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He traveled world on frequent flyer miles, now his app helps others do it

Troy Liu developed Mileslife app for travellers from his travel experience, reports Tech In Asia

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Sumit Chakraberty | Tech In Asia
Troy Liu went to the US when he was 17. He was a student of economics at the University of California in San Francisco. On his first trip home to China, the girl at the airport counter asked him if he wanted to be a member of the airline’s frequent flyer program. “What’s that for?” he asked her.

“Whenever you hear the word ‘free,’ it’s pretty much like a joke. So I didn’t believe it, but I got a frequent flyer card, anyway,” he tells me in his irrepressible manner.
 
The miles addict

He first started

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