What's the furthest you've flown for the shortest amount of time on leisure?
Sep 7, 2017, 9:39 pm
#151
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Oregon
Programs: Nothing spectacular
Posts: 34
Had some Southwest points expiring, so I flew to LAX for the night. As a 15 year old I don't get to fly as much as I would like, so it was an adventure to say the least. Flew down at night and then flew home to PDX the next day. Certainly not as far as some of your guy's trips, but it was fun nonetheless. I'm writing a trip report about it on my blog which I've linked below.
If you want to check out the trip report on my blog here it is:
https://theflyingguy.wordpress.com/
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If you want to check out the trip report on my blog here it is:
https://theflyingguy.wordpress.com/
This link is to an online source to which I contribute and/or have a financial interest
Sep 8, 2017, 1:37 am
#153
Join Date: Oct 2008
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 887
Did GLA-LHR-LAS last year, out Wednesday and back on the 21:00 departure leaving Vegas on the Sunday night.
Off to SIN next week for the F1 race. Leave GLA late Wednesday on EK arrive SIN Thursday night. F1 race FRI,SAT,SUN then back to GLA on the Monday.
Off to SIN next week for the F1 race. Leave GLA late Wednesday on EK arrive SIN Thursday night. F1 race FRI,SAT,SUN then back to GLA on the Monday.
Sep 8, 2017, 2:19 am
#154
Join Date: Jun 2016
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,166
For leisure...plenty of one-day / one-night hops around Europe. Other than that, have done NYC for a couple of times out Thursday back Sunday (sometimes on the Sunday morning daytime flight...). And one Wednesday-Sunday trip to Texas.
Not too adventurous...contrast with work trips where start & end at LHR within 48 hours to & from the East Coast / Chicago are the norm
Not too adventurous...contrast with work trips where start & end at LHR within 48 hours to & from the East Coast / Chicago are the norm
Sep 8, 2017, 3:03 am
#155
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: BAEC Silver, Flying Blue Petroleum
Posts: 270
Nothing too extreme but I did once worked in the office Thursday, took EWR-LHR at 23:05 Thursday night when they still ran the 186, dinner Friday, party Saturday, LHR-EWR Sunday afternoon, worked Monday.
Sep 8, 2017, 5:09 am
#157
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: AMS
Programs: BA, KL
Posts: 28
day 1: AMS-LHR-LAX to meet with team and review proposals for our Chinese contacts. one night in LAX.
day 2: LAX-HKG-CAN to meet with Chinese team. one night in Guangzhou.
day 3: CAN-HKG-AMS.
not too bad actually, never adjusted to different timezones, and all was flown in C.
day 2: LAX-HKG-CAN to meet with Chinese team. one night in Guangzhou.
day 3: CAN-HKG-AMS.
not too bad actually, never adjusted to different timezones, and all was flown in C.
Sep 10, 2017, 5:02 am
#158
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London,UK
Posts: 497
LAX/SAN for 48 hours for a weding in WT+. Flew into SAN on a Friday, saw family, took the train up to LA on Sat. Wedding on Sat night and flew back to LHR from LAX on Sunday. Was op-uped to J on the way back. Had a terrible cold all through it.
Sep 10, 2017, 9:08 am
#160
Join Date: May 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 83
Back in the days when I had staff travel, I travelled (from London) to Singapore for 24 hours for a friend's wedding. Had to sit in the jump seat on the return flight though, for the whole flight, given the flight was full, which was pretty grim! 
Also did separate 48 hour weekend visits (each from London) to Las Vegas and Bermuda, again on staff travel.
The visits were great, as the short period of time forces you to make the most of your visit; you just feel knackered at the end of them!
Also did separate 48 hour weekend visits (each from London) to Las Vegas and Bermuda, again on staff travel.
The visits were great, as the short period of time forces you to make the most of your visit; you just feel knackered at the end of them!
Sep 11, 2017, 6:54 pm
#164
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Hermosa Beach, CA
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 67
I've got to redeeem a Lloyds upgrade voucher but have limited time to use it. Need somewhere to go for three days - Bermuda looks like a good bet.
However Santiago is available too and would be quite entertaining for a few days skiing. But it feels a bit ridiculous to head there for just three days.
It got me thinking, what's the furthest you've flown for the shortest amount of time. Back-to-backs in HNL and TP runs excluded!
However Santiago is available too and would be quite entertaining for a few days skiing. But it feels a bit ridiculous to head there for just three days.
It got me thinking, what's the furthest you've flown for the shortest amount of time. Back-to-backs in HNL and TP runs excluded!
Sep 11, 2017, 10:59 pm
#165
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 732
12 years ago, I was in New Zealand for several months. Was due to fly back to the UK late Aug. My grandmother loved her gossip magazines, especially the competitions. For 70 odd years she never won anything. That summer though, she won a holiday for 2 to Fiji. Except, sod's law, she was too ill to travel by that point.
My grandfather still wanted to go and wanted me to go with him, apparently because "I was good with airports".
So I paid £50 to change my SQ Y flight and travel back to the UK to pick him up. Spent one night there, then flew on the free ticket to Fiji.
My routing was:
CHC-SIN-LHR-ABZ-LHR-LAX-NAN
That was all in economy. The SQ segments were in exit rows, and their AVOD system was pretty good considering this was 2015. The NZ segment to LAX was okay too, we were in an exit row, though I think there were only overhead TVs iirc. The LAX-NAN was a 767 and was showing it's age even back then.
Interestingly, the return segment LAX-LHR was on an almost empty NZ 747 and this is the only time I've ever had 4 seats to myself on an overnight flight.
My grandfather still wanted to go and wanted me to go with him, apparently because "I was good with airports".
So I paid £50 to change my SQ Y flight and travel back to the UK to pick him up. Spent one night there, then flew on the free ticket to Fiji.
My routing was:
CHC-SIN-LHR-ABZ-LHR-LAX-NAN
That was all in economy. The SQ segments were in exit rows, and their AVOD system was pretty good considering this was 2015. The NZ segment to LAX was okay too, we were in an exit row, though I think there were only overhead TVs iirc. The LAX-NAN was a 767 and was showing it's age even back then.
Interestingly, the return segment LAX-LHR was on an almost empty NZ 747 and this is the only time I've ever had 4 seats to myself on an overnight flight.