David Phillips (entrepreneur)

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David Phillips is an American civil engineer who accumulated frequent-flyer miles by taking advantage of a promotion by Healthy Choice Foods in 1999. While grocery shopping, he calculated that the value of a mail-in promotion for frequent-flyer miles exceeded the cost of the pudding on which it was offered. In May 1999, Phillips received 1,253,000 frequent flyer miles. Phillips is the associate vice president of energy and sustainability at University of California.

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