What's the furthest you've flown for the shortest amount of time on leisure?
Aug 5, 2017, 7:07 am
#121
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: London-Venice
Programs: BA Gold, *A Gold
Posts: 189
about twenty years ago for business LHR-MEL-LHR-JFK-LHR 36 hours in Melbourne, 13 in London (btw MEL & JFK) and about 24 in New York. Out Saturday night back Friday Morning. All BA in F
Non-business... LHR-CPT back the same evening (my cousin getting married)
Non-business... LHR-CPT back the same evening (my cousin getting married)
Aug 5, 2017, 10:04 am
#124
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold, AA 1MM lifetime gold, Starwood gold, Marriott Gold Elite
Posts: 719
London to the Maldives for 2 nights in QR J via Doha 2 summers ago. My wife had just passed her medical finals and as it was a short notice celebratory booking, I could only get 2 days off either side of the weekend. We still look back on that trip as the most memorable of our lives
Aug 5, 2017, 10:44 am
#126
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Central California
Programs: Former UA Premex, now dirt
Posts: 6,531
Long weekend in Tokyo several years ago. It was a glorified mileage run to bump my status a tier but managed to get in a couple of days of fun in Tokyo before returning to California. For some reason, the airline had waived the normal stay requirement so the fare was quite low.
Aug 5, 2017, 11:03 am
#127
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Vancouver, CA
Programs: AC 35K
Posts: 670
Aug 5, 2017, 11:14 am
#128
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,948
Aug 5, 2017, 1:29 pm
#129
Join Date: May 2007
Location: London, Prague, Dubai
Programs: BA Silver, * Alliance Gold, Emirates Gold AMEX Plat'm, Marriott Titan'm, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,127
Last weekend, Dubai - London for 24hrs. This weekend Dubai - London for 48hrs. Couple of years back, LHR-HKG for a weekend. That was madness !! Other than that London - Prague most weekends to see the family
Aug 5, 2017, 2:22 pm
#130
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: DFW
Programs: AA-EXP SPG-Plat 100/LTG. HHonors-Gold
Posts: 40
DFW-NRT-SIN-NRT-DFW. Arrived 12:10 AM on Saturday, flew out 8:00 Sunday morning
~40 hours in the air RT for 18 hrs on the ground. Boss offered me his about-to-expire SWU's, found ~20K EQM in J for under $1k so I jumped on it. That 772 though...
~40 hours in the air RT for 18 hrs on the ground. Boss offered me his about-to-expire SWU's, found ~20K EQM in J for under $1k so I jumped on it. That 772 though...
Aug 5, 2017, 3:33 pm
#132
Join Date: Jul 2005
Programs: MUCCI Classe des Flatteurs Preferes, LH SEN, BA silver, IHG Plat Amb, Accor Plat
Posts: 967
For leisure I haven't made any notably short trips, but for work I often make short trips. The furthest is Europe to New Zealand for 24 hours. I find that I don't have a problem with jet lag on the really short trips.
Aug 5, 2017, 5:19 pm
#135
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sydney
Programs: VA Platinum, SG Solitaire PPS, Hyatt Lifetime Globalist, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 403
PER-DXB-LHR-SIN-SYD-AKL (partly on BA) - dropping my Dad off back in the UK at LHR at just after 5am, then back to AKL (to meet my wife) that evening.
Or SYD-SFO-AUH-SIN-SYD over just over 48 hours (not BA) - for medical procedure in SFO, then miles booking via EY to get home.
Or SYD-SFO-AUH-SIN-SYD over just over 48 hours (not BA) - for medical procedure in SFO, then miles booking via EY to get home.