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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 2:16 pm
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An odd year for me... feels like I haven't travelled much, and yet my stats say otherwise - distance flown (if not segments) is a record for me.

BIS miles: 63,492
Sectors: 35
Airports: 25 (9 new: YUL, BUF, SJC, CLE, MUC, GSP, CLT, MIA, EYW)
Airlines: 8 (2 new: AA, B6)
Countries: 6 (0 new: )
Aircraft: 15 (1 new: A346)

From : To : Flight # : Class : Aircraft
SYD : AKL : NZ116 : Y : A320
AKL : LAX : NZ6 : C : B744
LAX : JFK : UA26 : Y : B752
LGA : YYZ : AC725 : C : E75
YYZ : LHR : AC858 : C : B763
LHR : YUL : AC865 : Y : A333
YUL : EWR : AC7744 : Y : CRJ-200
LGA : ORD : UA681 : Y : A319
ORD : LGA : AA2378 : Y : B752
BUF : LGA : US3679 : Y : CRJ-200
JFK : SJC : B6173 : Y : A320
SJC : IAH : CO1512 : Y : B738
IAH : LGA : CO732 : Y : B738
LGA : IAH : CO1433 : Y : B738
IAH : SFO : CO1763 : Y : B738
LAS : CLE : CO480 : Y : B753
CLE : LGA : CO2013 : Y : ERJ145
BTV : LGA : US4553 : Y : DH3
EWR : TXL : CO96 : Y : B752
TXL : MUC : LH223 : Y : A320
MUC : EWR : LH412 : Y : A346
JFK : LAX : UA25 : C : B752
LAX : AKL : NZ5 : C : B744
AKL : SYD : NZ103 : C : A320
SYD : WLG : NZ144 : C : A320
WLG : BHE : NZ2495 : Y : B1900D
BHE : AKL : NZ8022 : Y : DH3
AKL : LAX : NZ2 : Y+ : B744
LAX : JFK : UA28 : C : B752
EWR : GSP : CO2295 : Y : ERJ145
GSP : EWR : CO2337 : Y : ERJ145
EWR : CLT : US1627 : Y : B734
CLT : MIA : US721 : Y : B734
EYW : EYW : Conch Republic Airforce : Y : WACO UPF-7
MIA : EWR : CO639 : Y : B738

High points:
  • NZ5 LAX-AKL in Business Premier: the all-round best flight I've had in many years, with a fantastic crew and great product
  • Achieving NZ*G for the first time, in addition to maintaining my regular AC*G (we'll see if I manage to keep both - unlikely, methinks)
  • Casa Camper in Berlin - a refreshing take on a city hotel
  • A joyride over Key West in a 1942 WACO UPF-7 biplane
  • Road trip from San Francisco to Vegas via Yosemite and Death Valley. Simply spectacular!

Low points:
  • My first, and hopefully last, flight on AA. How to make the short ORD-LGA run as unpleasant as possible. A new low for US airline experiences
  • NZ144 SYD-WLG in C: a nice flight, but sadly my last opportunity to fly NZ's shorthaul C product on the A320. It will be sadly missed, by me at least.
  • LH's Sen Lounge in the international section MUC - is that really the best they could do in that shiny new hub airport of theirs?
  • Food poisoning aboard AC LHR-YUL. Whether it was from AC food or something else I don't know; what I do know is that it was extremely unpleasant...
  • AC's recent devaluation of E benefits. Flying anything other than Y seems to be increasingly rare for me these days

Looking forward to some more adventurous travel in 2011, starting with Chile, Argentina and Uruguay in February. Patagonia, here we come!
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