Dec 30, 2025, 3:56 am
FlyerTalk Badges Launch
Oct 23, 2024 | 3:15 pm
#226
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I'd like to see badges for how often a FlyerTalker gives travel-related advice to another FlyerTalker with nothing other than a helpful spirit in mind.
Oct 25, 2024 | 10:51 pm
#227
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Oct 30, 2024 | 12:39 pm
#229
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Clearly what is needed is a Generation badge!
Do runs for lifetime flight mile thresholds count?
Oct 31, 2024 | 10:16 am
#230
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I just noticed that my “tenure” badge automagically changed from 10 years to 15 years this morning 
Nov 2, 2024 | 9:54 am
#231
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Nov 3, 2024 | 11:46 am
#233
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Entirely up to you. If you want them to count, count them. I am sure people end up visiting countries without flying in/out whether it's by land, sea or air, and they count that as a country they have visited. For example I have included Macau in my total which was a ferry trip from Hong Kong, and Brunei which was a land border crossing from Sarawak, Malaysia.
Nov 4, 2024 | 8:44 pm
#235
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E.g. Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), or Port Louis, Mauritius, both highlights of my 1981 travel. 🌴 ⚓
Nov 5, 2024 | 3:28 pm
#236
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Nov 7, 2024 | 8:53 am
#237
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What parameters do people use for determining number of countries visited?
Bottom line is that there's a lot of room for personal choice, both in terms of what counts as a country and what counts as a visit. Personally, I'd count cruise ship stops where I went ashore, though I haven't had any in countries where I didn't also stay on land overnight at some point.
Nov 11, 2024 | 10:19 am
#239
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Nov 11, 2024 | 3:10 pm
#240
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Huh? What is the point of that? I get # of countries, etc but that sounds like it will just add to the clutter.