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Old Apr 14, 2023, 11:36 pm
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985X
 
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Fall 2022 Semester Overview

Fall 2022 Semester Overview

August 8th, 2022 to December 16th, 2022 all inclusive:

63 trips to school, 138 flights (105 AS, 26 WN, 6 UA, 1 B6), used SDC 92 times.
Total miles flown: 55593 miles
BART: $564.50
Airport Parking: $370.00
Gas: $1033.75
AS Wi-Fi: $39.96
AS: $1366.06 (after 20% off from gift cards) PLUS 307500 miles
WN: $380.86 PLUS 43732 points
UA: $42.80 PLUS 5500 miles
AV: $15.60 PLUS 6500 miles


Excluding mileage value, cash total: $3813.53

Now, hold your breath before I show you how much time I spent on the road..

Outbound (LA to Berkeley only): 20319 minutes
Inbound (Berkeley to LA only): 25653 minutes
Total (round-trip time): 45972 minutes, or 766.20 hours, or 31.93 days (full 24hr day equivalent)

I'm a bit shocked I spent that much time on the commute alone, that means I sacrificed a lot of sleep to make this crazy plan work.. Do I regret it? Absolutely not. Is this still a good decision? Well, lemme tell you this, I still think I made the best choice possible given the circumstances and my capabilities. Isn't it incredible that I survived an entire semester, didn't collapse, and didn't even miss any classes, including those brutal Friday 8ams which I had to wake up 330am to catch the 530am flight to be there on-time.. Anyways, I'm glad the semester is finally over. All my friends had nothing to comment other than respect, because none of them would last this crazy schedule for 1 week straight.. Perhaps I'm to addicted to flying, but it's gonna be a story which I can brag about my entire life when I'm done with this program.. Thanks for reading and I'm actually Iooking forward to my spring semester commute. Who knows what surprises awaiting me along the way..
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