"Increasing gas prices have people paying more attention to the fuel economy a vehicle offers, but rarely do they look at their own driving habits to help boost miles per gallon," said David Watson, research engineer and part inventor of SmartGauge with EcoGuide.
In 2011, automakers agreed to boost miles per gallon across their car and light-truck fleets.
His wife and three grown children, who are also frequent fliers, have each accumulated 250,000 to 350,000 bonus miles, boosting the total of Landau family bonus miles, Mr. Landau calculates, to 1.54 million - the equivalent of three round trips to the moon.
Truckers are boosting income per mile, and picking up bigger profits, by slashing the time their trucks are on the road with little to no cargo.
Finding a sport that you can do really well helps boost confidence by miles.
South Korea put its military on alert, boosting surveillance along the 155-mile border, one of the world's most heavily armed frontiers, to detect any unusual signs from the North Korean military.
The current rules require a big boost in miles per gallon for vehicles by 2025.
In March, the DOT issued new fuel economy standards for the 2011 model year, boosting the industry-wide standard to 27.3 miles per gallon – an increase of 2 miles per gallon over 2010.
Marriner, who currently works for Hampshire county council, is expected to begin before Christmas and will boost the two-mile-long island's permanent population of about 40 by bringing her husband, Dean, and children Charlie, five, and Atticus, 20 months, with her.
Add, then, its vastness: President Obama added more than 440,000 square miles to boost the already designated monument to a staggering 582,578 square miles.
