"The best investment of my life" - this is how Tom Stuker talks about buying a lifetime ticket for flights with United Airlines. He made the transaction over 30 years ago, and now he boasts about the number of kilometers traveled and visited countries.

In 1990, the American airline United Airlines offered for sale a lifetime ticket on any number of flights for the price of 290,000. dollars.

It has flown over 37 million kilometers

Tom Stuker from New Jersey took up the offer. Today, after 33 years, the man talks about how he used his special ticket. The man claims that buying the ticket was "the best investment of his life".

So far, the 69-year-old has flown over 37 million kilometers during over 12,000 miles. flights. Together with his wife, he has been to 100 countries and, as he says, on over 120 honeymoon months. Once he was even on a continuous plane trip for 12 days, changing machines. Stuker is a frequent visitor of the line, so some of the employees already know him. The man has his favorite seat on the 1B plane, which he often manages to occupy.

Miles for gift cards

Not only the "free" flights turned out to be a profitable investment. Stuker also took an active part in the loyalty program, where a point is collected for miles traveled in the air.

The man exchanged miles for gift cards, which he used or sold, and for the money earned, among others, renovated his brother's house.