Signs that you're traveling too much....
Apr 15, 2016, 9:56 pm
#47
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: OneWorld Emerald (BA GGL), *A Silver (Miles & Less), Skyteam Pleb (KLM FlyingBlue), Mucci Platinum
Posts: 907
A few additional thoughts to add to the good list that others have already prepared:
- You have a favourite seat or seats on each variant of each aircraft on each of your regular airlines
- You can somehow manage to squeeze in five days' worth of business clothes, your gym attire, a coat and scarf into a carry-on bag
- You get irritated when people in front of you in the security queue aren't already fully prepared by the time they reach the x-ray machine and/or when they take more than a few seconds to deal with their coats, jackets, shoes, belt, laptops and liquids / aerosols / gels
- As you look at the menu, you realise it's exactly the same as when you last flew the same route
- As you switch on the IFE, you realise that nothing new has been added since the last time you flew
- As you wait for the airbridge to attach after an overnight / long-haul flight, it's you who needs to tell the cabin crew that "...it's usually L2 at this airport..."
- You have a favourite seat or seats on each variant of each aircraft on each of your regular airlines
- You can somehow manage to squeeze in five days' worth of business clothes, your gym attire, a coat and scarf into a carry-on bag
- You get irritated when people in front of you in the security queue aren't already fully prepared by the time they reach the x-ray machine and/or when they take more than a few seconds to deal with their coats, jackets, shoes, belt, laptops and liquids / aerosols / gels
- As you look at the menu, you realise it's exactly the same as when you last flew the same route
- As you switch on the IFE, you realise that nothing new has been added since the last time you flew
- As you wait for the airbridge to attach after an overnight / long-haul flight, it's you who needs to tell the cabin crew that "...it's usually L2 at this airport..."
Apr 15, 2016, 11:57 pm
#48
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SJC/SFO
Programs: WN A+ CP, UA 1MM/*A Gold, Mar LT Tit, IHG Plat, HH Dia
Posts: 6,284
3. Realize you have another trip in a couple days, but you still haven't unpacked from your previous one.
Apr 16, 2016, 1:46 am
#49
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: LAX
Programs: AAdvantage EXPLAT, Hilton Diamond, SPG/Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum, Citi Exec MC, Amex Plat
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Apr 16, 2016, 4:03 am
#50
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Formerly at PIT, now planted near MSP.
Programs: No flights since April 2019 (Medical Issues). Lost all my status.
Posts: 1,483
You impress the person sitting next to you when take only 2 minutes to do the crossword puzzle in the airline magazine. Little do they realize that you've done the same puzzle four times that month.
Jul 26, 2017, 7:35 am
#51
Join Date: Dec 2013
Programs: BA GCH
Posts: 89
You know you fly too much when....
I'll start it off 
You know you fly too much when... .
... you start recognising the same cabin dents on the same 777's; then look up the registration number & realise you flew the same aircraft 3 weeks prior on a different continent. [With the same seats with broken IFE screens ;0 ]
You know you fly too much when... .
... you start recognising the same cabin dents on the same 777's; then look up the registration number & realise you flew the same aircraft 3 weeks prior on a different continent. [With the same seats with broken IFE screens ;0 ]
Jul 26, 2017, 8:32 am
#54
Join Date: Aug 2014
Programs: BA GGL, CR
Posts: 193
1. Before the auto passport machines at T5, if the official asked me where I'd just come from, I'd have to pause for a few seconds before answering....
2. When the CSD gives you a kiss on the cheek and delivers your gin and tonic without a word being exchanged.
3. When a pilot tells you he feels sorry for your travel schedule.
Etc
2. When the CSD gives you a kiss on the cheek and delivers your gin and tonic without a word being exchanged.
3. When a pilot tells you he feels sorry for your travel schedule.
Etc
Jul 26, 2017, 9:30 am
#58
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Ipswich
Posts: 7,543
You have a surreal conversation in a pub with a colleague, trying to remember where you last met... "Errr Phoenix?", "No - wasn't it Paris?","Couldn't have been... Singapore?" etc.
We stopped when we realised we were getting strange looks from people nearby. Never did figure it out.
We stopped when we realised we were getting strange looks from people nearby. Never did figure it out.
Jul 26, 2017, 9:36 am
#60
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 1,808
I'll start it off
You know you fly too much when... .
... you start recognising the same cabin dents on the same 777's; then look up the registration number & realise you flew the same aircraft 3 weeks prior on a different continent. [With the same seats with broken IFE screens ;0 ]
You know you fly too much when... .
... you start recognising the same cabin dents on the same 777's; then look up the registration number & realise you flew the same aircraft 3 weeks prior on a different continent. [With the same seats with broken IFE screens ;0 ]