any United - operated flight, any time, at the applicable Everyday Award level - with no restrictions or blackout dates.

We value these miles at almost 2 cents each, so if you're flexible expect to get around $ 200 in flight value out of 10,000 miles.

Of course when booking the return miles tickets with the British Airways miles you'll want to check at the same time for the cost of tickets on those same flights in cash to see which option among those available with miles are cheapest.

> Value: Domestic Saver Economy Class round - trip rewards start at 25,000 miles (15,000 miles for some short haul flights on Air Canada).

Some cards let you earn miles or points towards free flights while others are geared at shaving a few bucks off your hotel stay.

For example, some fare classes on United flights can fetch 300 % of miles flown as PQMs while the percentage is generally capped at 150 % for the same fare class on a partner.

That flight cost 90,000 American Airlines miles at the time.

If you sign - up for both American Airlines credit cards, you'll have at least 100,000 American Airlines miles to use for award flights.

With all the restrictions and amount of miles required to attain a decent flight, it is definitely at the point where having a 2 % back credit card has more value than the best miles / rewards program.

You can redeem your miles for award flights with Frontier Airlines, which are available at 10,000 miles for a one - way domestic flight, or 20,000 miles for a domestic round - trip flight.

You can redeem your miles for award flights with United Airlines, starting at 25,000 miles for a round - trip flight or 12,500 miles for a one - way Saver Award flight.

Depending on how you redeem your miles, this bonus can be enough for, at least, two round - trip domestic flights or as many as four one - way flights.

You can redeem miles for award flights with American Airlines, with airfare starting at 12,500 miles for a one - way MileSAAver flight within the United States.