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<p>[QUOTE="Truckerjo, post: 366186, member: 3972"]<b>Air Miles =</b></p><p>A straight line from point A to B, as you would be flying in a airplane and did not have to turn to avoid hitting a tree, a house ext.. by going off road..</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>Mover Miles =</b></p><p>The miles are from the "outside" of a zip code to another "outside" of a zip code... another words it starts as soon as you leave the zip code you are in and stops soon as you enter the zip code you will be delivering in.(shorting you a great deal of miles) </p><p>(usually referred to as Rand Mcnally Miles)</p><p> </p><p><b>Practical Miles =</b></p><p>To the center of the zip code (town) you pickup at to the center of the zip code you deliver in. Much better the Mover Miles becuase you will get paid for much more miles and also can work to your advantage sometimes.</p><p>(usually from one courthouse to another courthouse)</p><p>This would be using mostly Interstates and avoiding back roads when it is piratical to do so..</p><p> </p><p><b>Short Route Miles =</b></p><p>The shortest possible route using roads from point A to B (using back roads, ext..) Most companies who claim Practical route miles will throw short rout miles at you sometimes. Always check to make sure you are getting Practical.</p><p> </p><p><b>Hub Miles=</b></p><p>The miles you actually drive from point A to point B (exactly like resetting your trip in your car and starting from zero)</p><p> </p><p><b>Out of route miles=</b></p><p>All above (except hub, talk about that in a sec) Are based on a predetermined route usually using software such as PcMiller, RandMcnally ext..</p><p>If you was to use other roads that added miles to the route you would not get paid for those. And if you found a shorter way then don't expect a thank you a pat on the back or anything like that. They could care less.</p><p>Hub miles in some cases they may pay you if you went out of route. lets say you went out of route to get around a wreck and it added 50 miles to the trip, you turn in the total miles and they will not even question it and you will get paid for it...</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Practical and Hub are the way to go.. I have personally not ever heard of anybody paying "Airline Miles" broker or a company.</p><p> </p><p>Hope that helps and good luck.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Truckerjo, post: 366186, member: 3972"][B]Air Miles =[/B] A straight line from point A to B, as you would be flying in a airplane and did not have to turn to avoid hitting a tree, a house ext.. by going off road.. [B]Mover Miles =[/B] The miles are from the "outside" of a zip code to another "outside" of a zip code... another words it starts as soon as you leave the zip code you are in and stops soon as you enter the zip code you will be delivering in.(shorting you a great deal of miles) (usually referred to as Rand Mcnally Miles) [B]Practical Miles =[/B] To the center of the zip code (town) you pickup at to the center of the zip code you deliver in. Much better the Mover Miles becuase you will get paid for much more miles and also can work to your advantage sometimes. (usually from one courthouse to another courthouse) This would be using mostly Interstates and avoiding back roads when it is piratical to do so.. [B]Short Route Miles =[/B] The shortest possible route using roads from point A to B (using back roads, ext..) Most companies who claim Practical route miles will throw short rout miles at you sometimes. Always check to make sure you are getting Practical. [B]Hub Miles=[/B] The miles you actually drive from point A to point B (exactly like resetting your trip in your car and starting from zero) [B]Out of route miles=[/B] All above (except hub, talk about that in a sec) Are based on a predetermined route usually using software such as PcMiller, RandMcnally ext.. If you was to use other roads that added miles to the route you would not get paid for those. And if you found a shorter way then don't expect a thank you a pat on the back or anything like that. They could care less. Hub miles in some cases they may pay you if you went out of route. lets say you went out of route to get around a wreck and it added 50 miles to the trip, you turn in the total miles and they will not even question it and you will get paid for it... Practical and Hub are the way to go.. I have personally not ever heard of anybody paying "Airline Miles" broker or a company. Hope that helps and good luck.....[/QUOTE]
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