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Nov 20, 2011 | 1:18 pm

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Originally Posted by nypdLieu

we once circled over PA for an hour while waiting to land at JFK. I'd say we circled about an additional 300 miles or so. I wonder, as a double diamond extroardinare, can I make a claim for lost miles?

Same. About three months ago we circled for an hour over Pennsylvania waiting for storms to clear at JFK. We were within minutes of having to divert for fuel at, of all places, EWR. If we had diverted, I would have gotten at least 300 miles for all the time in the holding pattern, and another 500 for the hop EWR-JFK.