Milestone Flights
 

I record all my flights. I thought it worthwhile to start a thread on Milestone flights
1st flight
100th flight
first across the Equator
First to be upgraded etc -here are mine
Milestone flights

July 1970 Manchester-Palma 1 BR
Aug 17th 1988 Tangiers-Gibraltar 4 GBA First propeller plane
May 10th 2001 Nashville-KC 50 SW
Jan 12th 2002 Orlando – Fort Lauderdale 100 SW
Oct 27th2002 KC – Houston (Bush) 150 CO 1* +1st to be upgraded
Apr 23rd 2003 Newark-Manchester 191 CO 1*
First International and TATL to be upgraded
June 23rd 2003 Blackpool – Dublin 200 RY
Nov 15th 2003 Memphis – Greenville SC 250 NW
July 11th 2005 Cleveland - KC 300 CO
Sept 2nd 2006 Houston – Buenos Aires Int. 334 CO
First across Tropic of Cancer/Equator/Tropic of Capricorn and Southern Hemishphere
May 26th 2007 Houston – Anchorage 350 CO
May 27th 2007 Lake Hood Seaplane Base 351 RUST
First take-off and landing on water
June 15th 2008 Great Falls - MSP 400 NW
June 20th 2009 Watertown, SD –Pierre, SD 450 DL/NW
Aug 15th 2010 Boston – Charlotte 500 US 1*
Aug 2nd 2011 Atlanta – Manchester 550 DL

What are yours?

BA 2, the old one, the FAST one!

5 Feb 2012, first A380 flight.

July 15th 2004 Newark – Manchester 274 CO 50th Transatlantic

April 21st 2012 600th flight - MSP- Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Somehow I completely missed this. Sorry about that! Insofar as milestone flights, I actually wrote an entire trip report (a short one) about the process. Rather than list mine, it might be easier to simple link you to the report. You'll find it right HERE.

Already read it and bumped it - amazing. ^

9 Feb 1992 - flight 1 KL WAW-AMS
6 Jan 2003 - flight 50 MH DXB-KUL
27 Dec 2004- flight 100 CO EWR-YYZ
11 Apr 2006 - flight 150 CO IAH-YYZ
3 Jul 2007 - flight 200 AZ YYZ-MXP
28 Jun 2008 - flight 250 WN BUF-LAS
27 Jun 2009 - flight 300 QR DOH-BKK
14 Jul 2010 - flight 350 LO KRK-CDG
13 Mar 2011 - flight 400 CO BUF-CLE
8 Jan 2012 - flight 450 UA IAD-YYZ
13 Aug 2012 - flight 500 TG BKK-DAC

Sept 4th 2012 Detroit – Kansas City DL 100th flight in 1st class

Last month I flew my 1,000th recorded flight. I started keeping records in April of 2002 (beginning what I call the Frequent Flyer Era (FFE).

Flight 1,000: August 29 US Dash-8-100 PHL-SWF. It was also a New Route/New Airport (SWF) so that was at least something!

excellent - my 100th TATL is next month

Sometimes I wish that I had kept a log of all my flights in my life, but I've flown so much as a kid that this would simply be impossible. I could start now, but then I'd wonder about all the flights I had forgotten to write down. Or I could do the work to remember them.

Or I could just not care & enjoy my future flights anyways without worrying about writing them down! :)

30 SEP 2010 - 1st A380 flight (SQ SIN-HKG)
25 JUL 2012 - 1st 787 flight (NH HND-FRA)

Oct 9th 2012 MSP –Amsterdam Economy Comfort DL 100th Transatlantic Flight

23 July 2012. First flight in F on LH ORD-DUS.

I've been wanting to post in this thread for a while now.

