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rankourabu Oct 14, 2011 8:57 pm

Mel-syd-lax-msp-dtw-mem-atl-ams-ist ~61 hours
DJ Y/UA C (CNZ mistake fare)/NW mileage run

buf-iad-sfo-lax-jfk-jnb-mru ~48 hours
UA F/C, SA Y (SA mistake $700 to MRU)

DaveTO Oct 14, 2011 10:11 pm

Actually flown:

YYZ-IAD-DFW-MEX-EZE (Mexicana $87 fare to EZE, 7 hr layover in MEX). Left Toronto at 6 am (3:30 cab ride to airport), arrived in EZE the next day in the afternoon.

Coming up

YYZ-YUL-ZRH-BKK-HAN. Leaving Toronto at 1pm, arriving in Hanoi 2 days later at 7pm...16 hour layover in ZRH, but flying F :)

will5404 Oct 14, 2011 11:15 pm

YYZ-YUL-ZRH-BKK with a 16hr layover in ZRH.

If you want to count trains, New Orleans-Washington DC-Chicago-Los Angeles-San Francisco (5 days/4 nights).

exbrit Oct 14, 2011 11:33 pm

Well, I am very impressed so far. Please post the total hours you were "on the go" from first taking off to final destination. Once you get into a bed on the ground thats the end of your trip! (All connecting wait times plus flying time counts).

Mine doesn't look so crazy after all!!:D

ylwae Oct 15, 2011 12:52 am

YVR-SFO-NRT-BKK-ZRH-BCN

About 30 hours flying time, maybe 8 hours waiting in airports. Went back to YVR on the reverse routing, with slightly less flying time but slightly more waiting in airports.

canforce Oct 15, 2011 1:58 am

YEG - YYC - LHR - DXB - KDH - KBL

34 hours total travel time with a 1 hour layover in YYC, 9 in LHR, 4 in DXB (well not really a layover, just moved to a new airport and got kitted out) and then on to KDH (ground stop only) then up to KBL.

tinchote Oct 15, 2011 6:22 am

Twice I have done EZE-YYZ-YQR where the Canadian leg I drove. 54 hours. With the kids :D

So, some 14 hours for EZE-YYZ and then immediately jump in the van for the 37/40-hour drive. The second one was in the Winter, so it included a 500 km stretch of packed-snow on western ON and eastern MB.

RoninTech Oct 15, 2011 1:22 pm

I started to write a detailed response to the OP but quickly broke out into a cold sweat and the shakes reminiscing about some of our trips to SE Asia involving planes, cars, buses, boats and longtails from door to door non-stop.

ACflyerDE Oct 15, 2011 1:33 pm

Fortunately generally in C and a few intra-Asia segments in F:

FRA-SIN-CMB-SIN-HKG-ICN-LAX-YVR

40h and 20 min. pure flying time, plus a few hours waiting time...

Jazzed91 Oct 15, 2011 1:37 pm

YYJ-YVR-YUL-YOW-YFB-YOW-YYZ-YYJ

I left YYJ at 19:55/27MAR and arrived back at 23:08/28MAR. I had 3hrs in YVR, 1hr 30min in YUL, 40 min in YOW (the first time), 1hr in YFB, 1hr 30min in YOW (the second time), and 1hr 30min in YYZ. That was a long day, but not nearly as long as some of yours!

payam81 Oct 15, 2011 3:44 pm

My longest has been: YYZ-NRT-SIN-KUL in J/F/Y.

About 32 hours I think altogether.

I regularly (monthly to bi-monthly) do 20-24 hours on YYZ-HKG/NRT-SIN and YYZ-HKG-DLC.

heraclitus Oct 15, 2011 4:56 pm

Some of you people are hard-core... my longest is 23 and I was completely bagged by the end of it. After 40 or 50 hours I doubt I would remember my name anymore.

ac777 Oct 15, 2011 5:04 pm

This year was FRA-SIN-ICN-YVR-YYC-YXH with a few hours layover in SIN just over 30 hrs flying time and then the waits at the airport.

yvr1971 Oct 15, 2011 5:22 pm

I have done:
YVR-LAX-LHR-ZRH-IST-JNB-CPT (one direction)
CPT-JNB-ZRH-GVA-JFK/EWR-YVR (one direction)
Both continuous with stopovers of 5 hours or less, and more than 40+ hours total in each direction, and all J Class

YVR-SFO-JFK-LAX-NRT-SIN (one direction)
SIN-NRT-LAX-JFK-SFO-YVR (one direction)
Both continuous with stopovers of 5 hours or less, and more than 40+ hours total in each direction, and more than 40+ hours total in each direction, and all J Class

I am about to do in December:
YVR-SFO-HKG-IST-LAX-YVR (courtesy of TK CC Deal)
One continuous around the world marathon in 62+ hours, in either CC (TK) or J Class

rankourabu Oct 15, 2011 5:29 pm


Originally Posted by yvr1971 (Post 17280182)
(courtesy of TK CC Deal)

ooh I forgot about that!

I am doing
BUF-ORD-GRU-GIG-GRU-ORD-SFO-HKG-IST-ECN in one shot - but may decide to overnight in SFO or HKG.
This would leave Friday night and arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday morning (Wednesday if overnight)

This is a very cheap mistake rate CO award - that also booked in W class - since corrected due to exposure on MP


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