Originally Posted by
mauld
I've been actively flying since the early '80's- both business, pleasure and a mix. In that time I must have flown hundreds of flights-- (as most of you have)...Am I the only one who can't remembeer each and every flight I've taken for the past almost 30 years ?? How did all of you do it ? I entered the FlightMemory site, and it's asking for all the details of EVERY flight ?? (During the mid/late 90's I was on a plane multiple times almost every single week of each year). For some silly reason, I assumed FM would ask for info on the person and be able to pull up that data itself. If I'm the only one of all of us who hasn't been keeping those meticulous records of travels, then I guess, I'll cancel my FM membership
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When I first discovered FM I was able to pull up OnePass statements from sometime in 2004. Everything before then was basically from memory. Fortunately a fair amount of my flying coincided with business meetings for my parents, so I could often remember the routing, though not necessarily the day, type of a/c, etc. I lived in Indianapolis 2003-2004; I'd fly home on the weekends from time to time. I'm 99% sure I don't have all of my routes IND-IAH (or via DTW/MEM/MSP) and vice versa.
Now, as soon as I book a flight I will enter the info into FM; this saved my butt last year b/c CO somehow kicked my STL-EWR leg off of an itinerary...I was able to call CO and tell them my original flight number, etc (I often delete my email confirmations and just log into my OP account).