David Phillips

David Phillips is an American civil engineer best known for accumulating many frequent flyer miles by taking advantage of a promotion by Healthy Choice Foods in 1999. Phillips, who works as the Associate Vice President of Energy and Sustainability at University of California Office of the President, calculated while grocery shopping that the value of a mail-in promotion for frequent flyer points exceeded the sale price of the pudding on which it was offered. In May 1999, Phillips received 1,253,000 frequent flyer miles.