Wrapping up 2017!
Dec 24, 2017, 1:27 pm
#16
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 14,174
2017 at a glance
Number/distance of booked flights: 66 / 178 479 km
Number of times A-hole airlines cancelled on me: 2 / 668 km
Number of flights I had to cancel: 6 / 31 945 km
Number of flights actually flown: 58 / 146 316 km
Number of Taobao-packages someone said they've sent to Hilton CKG for me to bring back home: "2 big ones, plus a few small items"
Number of empty suitcases I brought with me to CKG to handle packages: 2
Number of Taobao-packages to actually arrive at Hilton CKG: 33
Number of hours spent on solving the taobao-packages-into-suitcase-puzzle: 8
Number of jetlag-induced, inflight diarrhea: 1
Number of times a checked-in bag was lost/delayed: 1
Number of times car-keys were in a checked bag that was lost/delayed, forcing me to take public transport from the airport, despite suffering from jetlag-induced diarrhea: 1
Oh, the glamour of intercontinental flying.
2017 would have been a record year distance-wise if I hadn't cancelled one AU trip. Some other records happened though:
New (all time) records
Westernmost airport: RAR (159.81°W)
Easternmost airport: NPE (176.87°E)
Longest flight: AKL-DOH, 14 534km, 17h40min
Number of times A-hole airlines cancelled on me: 2 / 668 km
Number of flights I had to cancel: 6 / 31 945 km
Number of flights actually flown: 58 / 146 316 km
Number of Taobao-packages someone said they've sent to Hilton CKG for me to bring back home: "2 big ones, plus a few small items"
Number of empty suitcases I brought with me to CKG to handle packages: 2
Number of Taobao-packages to actually arrive at Hilton CKG: 33
Number of hours spent on solving the taobao-packages-into-suitcase-puzzle: 8
Number of jetlag-induced, inflight diarrhea: 1
Number of times a checked-in bag was lost/delayed: 1
Number of times car-keys were in a checked bag that was lost/delayed, forcing me to take public transport from the airport, despite suffering from jetlag-induced diarrhea: 1
Oh, the glamour of intercontinental flying.
2017 would have been a record year distance-wise if I hadn't cancelled one AU trip. Some other records happened though:
New (all time) records
Westernmost airport: RAR (159.81°W)
Easternmost airport: NPE (176.87°E)
Longest flight: AKL-DOH, 14 534km, 17h40min
Dec 24, 2017, 4:35 pm
#18
Join Date: May 2012
Location: GVA (HEL)
Programs: AY Plat (OWE)
Posts: 536
A pretty ordinary flying year for me:
Segments: 45 (0 domestic, 45 international) = 106 213 km
Carriers: 9 (AY 60%, other: QR, TK, JP, KM, OS, SN, TR, LH)
Airports: 16 (new: TLL)
Countries: 16
Longest: HEL-SIN
Shortest: HEL-TLL
Northernmost: HEL
Southernmost: CGK
Westernmost: MIA
Easternmost: HKG
Downgrade to Gold coming up in a week....
Segments: 45 (0 domestic, 45 international) = 106 213 km
Carriers: 9 (AY 60%, other: QR, TK, JP, KM, OS, SN, TR, LH)
Airports: 16 (new: TLL)
Countries: 16
Longest: HEL-SIN
Shortest: HEL-TLL
Northernmost: HEL
Southernmost: CGK
Westernmost: MIA
Easternmost: HKG
Downgrade to Gold coming up in a week....
Last edited by LoungeEnthusiast; Dec 28, 2017 at 1:46 pm Reason: Forgot about MIA
Dec 24, 2017, 7:41 pm
#19
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,105
Dec 24, 2017, 9:51 pm
#20
Join Date: May 2012
Location: GVA (HEL)
Programs: AY Plat (OWE)
Posts: 536
A nice holiday somewhere in Asia in J would have been a good solution. Not so easy to pull through with two small kids, however.
Dec 25, 2017, 2:40 am
#21
Join Date: May 2014
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+Plat, ALL Plat, Scandic L2
Posts: 3,620
52 flights (33 op by AY or N7), 117,326 km (91,221 km) kinda boring
On record side: reached the 1 gigameter life-time flying distance.
Possibly beat my northenmost flight path record: SFO-HEL (previously LHR-YVR).
Flew revenue "First" (domestic ahem) class for the first time (MU XMN-PVG
).
New carriers: FM, QW, 3K (for AY), YW (for OU, not IB!), LO, HO
On record side: reached the 1 gigameter life-time flying distance.
Possibly beat my northenmost flight path record: SFO-HEL (previously LHR-YVR).
Flew revenue "First" (domestic ahem) class for the first time (MU XMN-PVG
).New carriers: FM, QW, 3K (for AY), YW (for OU, not IB!), LO, HO
Dec 25, 2017, 3:18 am
#22
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY Platinum Lumo, LX Senator, SK Life-time Gold, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 282
My statistics:
- 129 segments
- 195.000 miles = 315.000 km
- Top Airlines flown: Finnair (35), Swiss (15), Lufthansa (15), SAS (14), Singapore Airlines (10)
- 30 long-haul segments (all in business), a lot of intra-EU in economy + some intra-US and intra-Asia travel.
- As a private consultant, it is difficult to make a difference between work and private travel.
- Renewed Finnair Plus Platinum, SAS Eurobonus Diamond and Miles & More Frequent Traveller. With better planning, M&M Senator would have been in reach.
