Virgin Atlantic to offer frequent flyers tickets to space

Source URL: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/12/06/virgin.space/index.html
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/850

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Executives bored with criss-crossing the globe will soon have the chance to boldly go where few travelers have gone before: space.

Passengers who clock up air miles on Virgin Atlantic'sFlying Club reward scheme are being given the chance to convert them into seats on pioneering space tourism flights.

The trips into orbit 62 miles above the Earth are being launched in 2008 by Virgin Galactic, which is on course to become the world's first commercial space flight operator.

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