What's the furthest you've flown for the shortest amount of time on leisure?
Aug 4, 2017, 7:11 pm
#96
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: YYZ
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Posts: 5,992
Nothing like the real long flights posted so far but in the midst of a horrible Toronto winter I saw Munich was having some bizarre 15C sunny weather in early March. Lufthansa had F award availability to FRA so I left on a Friday night returned on the Monday morning and spent a lovely Saturday and Sunday sitting in the biergartens that opened up. It was worth every penny
Aug 4, 2017, 7:19 pm
#97
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Some reason this was posted in BA forum, even though It's not a BA topic but one time to BOS-IAD-KWI-BAH and back over 3 day weekend. Same with DXB and many other places. Not counting tons of same day US transcon turns for Mileage run
Aug 4, 2017, 8:02 pm
#99
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: TPA/ABZ
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold. GGL/CCR.
Posts: 13,252
TPA-MIA-JFK-YVR-YYJ and back for 48 hours last month to help out our daughter. Enjoyed the short Harbour Air seaplane sectors almost as much as the CX JFK-YVR-JFK sectors.
Aug 4, 2017, 9:30 pm
#102
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: DEN
Programs: UA1K + MM [1.65 MM]
Posts: 17
DEN-SIN-DEN
Have left DEN on a Friday morning, landed in SIN Saturday night (SIN time), 6 hours in the transit hotel and the very fun T3, and right back to DEN Sunday morning arriving DEN Sunday night. Done it many times. I must admit it used to have more "purpose" when one could accumulate 35,000 MileagePlus miles in a weekend.
Aug 4, 2017, 9:32 pm
#103
Join Date: Feb 2011
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 810
LAX-DOH (overnight in DOH)
DOH-SIN10am departure
Arrive SIN 9-10pm
Depart SIN for HKG 6am
Arrive HKG 9am ; Stay in HKG 24 hours
Depart HKG 9:30 for BKK
Arrive BKK around noon, depart 1:30 pm for LHR
Overnight in LHR,
Next morning 1:30pm depart for Stockholm.
Next day, 10am depart Stockholm for LAX.
All in biz for no other reason than to burn miles. Flew QR, United, Thai, SAS. SAS was the best J class product hands down!
DOH-SIN10am departure
Arrive SIN 9-10pm
Depart SIN for HKG 6am
Arrive HKG 9am ; Stay in HKG 24 hours
Depart HKG 9:30 for BKK
Arrive BKK around noon, depart 1:30 pm for LHR
Overnight in LHR,
Next morning 1:30pm depart for Stockholm.
Next day, 10am depart Stockholm for LAX.
All in biz for no other reason than to burn miles. Flew QR, United, Thai, SAS. SAS was the best J class product hands down!
Aug 4, 2017, 9:42 pm
#104
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: ATL
Programs: Global Entry, UA, AA, BA, DL, Bonvoy
Posts: 281
LAX-LHR-LAX for Saturday football match at St Mary's (Southampton) and Sunday match at Stamford Bridge (London). Left Thursday evening, returned Monday morning. Seven weeks after 9/11 with return fare of $300 and double miles!
Aug 4, 2017, 10:51 pm
#105
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Auckland NZ
Programs: NZ Gold Elite, AS, AC, QF
Posts: 748
YVR X/LHR DUB because Air Canada had a seat sale. Outbound Thursday night (arrival mid-day Friday), inbound Monday mid-day (arrival late afternoon also on Monday). I was much much younger 