- 129 segments
- 195.000 miles = 315.000 km
- Top Airlines flown: Finnair (35), Swiss (15), Lufthansa (15), SAS (14), Singapore Airlines (10)
- 30 long-haul segments (all in business), a lot of intra-EU in economy + some intra-US and intra-Asia travel.
- As a private consultant, it is difficult to make a difference between work and private travel.
- Renewed Finnair Plus Platinum, SAS Eurobonus Diamond and Miles & More Frequent Traveller. With better planning, M&M Senator would have been in reach.
Dec 25, 2017, 3:31 am
#23
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: KUO
Programs: HH Diam, AY/AX/KQ/IHG/VISA Plat, SK/Bonvoy/Melia/Strawberry Gold, Radisson Prem, PP Prest
Posts: 2,266
Lazy year:
36 domestic segments by AY (or Norra)
24 intra-EU segments by AY (or Norra), all except two TLL flights in C. (11 x 359)
4 longhaul segments by AY, in C. (4 x 333)
8 intra-EU segments by LH, in C.
Did not count miles.
AY Plat retained (already, still 3 months to go). LH down to FTL. BA still Bronze. HH Diam by stays.
Airports visited: KUO, HEL, LHR, MUC, BRU, AMS, TLL, AGP, CDG, FCO, JFK, ORD, JOE.
Northernmost KUO, southernmost AGP, westernmost ORD, easternmost JOE.
36 domestic segments by AY (or Norra)
24 intra-EU segments by AY (or Norra), all except two TLL flights in C. (11 x 359)
4 longhaul segments by AY, in C. (4 x 333)
8 intra-EU segments by LH, in C.
Did not count miles.
AY Plat retained (already, still 3 months to go). LH down to FTL. BA still Bronze. HH Diam by stays.
Airports visited: KUO, HEL, LHR, MUC, BRU, AMS, TLL, AGP, CDG, FCO, JFK, ORD, JOE.
Northernmost KUO, southernmost AGP, westernmost ORD, easternmost JOE.
Last edited by TTL; Dec 27, 2017 at 7:57 am
Dec 25, 2017, 6:32 am
#24
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,105
Dec 25, 2017, 1:08 pm
#26
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 280
Segments flown: 22 (4 still to come)
Distance covered: some 30'000 km
LH trips cancelled: 2
But as @intuition's post above shows, stats from openflights or your AY+ account don't tell the whole story. Let me add a few extra ones.
Number of FlyerTalker meetups: 6, of which 4 had something to do with LHR CX Flounge
Number of FlyerTalkers met: 20+
Number of people the gold card I gifted has made happy: 5+
When I look it this way, 2017 wasn't a sad year after all.
Distance covered: some 30'000 km
LH trips cancelled: 2
But as @intuition's post above shows, stats from openflights or your AY+ account don't tell the whole story. Let me add a few extra ones.
Number of FlyerTalker meetups: 6, of which 4 had something to do with LHR CX Flounge
Number of FlyerTalkers met: 20+
Number of people the gold card I gifted has made happy: 5+
When I look it this way, 2017 wasn't a sad year after all.
Dec 25, 2017, 2:18 pm
#27
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,957
Segments flown: 22 (4 still to come)
Distance covered: some 30'000 km
LH trips cancelled: 2
But as @intuition's post above shows, stats from openflights or your AY+ account don't tell the whole story. Let me add a few extra ones.
Number of FlyerTalker meetups: 6, of which 4 had something to do with LHR CX Flounge
Number of FlyerTalkers met: 20+
Number of people the gold card I gifted has made happy: 5+
When I look it this way, 2017 wasn't a sad year after all.
Distance covered: some 30'000 km
LH trips cancelled: 2
But as @intuition's post above shows, stats from openflights or your AY+ account don't tell the whole story. Let me add a few extra ones.
Number of FlyerTalker meetups: 6, of which 4 had something to do with LHR CX Flounge
Number of FlyerTalkers met: 20+
Number of people the gold card I gifted has made happy: 5+
When I look it this way, 2017 wasn't a sad year after all.
Dec 25, 2017, 6:06 pm
#28
Ambassador: Finnair
Join Date: May 2003
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Lumo, BA Silver, HHonors Gold
Posts: 4,267
172.455km
71 segments (mostly AY, BA and AA)
3 F, 33 J, 35 Y (all Y in short haul, luckily)
North:HEL
South: SIN
West: YVR
East: SIN
Most freq. HEL-LHR
Plat renewed
71 segments (mostly AY, BA and AA)
3 F, 33 J, 35 Y (all Y in short haul, luckily)
North:HEL
South: SIN
West: YVR
East: SIN
Most freq. HEL-LHR
Plat renewed
Dec 26, 2017, 1:43 pm
#29
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: TLL
Programs: AY+ Plat, TK Elite
Posts: 233
Segments: 65ish, 2/3 LH
North: OSD
South: LST
West: LAX
East: SYD
All flights in Y, except 2 opups (AY and KA) and 4 AY LH upgrades
AA, AY, BA, CX, JQ (every year I say never again, every year I still end up on one or several of their sh*tboxes), KA, LO, QF, QR, SK, 6Y
Countries: 12, 4 new (Qatar, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal)
North: OSD
South: LST
West: LAX
East: SYD
All flights in Y, except 2 opups (AY and KA) and 4 AY LH upgrades
AA, AY, BA, CX, JQ (every year I say never again, every year I still end up on one or several of their sh*tboxes), KA, LO, QF, QR, SK, 6Y
Countries: 12, 4 new (Qatar, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal)