We love a family holiday but when you all get together it can be costly.
But one man managed to get all 33 members of his family to Hawaii for free – but saving up a million air miles.
Sam Pratt took his family – ranging from ages two to 72 – from Florida to Hawaii to celebrate a whole range of family occasions.
While enjoying their trip away, the family celebrated birthdays, anniversaries and a gender reveal party.
Sam decided to book the week-long trip after he found out the cancer he was diagnosed with a year ago was now in remission.
The family were incredibly excited when he was cleared to fly and they couldn’t wait to go away together.
His daughter Emily Peterson told ABC news: ‘When we heard the doctors say the words remission and that he would be able to live with this type of cancer and then he got cleared to fly. We were just jumping up and down.’
Sam had racked up the frequent flyer miles for Southwest Airlines through other trips and using a credit card – and he decided now was the time to spend it.
The whole family came together in Honolulu for the trip of a lifetime last week.
He said: ‘I couldn’t think of a better gift to give than travel because not only do you get the travel but you get the memories that go with that.
‘Never in a million years that we think this would be possible. This is a dream It truly, truly is.’
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