04-13-2006, 10:52 PM
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Airline donates millions of sky miles to wounded troops
What a great program! This makes me respect UA a bit more. 
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United Airlines will donate more than 123 million frequent flyer miles to the Hero Miles program, which supplies free flights to wounded servicemembers and their families.
Nearly 90 percent of the donation comes from United customers who turned over their accumulated frequent flyer bonuses to the military charity. Altogether, the donation will mean nearly 5,000 more free flights for the program’s participants.
The gift was announced Thursday in Chicago, where the airline is headquartered. Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, founder of Operation Home Front, said his group has partnered with Hero Miles to encourage more citizens to donate to the program.
“With the holidays, with the family connection that people are having now, we want to remind the public of this,” he said. “Having family and friends visit someone while in the hospital can help so much on the road to recovery.”
Currently the Hero Miles program, run by the Fisher House Foundation, offers flights on 10 major airlines. To date the program has supplied more than 5,000 round-trip tickets to wounded troops and their families, worth more than $6.5 million.
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