What's the Longest Trip You Have Had, Door To Door?
Aug 13, 2016, 4:27 am
#47
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Try MAN - LHR - FRA - SIN - PER - ADL
All in economy, at short notice with work...
3 hours in LHR
5 hours in FRA
8 hours in SIN
7 hours in PER
Door to door, it took about 55 hours...
All in economy, at short notice with work...
3 hours in LHR
5 hours in FRA
8 hours in SIN
7 hours in PER
Door to door, it took about 55 hours...
Last edited by rakehey; Aug 13, 2016 at 5:23 am
Aug 13, 2016, 6:08 am
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Aug 14, 2016, 1:14 pm
#49
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My longest was around 46 hours.
Itinerary was PNH-SIN-(7 hrs)-ICN-(5 hrs)-IAD-(5 hrs)-BOS totaling almost 42 hours, plus maybe 3 hours travel to airport and wait on the front end and 1 hour to get luggage and travel home at the back end.
Layover in SIN was good because I got to see friends and eat dinner and take a nap at their place. At ICN I rode a bus around the island. ICN-IAD leg is my longest flight to date in time and distance. IAD layover was no fun - I just wanted to be home by that point!
Itinerary was PNH-SIN-(7 hrs)-ICN-(5 hrs)-IAD-(5 hrs)-BOS totaling almost 42 hours, plus maybe 3 hours travel to airport and wait on the front end and 1 hour to get luggage and travel home at the back end.
Layover in SIN was good because I got to see friends and eat dinner and take a nap at their place. At ICN I rode a bus around the island. ICN-IAD leg is my longest flight to date in time and distance. IAD layover was no fun - I just wanted to be home by that point!
Aug 14, 2016, 4:07 pm
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Flightwise it would be my trip from Sydney to SFO with 2-4 hr layovers in BKK and TPE for a total of about 36 hours. That was pretty easy with a J award trip.
Timewise, I think the winner is my trip on Greyhound during a snow storm while I was in college in Colorado some 16 years ago. The Greyhound guy had to hand write my ticket while cross referencing routing maps and a thick book of bus schedules -- the station looked like it hadn't been updated since the 70s.
It was at least 36 hours as I had to change buses 4 times with several hours of layovers between. Usually it's a 23 hour trip thru Cheyenne/SLC/Reno and Sac to the Bay area. With wind and snow blocking/closing parts of I-80, I ended up going south to Denver, LAS, Barstow and San Jose before making it to Oakland. Shortest parts of the trip was the beginning and end as the GH stations were 10-15 minutes from my dorm/home. Luggage got stuck in Denver due to the backup caused by the storm, so it followed 2 days later.
Timewise, I think the winner is my trip on Greyhound during a snow storm while I was in college in Colorado some 16 years ago. The Greyhound guy had to hand write my ticket while cross referencing routing maps and a thick book of bus schedules -- the station looked like it hadn't been updated since the 70s.
It was at least 36 hours as I had to change buses 4 times with several hours of layovers between. Usually it's a 23 hour trip thru Cheyenne/SLC/Reno and Sac to the Bay area. With wind and snow blocking/closing parts of I-80, I ended up going south to Denver, LAS, Barstow and San Jose before making it to Oakland. Shortest parts of the trip was the beginning and end as the GH stations were 10-15 minutes from my dorm/home. Luggage got stuck in Denver due to the backup caused by the storm, so it followed 2 days later.
Sep 3, 2016, 5:14 pm
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August 24th: Checked out of the IC Sydney at 6 PM. Took over an hour to get to SYD due to traffic. Flew to DOH at 10 PM.
August 25th: Arrived DOH at 5 AM, after three hours flew to DFW. Once at DFW, waited three hours scheduled plus another hour due to a delay, then flew to RDU arriving at 11:30 PM local.
16,680 miles, 43.5 hours.
