Originally Posted by
Nimrod1965
Wow
BOSishome , that’s a lot of flying in a year (and I know that some will have done about 100 more flights than that); way too much for me; 30 flights would be more than enough.
Yes-the nice part is that most of the long-haul was in premium cabins flying on someone else's dime (with the notable exception of JFK-EZE-JFK, which was in an exit row economy-essential for my 6'7" frame).
The most unique legs were certainly TNR-WMN-TNR on MD ATR72s, one of which included a go-around and diversion. I had another diversion in early December where my CDG-MPL flight was diverted to MRS due to low ceilings at MPL. In the prior 27 years of my life, I had only diverted one other time, on a WN MDW-OMA flight (there was a tornado on the ground on airport property at OMA).
The most miserable was my TQO-EWR flight last week in the last row of a UA 739 (flying on a basic economy ticket) that included a 140 minute tarmac delay at TQO and a 50 minute wait-for-gate delay at EWR. A persistent hangover made it even worse.