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Old Jan 5, 2020, 12:46 pm
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The Google sheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...vid=1896029868

Edited 03/02/2020 to include links with Filter View enabled

COPY of Post 1 (from wilsnunn) for if the thread gets too long:

How much of the BA flight network does the BAEC FlyerTalk community fly in 2020?
It was suggested in another thread (see here: Any Gaps in our collective knowledge?) that it would be a fun/interesting task to see how much of the whole BA network of flights we as a community here on FlyerTalk actually fly in a given year.

After a bit of discussion in the afore mentioned thread, we came up with the idea of a Google Sheets document to track flights taken by the community.

If people here are genuinely interested in persuing this task then I am sure that it would lead to some very interesting results.

Rules:
  • You must only edit the Google Sheet when not logged into your own Google account (personal/business etc) so as to remain anonymous to the community (and to me the owner of the Google sheet using a new account that is not being used for anything else)
  • You can only add your flight to the list once you have flown it (incase of IRROPS, change of plans etc)
  • You have to have flown on the flight using its BA flight number
    • This means that if you flew on BA113 but were ticketed as AA6134 for example this should not be included
    • This also means that if you have flown QR1 but it was actually ticketed as BA7001 this should be included
In addition to when the route is first flown in the year, this could give some insight into the most popular routes for the members of the community here, as such there is a counter built into the spreadsheet (a simple COUNTA() function) so even if you are not the first to fly that route and want to participate in this experiment, it would be great to see how popular certain routes are.

The Google sheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...vid=1896029868

Obviously this will not be of interest to everybody but for those who are interested, I hope that this proves to be a fun and interesting experiment.

Note: if you wish to participate but wish to add an extra level of anonymity on top of your FT username, then please feel free to assign yourself another pseudonym and participate that way.

If you have any questions then please let me know.



My post from the afore mentioned thread for reference:


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Originally Posted by wilsnunn
I have made myself an anonymous account and have put together a basic version of the Google Sheet.

It is fully editable by users who are not signed in and my account shows as "wilsnunn Flyertalk" so keeps me in the same position as I am here.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...vid=1896029868

I suggest people opening in an "In Private" window thus keeping their personal Google accounts out of it.


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Old Jan 14, 2020, 3:56 am
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This is a great initiative. Another flight number added (BA2551 AGP-LGW).
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Old Jan 14, 2020, 6:14 am
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Added my January flights.
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Old Jan 14, 2020, 12:26 pm
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BA242 Mex to LHR added
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Old Jan 14, 2020, 1:58 pm
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Just landed on BA891 (SOF-LHR) 14/1/20

can confirm landings are brutal at LHR this evening due to winds 😂
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Old Jan 14, 2020, 2:22 pm
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Originally Posted by RGS5526
More generally, do we need a protocol for the reporting and correction of similar instances of fat finger syndrome?
BA 1455 is EDI-LHR, not LHR-EDI
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Old Jan 14, 2020, 2:48 pm
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I have added my first two in both for 14/01/2020;

BA0378 and BA1479

1479 makes a "matching pair" with the previously added 1478.
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Old Jan 14, 2020, 3:06 pm
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Just come across this thread so added my 3 flights so far this year. All new rows and hopefully I haven’t messed up the spreadsheet adding them in. 🙂
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Old Jan 14, 2020, 4:36 pm
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Originally Posted by TTmex
BA242 Mex to LHR added
Just put that one in order for you.
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Old Jan 14, 2020, 5:15 pm
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BA3292 MUC-LCY added as well. I'll probably be able to add all MUC-LCY-MUC flights this year, apart from any other routes.

Longtime lurker, and this actually made me create a username, weirdly.

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Old Jan 14, 2020, 5:55 pm
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Great idea!

I've just been from London to LAX via MCO (5 hour layover, not one of my best ideas, and something I'm not sure I would repeat again in W/Y).

I added my BA2037/BA2036 (LGW-MCO, MCO-LGW). Should I also be adding my BA1542 (MCO to LAX) and BA1668 (LAX to MCO)
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Old Jan 14, 2020, 11:56 pm
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Originally Posted by orchidrose12
Should I also be adding my BA1542 (MCO to LAX) and BA1668 (LAX to MCO)
Most definitely!
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Old Jan 15, 2020, 5:07 am
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Originally Posted by SavvyTravel
This is a great initiative. Another flight number added (BA2551 AGP-LGW).
We were on the same flight BA2712 on the 10th. Were you in row 12 by any chance? I was in 12 A/B.
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Old Jan 15, 2020, 5:50 am
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Originally Posted by bavarian1992
BA3292 MUC-LCY added as well. I'll probably be able to add all MUC-LCY-MUC flights this year, apart from any other routes.
Longtime lurker, and this actually made me create a username, weirdly.
Bavarian
You had me confused there, briefly!

Welcome to BAFT as a user!
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Old Jan 15, 2020, 6:37 am
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Just added a couple more BA 542 + BA 545 - what a fun game...I mean experiment
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Old Jan 15, 2020, 7:25 am
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OK, so to spice it up, we need a bookie to take bets on the day that Flyertalk community have flown every yearround BA (marketed and operated) flight?

We've a broad range of business and leisure travellers, and a lot of the business routes will only just have kicked off, so they'll fill up quick now.

I think we'll have all BA flights 'done' by March 13th. Probably the rest done by Feb 29th, but it'll be something like no-one has done the fifth freedom UVF-GND BA 2159 (we have to have every flight - BA 15 is both LHR-SIN & SIN-SYD), and ends up someone booking a tier point run there just to get it done
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