August 25th: Arrived DOH at 5 AM, after three hours flew to DFW. Once at DFW, waited three hours scheduled plus another hour due to a delay, then flew to RDU arriving at 11:30 PM local.
16,680 miles, 43.5 hours.
Sep 7, 2016, 5:27 am
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I think my longest was probably DEN-LAX-SIN, but the SQ flight was cancelled, resulting in a long layover in LAX TBIT. We ended up getting booked on BR to TPE, and SQ from TPE-SIN. I had never heard of BR before, so I was a little concerned and disappointed that I wouldn't be getting SQ's premium economy product. The BR 744 was pretty full in C and PE, but Y probably had maybe 30 people in the whole cabin — probably the most comfortable I've ever been in Y.
Sep 7, 2016, 6:13 am
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I consider myself a very experienced traveler, but 55 hours would have absolutely killed me, even if I was in F all the way! At that level it becomes a spiritual experience, and not the good kind..I am sure that by the end I would have vomited, lost my temper, my mind, and smelled absolutely terrible. My hat's off to you!
Sep 8, 2016, 8:02 am
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My longest itinerary every - keeping in mind I live about 2 hours drive to EWR airport:
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Day, Date Flight Class Departure City and Time Arrival City and Time Aircraft Meal
Fri, 30JAN15 UA4833 L NEWARK, NJ
(EWR - LIBERTY) 4:00 PM WASHINGTON, DC
(IAD - DULLES) 5:37 PM Q200
Flight operated by COMMUTAIR doing business as UNITED EXPRESS with turboprop equipment.
Fri, 30JAN15 UA982 L WASHINGTON, DC
(IAD - DULLES) 9:55 PM KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT
(KWI) 5:55 PM (31JAN) 777-200
Sun, 01FEB15 UA981 L KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT
(KWI) 12:55 AM WASHINGTON, DC
(IAD - DULLES) 6:40 AM 777-200 Dinner
Sun, 01FEB15 UA6176 L WASHINGTON, DC
(IAD - DULLES) 8:14 AM NEWARK, NJ
(EWR - LIBERTY) 9:21 AM ERJ-145
Flight operated by EXPRESSJET AIRLINES INC. doing business as UNITED EXPRESS.
Keep in mind I never left KWI airport, didn't even go through passport control (was on a mileage run). Hung out in the lounge through the whole layover.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Day, Date Flight Class Departure City and Time Arrival City and Time Aircraft Meal
Fri, 30JAN15 UA4833 L NEWARK, NJ
(EWR - LIBERTY) 4:00 PM WASHINGTON, DC
(IAD - DULLES) 5:37 PM Q200
Flight operated by COMMUTAIR doing business as UNITED EXPRESS with turboprop equipment.
Fri, 30JAN15 UA982 L WASHINGTON, DC
(IAD - DULLES) 9:55 PM KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT
(KWI) 5:55 PM (31JAN) 777-200
Sun, 01FEB15 UA981 L KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT
(KWI) 12:55 AM WASHINGTON, DC
(IAD - DULLES) 6:40 AM 777-200 Dinner
Sun, 01FEB15 UA6176 L WASHINGTON, DC
(IAD - DULLES) 8:14 AM NEWARK, NJ
(EWR - LIBERTY) 9:21 AM ERJ-145
Flight operated by EXPRESSJET AIRLINES INC. doing business as UNITED EXPRESS.
Keep in mind I never left KWI airport, didn't even go through passport control (was on a mileage run). Hung out in the lounge through the whole layover.
Sep 8, 2016, 11:41 am
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In 2013 flew HSV-IAD-FRA-BKK-MNL. IAD-FRA is redeye, then the FRA-BKK is another redeye. 42 hours door to door. It helped that IAD-FRA was on LH in C (upstairs), and FRA-BKK was on the TG A380 in C as well.
Sep 8, 2016, 1:46 pm
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As a 19-year-old student, I won a few hundred quid at a casino. So I did the most responsible thing I was capable of doing at 19 with a few quid in my pocket. I got roaring drunk and decided a vacation was in order.
