Feeling very "corporate-wage-slave" thread
Jun 18, 2016, 5:56 am
#136
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: US/UK - and elsewhere
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,559
Nowhere near the top tier, but...
3 weeks:
2010-01-31 BHX AMS KL1424 274
2010-01-31 AMS KIX KL867 5740
2010-02-05 KIX AMS KL868 5740
2010-02-05 AMS BHX KL1435 274
2010-02-06 LHR YUL BA95 3240
2010-02-09 YUL LHR BA94 3240
2010-02-15 BHX DXB EK038 3480
2010-02-16 DXB DEL EK516 1360
2010-02-19 DEL DXB EK511 1360
2010-02-19 DXB BHX EK037 3480
Total of 28,188 miles (in Y) – but only 2 sectors on BA…
36-hours
2014-04-15 CHC SYD QF138 1340
2014-04-15 SYD SIN BA16 3916
2014-04-15 SIN LHR BA12 6743
2014-04-16 LHR IAD BA295 3670
Total of 15,669 miles (CHC-LHR in Y)
~ 1 month
2015-04-12 BWI LHR BA228 3620
2015-04-12 LHR VIE BA702 791
2015-04-16 VIE LHR BA697 791
2015-04-19 LHR BWI BA229 3620
2015-04-25 BWI MIA JJ2065 948
2015-04-25 MIA GRU JJ8403 4080
2015-04-26 GRU JPA JJ3356 1360
2015-04-29 JPA GRU JJ3357 1360
2015-04-30 GRU MIA JJ8034 4080
2015-05-01 MIA BWI JJ2398 948
2015-05-06 IAD LHR BA216 3670
2015-05-08 LHR IAD BA293 3670
2015-05-10 BWI AUS AA937 1340*
2015-05-10 AUS DFW AA937 184*
2015-05-10 DFW NRT AA61 6428*
2015-05-12 NRT ICN 763*
2015-05-15 ICN DFW AA280 6826
2015-05-14 DFW BWI AA1630 1218
Total of 45,697 miles (in Y)…. (*booked BWI-DFW-ICN)
3 weeks:
2010-01-31 BHX AMS KL1424 274
2010-01-31 AMS KIX KL867 5740
2010-02-05 KIX AMS KL868 5740
2010-02-05 AMS BHX KL1435 274
2010-02-06 LHR YUL BA95 3240
2010-02-09 YUL LHR BA94 3240
2010-02-15 BHX DXB EK038 3480
2010-02-16 DXB DEL EK516 1360
2010-02-19 DEL DXB EK511 1360
2010-02-19 DXB BHX EK037 3480
Total of 28,188 miles (in Y) – but only 2 sectors on BA…
36-hours
2014-04-15 CHC SYD QF138 1340
2014-04-15 SYD SIN BA16 3916
2014-04-15 SIN LHR BA12 6743
2014-04-16 LHR IAD BA295 3670
Total of 15,669 miles (CHC-LHR in Y)
~ 1 month
2015-04-12 BWI LHR BA228 3620
2015-04-12 LHR VIE BA702 791
2015-04-16 VIE LHR BA697 791
2015-04-19 LHR BWI BA229 3620
2015-04-25 BWI MIA JJ2065 948
2015-04-25 MIA GRU JJ8403 4080
2015-04-26 GRU JPA JJ3356 1360
2015-04-29 JPA GRU JJ3357 1360
2015-04-30 GRU MIA JJ8034 4080
2015-05-01 MIA BWI JJ2398 948
2015-05-06 IAD LHR BA216 3670
2015-05-08 LHR IAD BA293 3670
2015-05-10 BWI AUS AA937 1340*
2015-05-10 AUS DFW AA937 184*
2015-05-10 DFW NRT AA61 6428*
2015-05-12 NRT ICN 763*
2015-05-15 ICN DFW AA280 6826
2015-05-14 DFW BWI AA1630 1218
Total of 45,697 miles (in Y)…. (*booked BWI-DFW-ICN)
Aug 3, 2018, 2:09 am
#137
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: UK
Programs: VS LT Gold 1MM, BA Gold, M&M Frequent, Hilton LT Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Plat
Posts: 81
Not as crazy as some but I had 5 days of intense travel a few weeks back which nearly killed me (must be getting old!)
