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How much of the BA flight network does the BAEC FlyerTalk community fly in 2020?

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:


Quote:
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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How much of the BA flight network does the BAEC FlyerTalk community fly in 2020?

Old Feb 5, 2020, 5:58 pm
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Excellent work wilsnunn my return flights will be going on there this weekend.
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Old Feb 9, 2020, 11:19 am
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Added BA4816 and BA0296 and glad to get back into LHR this morning before the worst of the effects of storm Ciara.
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Old Feb 12, 2020, 7:01 am
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Can someone add BA177 LHR - JFK 3rd Feb. (Came back on AA)
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Old Feb 12, 2020, 7:03 am
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Originally Posted by BlackSkyuk
Can someone add BA177 LHR - JFK 3rd Feb. (Came back on AA)
Added for you, thanks for joining in
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Old Feb 12, 2020, 7:09 am
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Originally Posted by BlackSkyuk
Can someone add BA177 LHR - JFK 3rd Feb. (Came back on AA)
Was the return on the BA codeshare, as that will count as well?
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Old Feb 12, 2020, 7:33 am
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I sneaked a new one in, the day before I actually fly (hope that's a rule bend, not a breakage). BA0776 LHR to ARN at 07.15
But given the prevalence of low fares out of ARN, I can't be the first FTer to take this flight (unless those doing an ex-EU always sensibly go out the night before)?
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Old Feb 12, 2020, 7:59 am
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Originally Posted by SavvyTravel
I sneaked a new one in, the day before I actually fly (hope that's a rule bend, not a breakage). BA0776 LHR to ARN at 07.15 ... <snip>
I will certainly be front-loading in a couple of weeks. I will NOT be spending time on a Caribbean beach updating a spreadsheet!
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Old Feb 12, 2020, 11:13 am
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Originally Posted by TedToToe
Was the return on the BA codeshare, as that will count as well?
Yeah, it was ticked as BA1594. AA142 JFK-LHR 7th Feb.
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Old Feb 12, 2020, 11:39 am
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Originally Posted by BlackSkyuk
Yeah, it was ticked as BA1594. AA142 JFK-LHR 7th Feb.
Added for you.
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Old Feb 12, 2020, 2:45 pm
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On my mobile but if any of these flights help I'd be grateful if someone could add them in

10/02/2020 BA2649 TIA LGW
07/02/2020 BA2648 LGW TIA
16/01/2020 BA399 BRU LHR
14/01/2020 BA398 LHR BRU
13/01/2020 BA799 HEL LHR
10/01/2020 BA794 LHR HEL

Thank you!
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Old Feb 12, 2020, 4:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Ned1968
On my mobile but if any of these flights help I'd be grateful if someone could add them in

10/02/2020 BA2649 TIA LGW
07/02/2020 BA2648 LGW TIA
16/01/2020 BA399 BRU LHR
14/01/2020 BA398 LHR BRU
13/01/2020 BA799 HEL LHR
10/01/2020 BA794 LHR HEL

Thank you!
Have added them in for you.
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Old Feb 12, 2020, 11:18 pm
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BA207/208/149/148/458/459/460/464/465 various dates in Jan
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Old Feb 13, 2020, 1:24 am
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Originally Posted by BA6501
BA207/208/149/148/458/459/460/464/465 various dates in Jan
I think you need specific dates for all of them really otherwise it doesnt really work. You can add them yourself to using the link at the top of the wiki - its quite easy to do.
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Old Feb 14, 2020, 2:24 pm
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Another quick update from me:

- Exactly 400 flights logged
- 308 different BA flight numbers have been flown
- 121 different individuals have recorded their flights
- LHR has been visited exactly 300 times

I have also added a link to an interactive map in the Google Sheet, showing all the flown routes (which I found quite interesting to see BA codeshares that I had no idea existed)

Here is the map as things stand currently:


All flown routes on a map as of 9:15pm on 14-Feb. (The image in this post will not be updated)

All these measures (and more) as well as the link to the up-to-date and interactive map can be found on the Stats page of the Google Sheet for anybody interested. [Click on "🔒 Stats" at the bottom of the screen]
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Old Feb 15, 2020, 1:50 am
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Added in BA0869 and BA 0870 from trip to Budapest
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