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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 7:17 am
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Question How often do you fly?

I try to fly about once every few years but if you fly often do you get bored of it?
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 7:19 am
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I fly a couple trips a month, depending on if they are big trips or small trips and I haven't gotten tired of it in 10 years. I'm actually trying to increase my travel volume, not cut it.
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 7:36 am
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Originally Posted by sbm12
I fly a couple trips a month, depending on if they are big trips or small trips and I haven't gotten tired of it in 10 years. I'm actually trying to increase my travel volume, not cut it.
Good Answer!

I fly as little as two segments per month, all the way up to 24 segments! I love flying, and am very excited to be hitting 1K in October! Looking forward to the 1K bennies!!
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 7:50 am
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Cool thats awesome Do you tend to fly to the same places or different ones?
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 8:07 am
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I fly about 15-20 segments/year, but many/most of them are long hauls, so I end up with somewhere between 100k - 150K BIS miles/year. ALWAYS look forward to the next trip!!

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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 8:11 am
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Im always sad when a holiday ends so maybe having more will cure that!
Do you think my travel sickness would go away if i fly more?
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 8:55 am
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Flying is a pain in the rear, but I have to do it now to commute to my client. I've become one of the FF I used to pity, and at only 2 segments/week I'm not even in the top percentiles of real frequent fliers.
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 10:59 am
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I only fly a couple of times a year and I'm tired of it.
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 11:44 am
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Last year I was flying a couple trips a week. Now it is a couple trips a month.
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 12:07 pm
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Originally Posted by GodAtum
Cool thats awesome Do you tend to fly to the same places or different ones?
Different almost every time. There are a couple places I'll go back to over and over again but most of my trips are to new destination and new adventures.
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 12:40 pm
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It varies. I can go a month or two with no flights, then be on a flight 2, 3 times a week for months on end for work and personal trips.

I prefer the 2-3 flights a week personally Never get tired of it. Of course, I've only been at it for three years now. Ask me again in a decade or so, maybe I'll change my mind.
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 12:45 pm
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For me, about once/month and sometimes more.

I hate biz trips. Really. And I look forward when they're ending.

However, I look forward to personal trips.
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 12:54 pm
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I love the travel whether I have 100 flights in a year (been years since this low) or 400 flights in a year.
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 2:11 pm
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Business and personal: 140-200 segments per year and at least 48 weeks/year. Unfortunately only 6-10 segments at 4+hrs, for the last 7 years.
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 2:16 pm
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I used to fly 2 segments per week minimum.

Now I'm down to 2 segments per month average for work, and 2 for myself.
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