My all night session ended when the Thomas Cook office opened in the morning. Scanning the last-minute specials with my bleary eyes, I spotted the holy grail. A flight on Britannia (forerunner of Thomsonfly) to BNE for not very much money. Leaving the following day. Yes, this was back in the days when charter airlines like Britannia flew that far.
Having ponied up about 3/4 of my ill-gotten gains, I slumped into bed at my digs, missing all my classes. Again. Of course.
That night found me on an overnight bus from the English Midlands to LGW with the mother of all hangovers, followed by cattle class to BNE, with stops at AUH and BTH.
The following night found me in possibly the rattiest hostel in Brisbane (and that's going some). The queue of cockroaches at the desk, waiting to check out early, should have been a clue. But I was 19 and suddenly found that the few bills I had left from the casino didn't stretch to much. So there I was. Tired, drunk (again/still, of course). Naturally there was a party going on, so I spent the night on the roof, drinking and miserably failing to secure the attentions of anyone who happened to be female.
Of course, BNE was not the end of the saga. No, I have family in MEL. So, a quick run on QF, right? Wrong. The train was something like $5.60 cheaper. Via SYD. OK, no problem. Grab a few hours sleep at the Roach Palace, then relax on the train.
Except it didn't quite go like that. What actually happened was I overslept, stumbled to the station, and missed my train. I managed to get to SYD on a Greyhound bus, but too late to continue to MEL. Oh well. Kings Cross it is, then!
I realised that at some point in the night, I would have a desire to be horizontal (although I still hadn't succeeded in finding someone to keep me company). A local pub with a sign offering dormitories looked like it would serve this purpose, so I wandered over. Just in time to dodge a chair flying out through a (closed) window. OK, here we go again!
Once the ensuing melée had died down sufficiently to dump what was left of my stuff (which wasn't much) in what turned out to be a boarding house, I headed back out to the bar, taking care not to trample the herbaceous boarders.
I finally arrived in MEL by train the following day. Of course the first thing my dad said to me on meeting me was, "Fancy a beer?"
My all night session ended when the Thomas Cook office opened in the morning. Scanning the last-minute specials with my bleary eyes, I spotted the holy grail. A flight on Britannia (forerunner of Thomsonfly) to BNE for not very much money. Leaving the following day. Yes, this was back in the days when charter airlines like Britannia flew that far.
Having ponied up about 3/4 of my ill-gotten gains, I slumped into bed at my digs, missing all my classes. Again. Of course.
That night found me on an overnight bus from the English Midlands to LGW with the mother of all hangovers, followed by cattle class to BNE, with stops at AUH and BTH.
The following night found me in possibly the rattiest hostel in Brisbane (and that's going some). The queue of cockroaches at the desk, waiting to check out early, should have been a clue. But I was 19 and suddenly found that the few bills I had left from the casino didn't stretch to much. So there I was. Tired, drunk (again/still, of course). Naturally there was a party going on, so I spent the night on the roof, drinking and miserably failing to secure the attentions of anyone who happened to be female.
Of course, BNE was not the end of the saga. No, I have family in MEL. So, a quick run on QF, right? Wrong. The train was something like $5.60 cheaper. Via SYD. OK, no problem. Grab a few hours sleep at the Roach Palace, then relax on the train.
Except it didn't quite go like that. What actually happened was I overslept, stumbled to the station, and missed my train. I managed to get to SYD on a Greyhound bus, but too late to continue to MEL. Oh well. Kings Cross it is, then!
I realised that at some point in the night, I would have a desire to be horizontal (although I still hadn't succeeded in finding someone to keep me company). A local pub with a sign offering dormitories looked like it would serve this purpose, so I wandered over. Just in time to dodge a chair flying out through a (closed) window. OK, here we go again!
