Around the World in Under 60 Hours
May 16, 2007, 6:19 pm
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Doh !, I'm guessing you came off the 13:15 from LHR ?
I must have seen you come out as I was picking up a friend off that flight. I must learn to check ba97 more often, sorry to have missed you.
As to the weather, sorry to disappoint you, that's normal round these parts. We do get a summer, some random Tuesday....usually in July.....once a decade.
I must have seen you come out as I was picking up a friend off that flight. I must learn to check ba97 more often, sorry to have missed you.
As to the weather, sorry to disappoint you, that's normal round these parts. We do get a summer, some random Tuesday....usually in July.....once a decade.
May 16, 2007, 6:32 pm
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Yup - that's the flight. Sorry to miss you.
As for the weather, yeah in all my visits to UK I have seen the sun twice, but the second time was in a different year to the first time.
As for the weather, yeah in all my visits to UK I have seen the sun twice, but the second time was in a different year to the first time.
May 17, 2007, 12:18 pm
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I forgot to mention Mr Fyfe was on the flight from Auckland to London. He played his Airline CEO card to jump to the front of the security queue at LAX 
May 17, 2007, 2:03 pm
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Pardon me for enquiring, but ...
I met Kiwi Flyer gain at the domestic Kuru club for a coffee. He had a shower and left for work, and I am now waiting for my flight, also showered n feeling surprisingly good for having been around the world in less than 60 hours!
I am astounded that you actually have any time for work with all the traveling you seem to get to do!
or is it just that you have a different definition of "work" than the rest of us unfortunates?
Originally Posted by tht
I met Kiwi Flyer gain at the domestic Kuru club for a coffee. He had a shower and left for work, and I am now waiting for my flight, also showered n feeling surprisingly good for having been around the world in less than 60 hours!
or is it just that you have a different definition of "work" than the rest of us unfortunates?
May 17, 2007, 6:15 pm
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I have been tempted to make the same comment
. I think your trip reports are great. They take me back about 20 years ago when I used to do something similar and enjoyed it immensely.
Last edited by WellingtonFF; May 18, 2007 at 12:57 am
May 18, 2007, 4:16 am
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I did a RTW business trip in three weeks last year down the back, after always travelling up the front for the past 30 years until recently, with 10 cities and the last week being a series of one or two night stands, and the long haul sectors being chockers
It nearly killed both myself and my travelling companion in our advanced years.
The thing that really pissed me off was the quality of the Y class wine on SQ. The trusty Jacobs Creek left it for dead
, and it was extraordinally difficult getting it in the quantities that are normal on NZ or QF for Kiwis and Aussies.Never again.
Off again on a similar exercise in about a month, but definitely up front, with most of the long haul being on SQ
Looks like NW though for a side trip from LHR to the US and return which will be interesting to see - I used to fly them a lot from the US to Tokyo and Seoul many years ago, and they were very ordinary indeed then.I think in our part of the world we are very spoilt by most of the Asian airlines, and NZ and QF.
As for US domestic travel, that is something again, whether it is up the front or down the back.
I will be experiencing the joys of UA
May 29, 2007, 8:31 am
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Nice report! Like so many others, I cringe at the thought of doing this trip in Economy Class but I reckon I would've done it too if the price and potential mileage earnings were right. The last time I flew Economy Class to New Zealand was on a mileage award aboard United in 2001. As a Mileage Plus Premier I was able to score seats in the Economy Plus section with its 35" pitch. I was curious what the seat pitch is on NZ?
May 29, 2007, 8:50 am
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May 29, 2007, 1:24 pm
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Yup, and those are normal economy. Premium economy, a separate cabin, has considerably more pitch.
See also NZ seating thread
See also NZ seating thread
Jun 7, 2007, 7:38 am
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Cost?
Just curious, Kiwi, i remember seeing the Mother's Day sale back then, but forget how much the tickets cost. Do you recall? Also, how many miles were you able to earn?
Amazing trip report! We'll be passing through AKL in Sep and hope to see you again -^
Amazing trip report! We'll be passing through AKL in Sep and hope to see you again -^
Jun 7, 2007, 12:33 pm
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It was 2 for 1 on any international economy fare available on NZ website (limit 1 per customer). tht and I went for global saver fare instead of global saver max in order that we could credit miles to a program other than airpoints.
Hopefully next time our meeting won't be so brief.
Hopefully next time our meeting won't be so brief.
Aug 11, 2007, 5:07 pm
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My understanding it is 31 hours 27 minutes 49 seconds - on Concorde of course. New York to Toulouse to Dubai to Bangkok to Guam to Honolulu to Acapulco August 15/16 1995. (Note this doesn't return to origin - the FAI rules doesn't require that.)