Sentences with phrase «of air miles in»

Combined with the fact that the average value of air miles in any rewards program increases when booking longer flights, the mobility of points within air alliances means that in booking for an international destination, you should compare not only United and British Airways with each other, but also with their air alliance partners.

Combined with the fact that the average value of air miles in any rewards program increases when booking longer flights, the mobility of points within air alliances means that in booking for an international destination, you should compare not only United and British Airways with each other, but also with their air alliance partners.

Not exact matches

Air freighting of green beans from Kenya into the UK was seen as unsustainable because of air miles but it also supports up to 1.5 m people and livelihoods in some of the poorest regions of Sub-Saharan AfriAir freighting of green beans from Kenya into the UK was seen as unsustainable because of air miles but it also supports up to 1.5 m people and livelihoods in some of the poorest regions of Sub-Saharan Afriair miles but it also supports up to 1.5 m people and livelihoods in some of the poorest regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.

But in addition to the impact of air miles, global land and resource use determine the sustainability of the food we eat - food production can destroy or displace natural resources in order to supply growing demand.

The C - 5M can haul 120,000 pounds of cargo more than 5,500 miles — the distance from Dover Air Force base in Delaware to Incirlik airbase in Turkey — without refueling.

This year's version of Arctic Edge was the first of its kind in more than three decades and covered more than 1.5 million acres on the ground and 65,000 miles of inland air space.

We also shudder to think what Donald Trump, who thinks that the slow rotating blades of wind turbines miles offshore spoil his golf courses, would make of high - pitched whirring noises in the rarefied air above them.

Musk proposed in 2013 that a hyperloop system, which is similar to a magnetic levitation (maglev) train but runs through a low - resistance tunnel with much of its air removed, would cost $ 11.5 m (# 9.4 m) per mile to build.

A scrap metal recycler with a history of air pollution problems in north Minneapolis could relocate 50 miles northwest to the city of Becker as soon as this summer.

The region is centered in the middle of the U.S., at the cross-section of international air, rail, interstate and major rivers; within 500 miles of one - third of the U.S. population and 1,500 miles of 90 percent of the people in North America.

For example, if you sign up for a card and spend $ 3,000 in the first 90 days of receiving your card you can get 40,000 bonus air miles!

On top of the nearly $ 4,000 in net profit I also accumulated 20,647 air miles points because I used my travel rewards credit card to purchase the inventory and pay for necessary expenses like the shipping material and shipping costs.

In a borrowed «76 AMC Hornet, holding a fast - food chicken sandwich in one hand and balancing a cup of ice water in the other, I drive eight miles north from this Oregon university town to an abandoned air force base which now houses a modest, little - known alcohol treatment Center for American IndianIn a borrowed «76 AMC Hornet, holding a fast - food chicken sandwich in one hand and balancing a cup of ice water in the other, I drive eight miles north from this Oregon university town to an abandoned air force base which now houses a modest, little - known alcohol treatment Center for American Indianin one hand and balancing a cup of ice water in the other, I drive eight miles north from this Oregon university town to an abandoned air force base which now houses a modest, little - known alcohol treatment Center for American Indianin the other, I drive eight miles north from this Oregon university town to an abandoned air force base which now houses a modest, little - known alcohol treatment Center for American Indians.

The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney will be racking up the air miles this week as following on from a key Council of Ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday, Minister Coveney departs this morning (Tuesday) for a US trade mission centred in the Chicago area.

In the past year, thousands of restaurants opened in America — and after just as many air miles, BA's Andrew Knowlton chose 50 as his favoriteIn the past year, thousands of restaurants opened in America — and after just as many air miles, BA's Andrew Knowlton chose 50 as his favoritein America — and after just as many air miles, BA's Andrew Knowlton chose 50 as his favorites.

The favorite among my crew is the Xcelerator, on which riders rocket from 0 to 82 miles per hour in a mere 2.3 seconds, launching hundreds of feet into the air before immediately hurtling 90 degrees straight down.

Kay, 39, an aircraft air - conditioning engineer, bicycled 239 miles, one short of the U.S. record, in the Pacific Coast 12 - hour Time Trial Championship near Salem, Ore..

Spread across three mountain ranges, the Olympic venues stretch from Autrans, high in the Vercors to the west of Grenoble, to Alpe d'Huez, in the Grandes Rousses massif to the east, only 13 air miles apart but 60 by car

This goes against traditional logic which indicates that bettors should avoid fly ball prone pitchers in the mile - high air, but that's part of the contrarian philosophy at Sports Insights.

On weekends off during his Air Force training during World War II, he hiked miles in both directions to get to climbing peaks — usually alone, and often with very little understanding of what he was doing.

You may already know that high altitudes create lower air density, but you may not realize the full impact of the mile - high air in Denver.

Mexico City, with its population of 4,500,000, is a crowded, rambling metropolis that occupies a great part of the Valle Méjico, an open, flat area some 50 miles wide, surrounded by a crown of mountains that extends up to 3,000 feet in the air over the valley floor, itself some 7,500 feet above sea level.