Once the ensuing melée had died down sufficiently to dump what was left of my stuff (which wasn't much) in what turned out to be a boarding house, I headed back out to the bar, taking care not to trample the herbaceous boarders.
I finally arrived in MEL by train the following day. Of course the first thing my dad said to me on meeting me was, "Fancy a beer?"
Sep 9, 2016, 4:19 am
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60 Hrs (with unplanned overnight Hotels)
The Original Iten was DEL-LHR-AUH on BA (The shortest time to get to AUS from DEL).
Started 8 Hrs before the flight Departure, Drove for 5 Hrs to DEL, Checked in, scored an Op-Up to Biz and boarded at 1 AM. First day of Fog in DEL, Aircraft sat on ground till 8 AM and then back to gate. Took another 4 hrs to get out of Airport and slept overnight in DEL. Same flight pushed by 26 Hrs. Delayed again and missed the rebooked connection in LHR. Running Betw T5 > T3 > T5, rebooked on the next day, Hotel in LHR, Reached on AUS, 2 days later than originally planned (Friday 4PM vs Sunday 4 PM)
Started 8 Hrs before the flight Departure, Drove for 5 Hrs to DEL, Checked in, scored an Op-Up to Biz and boarded at 1 AM. First day of Fog in DEL, Aircraft sat on ground till 8 AM and then back to gate. Took another 4 hrs to get out of Airport and slept overnight in DEL. Same flight pushed by 26 Hrs. Delayed again and missed the rebooked connection in LHR. Running Betw T5 > T3 > T5, rebooked on the next day, Hotel in LHR, Reached on AUS, 2 days later than originally planned (Friday 4PM vs Sunday 4 PM)
Sep 9, 2016, 9:02 am
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Our entire family spent about 34 hours MEL-SYD-LAX(8 hours in the airport)-PIT.
We've done longer with a night in a hotel, but don't consider those to be in the spirit of the question.
We've done longer with a night in a hotel, but don't consider those to be in the spirit of the question.
Last edited by CPRich; Sep 9, 2016 at 9:18 am
Sep 10, 2016, 3:26 pm
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In my younger startup days, I once needed, starting from Europe, to attend a conference in New York and right after that another event in Melbourne, Australia. The cheap option was an AA return Europe->US->Australia and then the same way back Australia->US->Europe.
The return trip MEL-LAX-LHR-HEL was more than 50 hours door-to-door (16+14+3=33 hours of flying time and 11+3=14 hours of layovers). All in Y in those days.
Then on to the next trip after one night at home.
An RTW ticket would have taken me home more than one day (24+ hours) sooner, but was too expensive. Schedule did not allow separate US and AU trips.
I did get to check off Hollywood on my bucket list: Saw the Hollywood sign from the plane, took a taxi from LAX to Hollywood boulevard, walked around for a while, looked at the movie star name plates, ate lunch, and took taxi back to LAX.
Still I call that a good trip, got home uneventfully on time, compared with being stuck in China during the Iceland volcano ash cloud thing, finding myself in Africa with tickets marked "stolen credit card" and other travel "adventures".
The return trip MEL-LAX-LHR-HEL was more than 50 hours door-to-door (16+14+3=33 hours of flying time and 11+3=14 hours of layovers). All in Y in those days.
Then on to the next trip after one night at home.
An RTW ticket would have taken me home more than one day (24+ hours) sooner, but was too expensive. Schedule did not allow separate US and AU trips.
I did get to check off Hollywood on my bucket list: Saw the Hollywood sign from the plane, took a taxi from LAX to Hollywood boulevard, walked around for a while, looked at the movie star name plates, ate lunch, and took taxi back to LAX.
Still I call that a good trip, got home uneventfully on time, compared with being stuck in China during the Iceland volcano ash cloud thing, finding myself in Africa with tickets marked "stolen credit card" and other travel "adventures".
Last edited by haa; Sep 10, 2016 at 3:27 pm Reason: missing word added for clarification