The furthest you've gone for the shortest amount of time
Feb 21, 2019, 10:01 pm
#47
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Another time, I flew to Brussels and flew back with the same flight attendants.
I can remember two trips that I went for one meeting, returning the same day. LGA-DCA in the morning, DCA-LGA maybe around 4 pm. I am sure others did that, too, judging from the passengers in suits and a briefcase, no luggage. Another trip was EWR-BOS and back the same day. Fewer same day business travelers but some.
Come to think of it, I have had dozens and dozens of one domestic day trips, staying at the destination for 20-26 hours. Fly on Monday, return Tuesday evening.
Feb 23, 2019, 9:18 am
#48
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I've done Germany-Beijing-Germany without a night in Beijing. Left Germany Sunday afternoon, arrived in Beijing the next morning, went to my meeting, and in the evening went back to PEK and flew home, arriving there Tuesday late morning, just in time to teach my lecture.
Mar 24, 2019, 10:12 am
#49
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I flew from Raleigh to Vancouver for dinner. Arrived at 1 PM, did a few activities and took the CX redeye at 10 PM.
For work I've flown from Raleigh to Boston, Atlanta and New Orleans for ten minute hearings. Arrive at 8:30 AM, Uber to court, have the hearing, Uber back to the airport for a 11 or 12 PM flight. Those trips suck let me tell you.
For work I've flown from Raleigh to Boston, Atlanta and New Orleans for ten minute hearings. Arrive at 8:30 AM, Uber to court, have the hearing, Uber back to the airport for a 11 or 12 PM flight. Those trips suck let me tell you.
Mar 28, 2019, 2:50 pm
#52
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I posted this in some other thread a few years ago but it's still relevant ...
back story: my wife and son flew with me DCA-CVG on Mon afternoon; they connected to SEA for vacation, and I went to LAX for business on Tue/Wed before flying up (company bought my LAX-SEA ticket in lieu of a return flight to DC); the plan was to return together the following Wed afternoon
Tues morning I learned I had to be back in LA on Thurs/Fri; obviously I couldn't get the company to buy SEA-LAX/LAX-DC; even though the individual expense reports wouldn't cause raised eyebrows, any auditor would immediately say they had paid for my vacation travel
the cheapest way for me to get back to DC was the SEA-BOS redeye that night (lv ~2130), and a separate ticket BOS-IAD (ar ~0900); I picked up an Avis car at 1000, collected the dog at the kennel, drove home, unpacked, re-packed, dropped the car off at the nearby Sears, and walked ~15 min back home; slept for an hour or so, showered and dressed, and left the house in my wife's car ~1530; parked in the garage at DCA, left the ticket on the console, texted to let her know where the car was, and caught the 1730 flight to IAH/SNA ... originally booked LAX-EWR-DCA ~1300 Fri, but my part of the meeting wrapped up Thurs afternoon and I SDCd to LAX-IAH-DCA (lv ~0100, ar ~1145)
back story: my wife and son flew with me DCA-CVG on Mon afternoon; they connected to SEA for vacation, and I went to LAX for business on Tue/Wed before flying up (company bought my LAX-SEA ticket in lieu of a return flight to DC); the plan was to return together the following Wed afternoon
Tues morning I learned I had to be back in LA on Thurs/Fri; obviously I couldn't get the company to buy SEA-LAX/LAX-DC; even though the individual expense reports wouldn't cause raised eyebrows, any auditor would immediately say they had paid for my vacation travel
the cheapest way for me to get back to DC was the SEA-BOS redeye that night (lv ~2130), and a separate ticket BOS-IAD (ar ~0900); I picked up an Avis car at 1000, collected the dog at the kennel, drove home, unpacked, re-packed, dropped the car off at the nearby Sears, and walked ~15 min back home; slept for an hour or so, showered and dressed, and left the house in my wife's car ~1530; parked in the garage at DCA, left the ticket on the console, texted to let her know where the car was, and caught the 1730 flight to IAH/SNA ... originally booked LAX-EWR-DCA ~1300 Fri, but my part of the meeting wrapped up Thurs afternoon and I SDCd to LAX-IAH-DCA (lv ~0100, ar ~1145)
Apr 2, 2019, 10:33 am
#53
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ICN-LAX-DTW-IND-IAD-LAX-ICN in January this year for a business trip. Barely 30 minutes outside the secure area in IND before going right back. Total travel time from start to finish was 58 hours nonstop. I was very happy to get home.
Apr 5, 2019, 9:13 am
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ULN-PEK-BKK-CDG-MUC-EWR back in the days when you could REALLY abuse the UA award routing rules. Flew ULN-PEK on CA in J, connected shortly thereafter to BKK on TG in J, then got on a TG A380 in F to Paris. I had a ~10-12 hour layover in Paris, quickly caught up with the girl I was seeing, then took a nap. That night took a LH flight to Munich, checked into a dump near the Hauptbanhoff and went drinking with some friends, woke up on very little sleep and caught LH F back to NYC. 13,136 miles.