Sentences with phrase «percent of air miles»

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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.

The North Bay Fires affected air quality in the Central Valley and satellite images show it traveled more than 500 miles over the Pacific, reaching as far south as Mexico.19 In 2015, smoke from wildfires in central Canada resulted in multiple days of exceedances of EPA standards in Maryland.20 In 2002, wildfire smoke from fires in Quebec impacted populations all along the East Coast of the United States, and a nearly 50 percent increase in hospital admissions for respiratory diagnoses for the elderly was associated with the smoke plume and concurrent PM2.5 in counties in states between New York and Washington, DC.21

Over 50 percent of frequent - flier miles are earned on the ground, not in the air!

This card isn't specifically an air miles rewards card, but Chase Ultimate Rewards ® can certainly be redeemed for flights — in fact, you'll receive 25 percent of your points back each time you redeem for travel through the Ultimate Rewards portal — so the Ink Business Preferred ℠ Credit Card is worth a look for the business that travels regularly (or even just occasionally).

The answer is that since 1997, the government has imposed an air transportation excise tax on frequent flier miles, currently at 7.5 percent of their sale price.

The combination of cleaner gasoline and diesel fuels, modernized equipment and facilities and more fuel - efficient vehicles has helped reduce U.S. air pollutants by 70 percent between 1970 and 2014 even as vehicle miles traveled increased by more than 174 percent, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.