Thursday evening - LHR to HKG, VS J
Saturday evening - HKG to BKK, RJ J
Sunday morning - BKK to SIN, CX J
Sunday evening - SIN to LHR, BA J
Monday morning - LHR to AMS, BA J
Monday morning - AMS to LHR, BA Y
Monday afternoon - LHR to LAX, VS J
Monday evening - LAX to SJC, DL Y
Tuesday midday - SJC to LAS, DL F
Tuesday afternoon - LAS to LGW, VS PE
Thursday evening - LHR to HKG, VS J
Saturday evening - HKG to BKK, RJ J
Sunday morning - BKK to SIN, CX J
Sunday evening - SIN to LHR, BA J
Monday morning - LHR to AMS, BA J
Monday morning - AMS to LHR, BA Y
Monday afternoon - LHR to LAX, VS J
Monday evening - LAX to SJC, DL Y
Tuesday midday - SJC to LAS, DL F
Tuesday afternoon - LAS to LGW, VS PE
Sep 14, 2018, 4:53 am
#139
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: Complete Pleb, former BAEC Gold, former MH Silver
Posts: 194
Upgraded on a QR A380 DOH-MEL from J to F to find you're the only person in F. 8 seats and 2 tripple sized bathrooms, and just me for 14 hours. My bed made up to the left and seat to the right.
If only they'd provided a black mug....
P.s. To add to the strangeness, this was on a cheap-as-chips ex-ARN ticket....
Last edited by Jon Baker; Sep 14, 2018 at 4:54 am Reason: Spelling error
Sep 14, 2018, 5:51 am
#140
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,399
Upgraded on a QR A380 DOH-MEL from J to F to find you're the only person in F. 8 seats and 2 tripple sized bathrooms, and just me for 14 hours. My bed made up to the left and seat to the right.
If only they'd provided a black mug....
P.s. To add to the strangeness, this was on a cheap-as-chips ex-ARN ticket....
Wow (and more wow). A QR F cabin, all to yourself. Pure hedonism.
(what manner of good things did you do in a former life to deserve this ?)
Sep 14, 2018, 4:56 pm
#142
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: Complete Pleb, former BAEC Gold, former MH Silver
Posts: 194
Perhaps a computer error in my favour upgraded the wrong [AA] Baker?
Sep 15, 2018, 9:49 am
#143
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: US/UK - and elsewhere
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,559
Clearly no where near cws's level, but sept/Oct/Nov sees me doing 8 TATLs, 2 TPACs, 12 internal (EU & US) all in Y. A few trips 'home' (<24 hours) to wash clothes, cut the grass and pay the bills... (and see Mrs CKBA).
Sep 15, 2018, 10:50 am
#145
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Argentina
Posts: 40,211
Sep 15, 2018, 11:23 am
#146
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 2,237
Oct 21, 2018, 2:00 pm
#148
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
This Wednesday I started my day in court in Greensboro, North Carolina. I then drove to courthouses in Hillsborough, Durham and then Raleigh. In each one I handled at least one case. After the Raleigh case I drove to RDU and flew RDU-CLT-ATL arriving at 9:40 PM. I drove to my hotel, slept seven hours then drove to the Atlanta Immigration Court. I had an 8 AM hearing which ended at 8:45 AM. I rushed back to ATL and managed to make the 9:48 AM Delta flight to RDU. I arrived at 11 AM and was back at the courthouse in Raleigh for a hearing at 11:30 AM and then a trial at 2 PM.
It was a really hard 36 hours.
It was a really hard 36 hours.
Oct 27, 2018, 4:19 pm
#150
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Posts: 13,891
It's not much really, but having had my work trip in the US extended, and thus not able to get home to Tanzania before my flight to Singapore for holiday was supposed to be...
I now find myself flying DAR-AMS-JFK (KLM economy) // JFK-NRT-SIN (JAL premium economy) // SIN-AMS-NBO-DAR (KL/KQ economy).
Not in the front enough to be really c-w-s, but still the most "long way round" I think I've done.
I now find myself flying DAR-AMS-JFK (KLM economy) // JFK-NRT-SIN (JAL premium economy) // SIN-AMS-NBO-DAR (KL/KQ economy).
Not in the front enough to be really c-w-s, but still the most "long way round" I think I've done.