The Week contest: Flight fraud

This week's question: A man flew for free for six years — taking at least 120 trips on seven airlines — by posing as a flight attendant. If Hollywood were to make a crime caper about this well-traveled counterfeit crew member, what would it be titled?
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THE WINNER: "High Planes Grifter"
Evelyn Eman Delmar, Northbrook, Illinois
SECOND PLACE: "Fakes on a Plane"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
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THIRD PLACE: "The Man Who Flew Too Much"
Anthony Race, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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Rich Philibosian, Pasadena, California
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Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
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Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
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Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
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Jeff Goodrich, Andover, New Hampshire
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Diane Ross, Hatfield, Pennsylvania
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Daniel Larkin, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
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