New Countries (1): Austria
New Airports (5): MKE, DSM, SLC, FCO, VIE
New Airlines (1!): Austrian
New Planes (0): none!

Shortest Flight: BOS-EWR 200 miles
Longest Flight: FCO-BOS 4,093 miles

Total Airports: 20
Total Segments: 32
Total Miles: 45,619

Weird year with a low # of segments, travel in batches with long streaks at home, and three trips to Europe with the kids. 28 of 31 segments on Delta, 2 on United and 1 on Austrian. 10 segments on the BOS-MSP or vv route alone. Salute to all of you on the road in 2026...

(edit: I'd forgotten my December 31 flight CDG-CPH on SAS, which put me over the line for Platinum on DL with some last minute SkyTeam MQDs...)

Highlights:


On the trail of The Third Man


Cognitive dissonance


Bird-in-Hand, PA


Paul Skenes is a large man. At Target Field, Minneapolis - 24th of 30 ballparks on my decades-long tour across MLB.


Manarola, the morning after a magnificent storm