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Are You Part Of The Mile High Club?

12/22/2014

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As a news producer weird things get sent to my inbox all the time.  A lot of them aren't worth doing a whole story on, but most of them are still rather interesting. A recent email I got falls in the latter category.

The mile high club 

Are you a part of it? According to some "research" done by Switchfly, which is a "technology company that powers travel booking and loyalty redemption for the world's most popular travel brands," only 4% of Americans have admitted to being a part of the club. Men are three times more likely than women to have joined (interesting...).  

But wait. There's more! 

25% of the country is willing to join (go on...) they just haven't had the "opportunity" yet. Now, this next part I found very interesting:
  • Men between the age of 35-44 are most likely to join
  • Women between the age of 45-54 are most likely to join
  • And by income - those that make $100,000 or more are most likely to join

Of those three - I find the $100K figure the most interesting. Is this included in the first class ticket... package? That income bracket is certainly most likely to fly private. Maybe that's it? 
Why not join?

Switchfly says:
  •  56% would not join for any reason.
  • 25% use the "bathroom is too small" excuse.
  • Another 25% say the bathrooms are too "gross"
  • 23% claim it's beneath their "dignity" (rrrrrrrrright)
  • 19% are too scared
  • 15% say they didn't know what the MHC was!
I hate studies

Personally, I hate studies. So, I take "research" like this (or any kind of study, for that matter, that claims to have the answer about whether something is good or bad for you) with a grain of salt. Because the next day someone will come out with another study claiming the exact opposite.  This study explained how they got the answers they did:
"This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Poll on behalf of Switchfly from November 6-10, 2014 among 2,008 adults ages 18 and older. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated."
There you have it.  Do what you want with this information.  I found it interesting enough to share with you.  Are you part of the 4%?

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