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karikaririka



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:20 pm    Post subject: mileage game? Reply with quote

Hi teachers!
You are always helpful to me!
Please give me a piece of advice again.
When I was reading a short novel, I met a word of which I couldn’t understand the meaning, again.
What is “mileage game”?

In the novel, flight's canceled for weather, and “more delays, in combination with some mileage game he was playing, meant that he was now going to arrive on the same flight as he had originally planned, ”
I have no idea what kind of game it is.
Could you tell me?
Very Happy
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teacherBob



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think it is a real game as such. It is just the way he planned his journey to achieve a minimum or maximum amount of travel in order to get to his destination
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Lorikeet



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe he was trying to figure out a way to get more mileage for free airline miles too.
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karikaririka



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought it is a real game.
it seems like I misunderstood it.
Thanks a million.It sure helped. Very Happy
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