June 1991 LH LAX-FRA first flight ever, first international flight, first 747
1995 HP ONT-PHX first domestic flight
June 1996 UA LAX-HKG first transpacific flight, first time as unaccompanied minor, first time on "flight 1"
Aug 1999 JL NRT-LAX cross 100K miles
Thanksgiving 2001 CX HKG-SFO 50th flight
May 2005 AA DCA-DFW cross 200K miles
Jul 2007 AF CDG-OUA first time to Africa
Aug 2007 AF CDG-LAX 100th flight
Aug 2007 DL LAX-ATL first time in domestic F
Mar 2008 DL LAX-ATL 50K miles on DL
Jan 2009 DL BOM-ATL cross 300K miles (on longest flight I've ever taken)
March 2010 DL ATL-EWR first time complimentary elite upgrade (and I almost missed the plane until they opened up the jetway when they saw "F")
May 2010 AF SFO-CDG first time on upper deck of 747
Jul 2010 DL AMS-MSP 100K miles on DL
Sep 2011 DL LAX-JFK 150th flight, first time on transcon business
Feb 2012 LA JFK-LIM first time across the equator, first time on international business
Feb 2012 LA SCL-JFK via LIM cross 400K miles off the coast of GA
Apr 2012 UA SFO-FRA first time in international F, first time in nose of 747
Apr 2012 LX ZRH-HKG first time in REAL international F :D
Apr 2012 EK HKG-BKK first time on A380 (upper deck), first time taking in-flight shower
Jun 2012 DL JFK-DCA 200th flight, first time every flight on trip got elite upgraded (LAX-JFK-DCA)
Jun 2012 DL LGA-ATL 150K miles on DL
Jun 2012 SQ LAX-NRT first time on lower deck of A380
Sep 2012 DL DTW-LAX 200K lifetime MQMs on DL (incl. AF, KL, KE, AS).

Likely next flight I take on AA will push me past 50K on that airline.

More fun ones
 

- July, 1986 PA 747-100 JFK-LAX - First Known Flight. I was ~seven months old
- March, 1989 AA DC-10 JFK-LAX - First remembered flight. I was three and a half
- August, 1998 LH A-300 ADD-CAI-FRA - First solo flight not as a UM
- April 17, 2002 AA 757-200 LGA-MCO - First recorded flight.
- October 25, 2002 AA 757-200 JFK-SJC - First flight with status (AA Gold)
- February 22, 2003 AA MD-80 DFW-STL - First flight I upgraded myself
- June 6, 2003 AA 767-300 JFK-SJU - First Op-Up
- March 7, 2004 UA CRJ-200 LAX-PHX - First VDB
- February 11, 2007 AA 767-200 JFK-LAX - First flight in three class First

-August 1993, NW TPA-DTW-CLE, First flight (3 months old), first time on NW
-July 12, 2001, NW BOI-MSP-DTW, First recorded flights (#'s and dates...)
-March 24, 2005, AA TPA-SJU-STT, First time out of the mainland US, first time on AA
-December 24, 2005, DL TPA-ATL, First time on DL
-June 8, 2008, CO TPA-CLE, First time on CO
-June 10, 2008, NW DTW-NRT-PVG, First international flight, first transpacific flight, first 747, First time in a J class cabin
-June 24, 2008, NW DTW-MSP-BOI, first flight alone (not UM)
-Year of 2010, Most flights in a year (42)
-September 1, 2012, US TPA-CLT-LGA, First time flying US, first time flying somewhere and staying in hotel without family
-September 26, 2012, DL TPA-LGA/JFK-NRT/HND-DTW-TPA, First international flight alone. First time visiting another country alone.

I'll break my flights in a year record this weekend, putting me at 43. I'm looking at about 55 by the end of the year. Next year might reach about 80-100.

Nov 2nd 2012 Cincinnati –Kansas City DL 700th flight

Hmm, even with the various Flightmemories and openflights some are not easy, but here we go :) :

September 1978 - flight 1 SU VOZ-BKA
May 1999 - flight 50 DEN-ORD
11 Sep 2006 - flight 100 BA LGW-AMS
21 Sep 2008 - flight 150 KL YYZ-AMS
1 Aug 2010 - flight 200 DL DAL-SLC
13 Jun 2011 - flight 250 KL AMS-DXB
23 Jun 2012 - flight 300 UN DME-YYZ

Currently at 313...

