What's the furthest you've flown for the shortest amount of time on leisure?
Jun 4, 2018, 1:45 am
#212
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: BAEC Gold, IHG Spire Elite
Posts: 289
This barely counts as 'leisure', but it was the furthest I've ever flown.
LHR-SFO-SYD-MEL, 3 days personal time for a funeral, then MEL-SYD-SFO, work for a week, then SFO-LHR.
LHR-SFO-SYD-MEL was in Y.
Totalling up the transit time, I spent in aircraft 41 hours (26 to get there, 14 back to SFO) to spend 72 hours in Melbourne.
LHR-SFO-SYD-MEL, 3 days personal time for a funeral, then MEL-SYD-SFO, work for a week, then SFO-LHR.
LHR-SFO-SYD-MEL was in Y.
Totalling up the transit time, I spent in aircraft 41 hours (26 to get there, 14 back to SFO) to spend 72 hours in Melbourne.
Jun 4, 2018, 11:26 pm
#216
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Isle of Sheppey, UK
Posts: 321
As part of a holiday to Alaska a few years ago:
ANC-SCC-BRW - arrived in the evening, went for a beach walk.
Stayed overnight in Utqiagvik (or Barrow, as it was known), visited the museum in the morning.
BRW-ANC - left in the morning, arrived back in Anchorage in the afternoon.
Total distance: 1555 miles.
Anyone would think I'm mad, but I'd recommend it: Anchorage is out of the way as it is, but popping into the Arctic for a night was an eye-opener. I was able to fly in a 737-400 Combi plane, too, something you don't get to do every day! (They stopped flying them altogether two years after I flew).
ANC-SCC-BRW - arrived in the evening, went for a beach walk.
Stayed overnight in Utqiagvik (or Barrow, as it was known), visited the museum in the morning.
BRW-ANC - left in the morning, arrived back in Anchorage in the afternoon.
Total distance: 1555 miles.
Anyone would think I'm mad, but I'd recommend it: Anchorage is out of the way as it is, but popping into the Arctic for a night was an eye-opener. I was able to fly in a 737-400 Combi plane, too, something you don't get to do every day! (They stopped flying them altogether two years after I flew).
Jun 5, 2018, 3:14 am
#217
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Somewhere around Europe...
Programs: BA Gold; MB Ti; HH Diamond; IHG Plat; RR Gold
Posts: 530
A couple of year's back I came up with the daft notion to gift my sister & brother-in-law their honeymoon. This led several months of ridiculous routings to earn AA RDM, chief among them:
ARN-LHR-LAX-HNL//HNL-DFW-NRT-CGK//CGK-NRT-DFW-MIA-NAS//NAS-MIA-LAX-HNL
All told that's 39,187 miles, for three nightstops.
ARN-LHR-LAX-HNL//HNL-DFW-NRT-CGK//CGK-NRT-DFW-MIA-NAS//NAS-MIA-LAX-HNL
All told that's 39,187 miles, for three nightstops.
Jun 5, 2018, 11:19 am
#220
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAGGL, A3G, Accor Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, LHW Sterling
Posts: 1,309
Jul 4, 2018, 4:29 pm
#221
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 158
Mrs Moose is on a Hen do in Spain from tomorrow. I’ve not got much on at the weekend, but have noticed LHR-JFK-LHR availability in J leaving on Friday and returning Saturday evening.
Never done this sort of thing before but it’s half tempting! Quick trip to Katz, followed by a few beers at Nelson Blue Friday night, bit of shopping the next day have a wander around the park before heading back to JFK stopping for a spot of dinner on the way!
Never done this sort of thing before but it’s half tempting! Quick trip to Katz, followed by a few beers at Nelson Blue Friday night, bit of shopping the next day have a wander around the park before heading back to JFK stopping for a spot of dinner on the way!
Jul 4, 2018, 9:55 pm
#223
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Brighton UK
Programs: BAEC-Silver, AMEX-BA Prem' Plus & Standard, Accor Gold, HH-Silver, IHG,IBIS On Business
Posts: 955
EZY2621 LGW-PMI to see Mrs Clams family for a birthday meal, turn and burn overnight
EZY2622 PMI-LGW
VS009 LHR-JFK-Meet up with people( plus the best man and MOH) we met in Mexico the Nov' before who got married at the resort we were at and we ended up getting invited along to the wedding.
VS149 JFK-LHR
April 3rd to 9th 2018 not a short time but tbh im not sure I was sober from the initial outbound flight and it was a lot of miles
EZY2622 PMI-LGW
VS009 LHR-JFK-Meet up with people( plus the best man and MOH) we met in Mexico the Nov' before who got married at the resort we were at and we ended up getting invited along to the wedding.
VS149 JFK-LHR
April 3rd to 9th 2018 not a short time but tbh im not sure I was sober from the initial outbound flight and it was a lot of miles