Barreling across the desert straightaway, air horns no doubt at the ready, Miller and Lange's Liberty Belle broke just about every record for such behemoths: in seven runs they smashed various standing - start and flying - start marks at a quarter mile, a half kilometer, a full kilometer and a mile — 14 in all, each of which has been certified by the U.S. Auto Club as a national record.

Given his role as a Porsche ambassador and the fact he's logged a few air miles in a Mercedes in the past (and also because this is The Grand Tour) it's not as straightforward as a couple of hot laps.

score with both legs, beast in the air, quick... someone arguing about his ages and that he will be slower, thats the true but he will be quicker when he have 40 years than giroud is now, by the miles... this guy have unbelievable genetics and i can see him preformng in 35 and would score more goals than anybody in arsenal becouse he is that type of player in the top of the scoring charts... would terrorise epl defences becouse few people can bodycheck him...

After staying perilously close to the sizzling early pace — Groovy blazed the opening half mile in 45 [1/5] seconds, equaling the fastest in Derby history — Snow Chief was sucking air at the top of the final lane.

Until a 2,700 - seat field house was opened in the fall of 1977, Central Florida was forced to play in local high school gymnasiums or at places such as McCoy Air Force Base, 17 miles away.

Luckily, both of these games take place in Belgium, meaning minimal travel disruption and air miles for the Belgians of the squad.

Faced with a tall full - back in front of him in Joel Ward, Alexis sprung miles in the air and hung above the defender to head the ball towards goal.

Chief among them, of course, the fact this was a third away game in a week which had involved 3,500 miles of travel by air and road for the Blues.

In December the five of us traveled to the Vail Mountain Lodge and Spa for a weekend of skiing for the big kids and my husband, and mountain adjustment for baby and I. Even though we live at 5280, a mile above sea level, it's still an adjustment for everyone, especially when the air is icy and crisp.

After taking part in the ceremonies, the first couple will take one final flight on Air Force One out of Washington instead of traveling to their new rental home roughly 2 miles from the White House.

Lib Dem leader Menzies Campbell claimed # 9,267 in air fares, # 3,395 on car miles and # 787 on rail travel, although the distance between Westminster and his North East Fife constituency explain a good deal of this.

Days after upstate lawmakers expressed concerns over the Port Authority's study of a 1,500 - mile perimeter rule that restricts the distance of flights out of LaGuardia Airport, a top Delta Air Lines executive sought to soothe them in a letter to Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle.

The statement read in part, «On the second day of the ongoing operation «Thunder Strike», the Air Task Force operation Lafiya Dole successfully conducted air interdiction on Boko Haram Terrorists infested location, 13 nautical miles north east of BaAir Task Force operation Lafiya Dole successfully conducted air interdiction on Boko Haram Terrorists infested location, 13 nautical miles north east of Baair interdiction on Boko Haram Terrorists infested location, 13 nautical miles north east of Bama.

«As usual, the administration sides with big, powerful special interests over the interests of average American families, who will pay the price for lower miles per gallon and dirtier air,» said Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic Leader, in a statement.

Last year, the Speaker's own allowances came under the spotlight - including claims he had flown members of his family in business class from Glasgow to London for a New Year break, using air miles gained from official trips.

Bulk air flow moves at about 70 miles per hour through the grille of a 2008 Corvette Z06 in a virtual wind tunnel.

Scientists are making their first forays into the mysterious world of biology miles up in the air.

Even in a 20 - mile - an - hour wind, the turbines can move through the air in excess of 100 miles an hour.

This jet, moving at perhaps 4,000 miles per hour, or more than five times the speed of sound in air, strikes so quickly that water molecules do not have time to flow away from the point of impact.

The eruption destroyed the top three thousand feet of the volcano, blasting it into the air in pieces, leaving behind only a large crater three miles wide and half a mile deep, as though the mountain had been struck by a meteor.

In addition to millions of tons of ash, the force of the eruption threw 55 million tons of sulfur - dioxide gas more than twenty miles into the air, into the stratosphere.

When planes reach 1,000 feet, another set of eyes takes over in the darkened rooms of Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), which is in charge of air traffic within a 40 - mile radius of an airport.

In another incident just three months later, an Air Tahiti wide - body jetliner flying out of Los Angeles nearly crashed into a small private plane flying two miles above the ocean.

And Clean Air Transport in Sweden recently won a $ 7 million subsidy from the City of Los Angeles to start selling its $ 25,000, 75 - mile - per - hour electric sedan next year.

The NOAA team has set up several arrays of sensors, spaced hundreds of miles apart, that register slight variations in air pressure — a sign of a lengthy sound wave passing by.

He is in the intensive care unit for Iraqis at the Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base (AFTH Balad), some 40 miles north of Baghdad.

Derived from a Spanish word meaning «direct» or straight ahead,» it describes a forward - moving band of turbulent weather that feeds on the warm, moist air in front of it, creating a cycle of warming and cooling that can whip up violent winds and drive itself for hundreds of miles in a single direction.

Walking away from a shot that propels him more than 80 feet in the air at a speed of more than 70 miles per hour for a distance up to 180 feet requires firm control.