Why and how often do you fly?
 

welcome to flyertalk :)

so im presuming UBS, ING, Shell, or perhaps HSBC? ;)

you can find LOTS of such discussion in this forum. a vast number of people here fly more than 100K a year, and many fly multiple times that.

I average every other week Mon-Thur for work. Add to that 5-7 personal trips during the year.

Last year I traveled about 125K miles on about 116 segments.

So far this year about 21K miles, but I'm going to SYD/AKL next week and then to LGW right after I get back from that trip.

I fly because the world is out there. It's a must see, must do for me. About 100k per year. But now I've found FT and want to attend more Do's!

I am located in ATL, working from home. Our main office is in MKE so I travel there about 8-10 times a year.

We also have an office in Shanghai, which I visit at least 4 times a year.

Once or twice a week (usually same day trips) on business, flying eith LS, U2 or BE

Based around SFO, I'm a business applications consultant, so I travel 99% of the time all over the US (hi from Chicago). If I'm not circling the country for work, I'm circling the world for pleasure.

Usually twice a week (out on Sunday, back Thursday night)--totaled about 100K miles last year, mostly on AA--but I am in the middle of a 3-week no-flying stretch right now. I probably will do somewhere between 50-75K this year.

Biz & Family
 

I travel for two reasons: business and family.

I run a technology & content startup, so I fly YVR-JFK, YVR-YYZ-BOS, and YVR-YYZ a fair amount. Occasionally I do a flurry of YVR-SFO runs.

My wife's family is located on Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., and in the Caribbean, so we go there once a year. My family is in Australia and China, so we visit those locations once every few years.

I use AC for most of the flights, although I prefer CX for YVR-HKG and QF for YVR-SYD.

Oops! I forgot to add biz travel frequency. I used to fly back and forth YVR-YYC three times a week, catching the early morning commuter and returning in the late afternoon for a contract I had with a Large Corporation there. I'm glad I don't do that anymore.

Generally Monday-Thursday for Business on a weekly basis.
On top of that 5-7 personal trips.

Hey Kage...

International Business Machines (a.k.a. IBM)

Welcome to FT, Fly-Me-to-the-Moon!! ^ (and nice handle, btw)

I used to fly weekly (Mon - Thurs/ Fri, like you) when I was consulting. Generally not far, ORD-NYC and the like. I would vaca in Europe and Asia, and that was generally enough miles to get top-tier status on one airline and mid-tier on a second.

I've since moved and for the most part, don't fly for business (:(). However, I think I may be going overseas a couple times for business this year. I am also hoping to make a couple of trips home and a few trips to India to see relatives. And I would like to see some other stuff around here (e.g., Egypt, Thailand, etc.) since it's easier to make a quick trip than it was from the US.

I've lost all status on UA, but I would like to keep my status on NW/ KLM. We'll see how it goes. ;)

I fly a lot because my work requires me to do so.

My business travel comes in waves so maintaining status is tough. It's usually based on where the next deal is so I'm not usually flying consistently to the same location.

I do however travel a lot for vacation. I would say at least every other month I'm traveling for a long weekend somewhere and at least twice a year I take an extended vacation.