henkybaby

I was watching a documentary about Qantas which featured John Martin, a very loyal customer who apparently flew over a 1000 trips (I think returns...) on Qantas and was quite famous and beloved in Australia. Unfortunately he passed away recently. Seemed to be an incredibly nice guy!

It got me thinking.

Do we have anyone with bragging rights here? I am sure CWS flies as much in a year as Mr Martin did in his lifetime (although he did most of it in Y in believe...) but what other 'achievements' have some of you under your belt?

I have absolutely none but I remember some stories. Think longest time spend in a BA lounge, most Concorde flights, most returns between the same city pair in a year, most flights in 1A/K, most consecutive BA flights in one direction of any itinerary, longest time on a BA plane on the ground, etc. Of course references to newspaper articles or documentaries are encouraged.

Just some fun stories and lets try to keep complaining out of it, so the word enhancements is enhanced from this thread.

I can try the following:

Longest time in stationary aircraft: during that 'winter' of 2010 (I believe), parked on runway for 6 hrs at LHR (and still made my connection). Trumped (sorry) by flyingnomad.

rossmacd

I think someone on here could claim the most consecutive delayed flights after this summer's woes. I remember reading someone was on double-digits.

EuropeanPete

Possibly most consumption of Taittinger Comtes de Champagne? I can't quite remember.

awtgiven

How about having paid the least for a First class return revenue flight? Mine was Ł400 (plus 80k in Avios: 30k as part-payment, 50k to upgrade) on an ex-CPH to JFK.

Any bargain hunters paid less? Revenue flights only - redemptions with low taxes don't count

BA or bust

IIRC Mrs BA or bust and I did a one way on Concorde for 80,000 of the old airmiles with a 241 and only around Ł400 in taxes for both of us. Those were the days.... sigh....

PS Star attraction (for SWMBO) was Robbie Williams two rows ahead of us on his way to NYC to try and patch up his relationship with Rachel Hunter.

Swanhunter

* Concorde round trip with a 241, 160000 miles and Ł50 taxes!
* Interviewed and photographed years ago by the NY Times for an article about the rollout of flat beds
* Delivery flight of G-STBE from PAE to CWL including a few hours sleep in the crew bunks
* second revenue flight of the first dusked 767 in CW

dsf

Ł640 and zero Avios on the tequila fare one year ago this week (getting away with that really does feel like bragging!)

Globaliser

Do people who claim a "first" on BA have such bragging rights? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-you-part.html

MickV

Was on the first flight to Hong Kong from T5 connecting from Belfast and returning four days later. Real bragging point was my bags came first off the belt in Hong Kong and Belfast on the return. First and last time priority baggage worked for me.

henkybaby

Of course! ^ Was hoping for stories along the lines of

"For six months I flew a return to NYC every week"
"I once flew full fare First class to JNB had a lunch and flew straight back"
"I have 5000 BA flights"
"I have flown 3.000.000 miles in 10 years"

etc. Preferably with a nice story about the context.

And hey, I have one! First pax in the SIN lounge after the (re)opening. Thanks.

wanderingjock

Lowest POUG? Ł2 DBV-LGW for daughter1.

PETER01

I thnk I may have a few (coughs) bragging rights:

1) Surely worth a few points and I was the first ever FT'r to drink from the sacred coffee mug of corporate-wage-slave. I feel I am now immortal

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ed-my-mug.html

2) I was one of 30 FTr's to be lucky enough to get a space on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Tour (the competition was on the BA Board) TR here:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...iner-tour.html

3) I am the only Scottish FT BAEC Ambassador

4) I am a very, very distantly related to.............HIDDY!!!!!!!!

Pete's sad attempt to bag some bragging rights ()

wanderingjock

We have a winner!!

flyingnomad

Hmm.

Longest time on a stationary aircraft? Think I've got the OP beat. 7hrs and 45 minutes at the LHR **gate** for a LHR-RUH flight with doors closed that never pushed back. Was winter of 2012, the usual 3-4inches of snow bringing complete chaos to LHR. We were the shortest long-haul scheduled to depart that night, so they kept prioritising the longer flights for departure, until the threshold time when our crew would no longer be able to complete the flight without timing out. Got served dinner in CW, watched a movie and had a good 5 hr nap before the flight was cancelled and we were allowed off. Oh, did I mention the scheduled flight time was only 6h10m ?

GLABA

Reaching silver with only 370 tier points?
Sadly gold can't be done by doing 100 flights in a year...