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josmon10 May 24, 2016 8:16 pm


Originally Posted by rankourabu (Post 26668476)
Will be reaching 1.5 million miles on 100 airlines (not incl regionals) this summer.

At current patterns, will reach 2mm and 1000 flights well before age 40.

Still zero flights for any work-related purposes.

That's really impressive, congrats!

In my case, business flights are about 80% of the grand total, but they've taken me to all continents, even in the same calendar year, so I cannot complain! :)

josmon10 May 24, 2016 8:24 pm

With my recent AEP-USH flight, I've now flown to the southernmost airport I guess I'll ever reach (unless I ever fly to the Antartica; very unlikely).

And never a flying goal of mine, and a bit of a trivia nonsense, but I've just realised that, with the addition of Ushuaia, I've now flown to airports starting with every letter of the alphabet.

GRALISTAIR May 25, 2016 6:31 am


Originally Posted by josmon10 (Post 26677186)
With my recent AEP-USH flight, I've now flown to the southernmost airport I guess I'll ever reach (unless I ever fly to the Antartica; very unlikely).

And never a flying goal of mine, and a bit of a trivia nonsense, but I've just realised that, with the addition of Ushuaia, I've now flown to airports starting with every letter of the alphabet.

May I ask what you were doing there - start of an Antarctic cruise?

rankourabu May 25, 2016 1:14 pm


Originally Posted by josmon10 (Post 26677186)
And never a flying goal of mine, and a bit of a trivia nonsense, but I've just realised that, with the addition of Ushuaia, I've now flown to airports starting with every letter of the alphabet.

Crap. Missing Q and X :D
*sets new goal*

Seat 2A May 25, 2016 2:56 pm

When you've flown as much as I have, there aren't a lot of goals left to attain. For now, I suppose I'll focus on flying my 200th airline. Additionally, I'd like to log a flight aboard a 737-600.

Oh yeah - flying between Perth and Johannesburg would very nicely complete the southern symmetry of my flight memory map.

GRALISTAIR May 25, 2016 2:59 pm


Originally Posted by josmon10 (Post 26677186)
With my recent AEP-USH flight, I've now flown to the southernmost airport I guess I'll ever reach (unless I ever fly to the Antartica; very unlikely).

And never a flying goal of mine, and a bit of a trivia nonsense, but I've just realised that, with the addition of Ushuaia, I've now flown to airports starting with every letter of the alphabet.


Originally Posted by rankourabu (Post 26680819)
Crap. Missing Q and X :D *sets new goal*

I am missing Q , U and Z - damn it - another goal.

BuildingMyBento May 25, 2016 5:20 pm

With the addition of a seaplane port (QNY) last week, I've now "collected 'em all."

Numbers are next...

GRALISTAIR May 26, 2016 10:10 am


Originally Posted by Seat 2A (Post 26681348)
When you've flown as much as I have, there aren't a lot of goals left to attain. For now, I suppose I'll focus on flying my 200th airline. Additionally, I'd like to log a flight aboard a 737-600.

Oh yeah - flying between Perth and Johannesburg would very nicely complete the southern symmetry of my flight memory map.

Amazing - I thought you were trying to fly on every 737 is the AS fleet - or have you already managed that?

Have you ever done a RTW exclusively in the southern Hemisphere? It will not be easy but it is doable. I think Lan Chile have a Auckland-Santiago - Buenos Aires which helps considerably and Qantas can get you from NZ-Australia -South Africa. And not sure about South Africa back to South America.

Seat 2A May 26, 2016 11:01 am


Originally Posted by GRALISTAIR (Post 26685151)
Amazing - I thought you were trying to fly on every 737 is the AS fleet - or have you already managed that?

You're right, I forgot about that! At present I've flown aboard all of Alaska's -400s, all of the -700s, all but one of the -800s and all but seven of the -900s. And all but two of Horizon's DHC-8-400s. Being as it's all left to chance, in addition to the fact that Alaska continues to add new airplanes (737 MAX 8/9s) it'll be a likely be a few years before I attain this goal.

josmon10 May 26, 2016 1:51 pm


Originally Posted by GRALISTAIR (Post 26678789)
May I ask what you were doing there - start of an Antarctic cruise?

That sounds nice, but no, it was actually a day trip from Buenos Aires, where I've been the last few days on business. It's quite a long flight, below 4 hours, and not cheap due to the duopoly of Aerolíneas and LATAM, but perfectly doable. I departed at 7:35 AM, got back before midnight, and spent 8 hours there.

josmon10 May 26, 2016 1:53 pm


Originally Posted by rankourabu (Post 26680819)
Crap. Missing Q and X :D
*sets new goal*

From my list, Quito and Qingdao are quite easy to reach, if you're in the area. And Xiamen and Xi'an are quite popular Chinese airports too.

Long Train Runnin May 26, 2016 3:01 pm


Originally Posted by josmon10 (Post 26686203)
From my list, Quito and Qingdao are quite easy to reach, if you're in the area. And Xiamen and Xi'an are quite popular Chinese airports too.

Quito is UIO and Qingao is TAO so might not be of much help.

Madone59 May 26, 2016 3:16 pm


Originally Posted by Seat 2A (Post 26681348)
Oh yeah - flying between Perth and Johannesburg would very nicely complete the southern symmetry of my flight memory map.

I wish My Flight Memory maps were interactive and allowed others to look through years and airlines the way other sites do because your domestic US map looks like a Jackson Pollok #LifeGoals

josmon10 May 26, 2016 6:49 pm


Originally Posted by Long Train Runnin (Post 26686513)
Quito is UIO and Qingao is TAO so might not be of much help.

I know, I guess I should have written "cities", instead of "airports", as that's what I actually meant.

If we're talking about IATA codes, then I'm missing Q, but QRO (Querétaro) should be added soon.

And on the other hand, if we talk about cities not codes, Y becomes more difficult to achieve -ie, Canadian airports out of the way-. I've only been to the rather obscure YNT (Yantai, China).

GRALISTAIR May 26, 2016 6:54 pm


Originally Posted by josmon10 (Post 26687329)
And on the other hand, if we talk about cities not codes, Y becomes more difficult to achieve -ie, Canadian airports out of the way-. I've only been to the rather obscure YNT (Yantai, China).

No brainer for me YAK out of Anchorage and they have a wonderful lodge/bar 30 yards walk from the terminal - I love Alaska. The Yakutat flight also goes via Cordova.


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