Thought to try and figure out various tropic crossings, but gave up - too many of 'em :)

Here's my flightmemory and openflights for anyone who cares.

May 23rd 2013 MSP –Amsterdam 750th flight

Aug 10th 2013 Denver –Wilmington, DE 770th F9
All 50 states flown in/out

Dec 2005 MNL-LAX PR
First Flight (still my longest flight too!)

Oct 2006 LAX-SAT AA
Flight to US Air Force Boot Camp!

Dec 2009 IUD-BGW
First Operational Flight on a Military C130 to Baghdad!

July 2010 NRT-HNL DL
First Long-haul Premium Cabin as they oversold my original flight.

May 2011 MNL-NRT DL
First International Op-up as DL Silver. :))

June 2011 SEA-DTW DL
First Domestic Upgrade as DL Elite

Feb 2012 LAX-ICN KE
First A380 experience. Business class too!

Feb 2012 ICN-MNL KE
100th Flight!

Coming soon..

Nov 2013
FRA-ICN OZ & BKK-FRA TG A380
Both first time on long-haul first for both airlines!

Funny that you had international upgrades on DL before you had domestic ones, as a Silver that has to be a really rare fact.

That's really cool that you recorded all your flights. I have no idea how many I've taken (my first one was SEA>ANC when I was <1 yo back in 1968). I've probably flown a few hundred, but who knows. I wish I recorded them all. It would have brought back great memories.

I'm not sure if I want to keep track of my flights or not. I guess I could go look in my Gmail account for all of my airline tickets since 2004, but.....eh. I dunno.

edit: That might be an interesting project on a night when I'm super bored. Hmmmm....

I don't remember my flights as a kid in the late 80s/early 90s when we would fly from California to Hawaii or Switzerland. But as a "traveling adult" I would say it was one of the first few UA 787 Dreamliner flights that they were traveling between the hubs. I specifically went from EWR to IAH because I wanted to fly on the 787. A few days before the flight out I got an automated call saying they changed the aircraft type blah blah...was pretty let down, but hey I saw some old friends in Houston and spent a crazy election night in the hotel lobby of the Icon Hotel. On the leg home when I got up to the gate I looked out the window and thought...well wait, THAT plane looks pretty spiffy....low and behold it was the 787!

Later this year I'll be on my first Global First flight, early next year my first trans-pacific flight and later on in the summer A380.

Aug 10th 2013 Denver –Wilmington, DE 770th flight F9

All 50 states flown in/out

Aug 28th 2013 Atlanta –Dayton 778DL 150th flight in 1st class

Yes my first take off and landing on water

02 March 2013 AUS-SEA ALASKA 737-800 N577AS (1 Millionth Mile flown on Alaska Airlines)

12 April 2013 LAX-EWR UNITED 757-300 N74856 (300th flight on a 757)

August 1994: ORD-DEN UA First Flight
August 2003: ORD-LAX AA First Unaccomplied Minor Flight
August 2005: YYZ-ORD AA First International Flight
March 2007: ORD-MUC UA First TATL Flight
March 2007: MUC-ATH LH First Inter-Europe Flight
May 2009: YYJ-YYZ AC First Inter-Canada Flight
May 2010: ORD-BRU AA First time flying alone (excluding UM)
June 2010: FCO-ORD AA First time in the Emergency Exit Row
May 2011: ORD-JFK DL First Domestic F trip
May 2011: JFK-CDG AF First International Biz Class trip and first A380 trip

Sep 1972: PA SEA-LHR first TATL
June 2012: QF LAX-SYD first international first class, first A380, first trip south of the equator

I have over 1100 flights logged on openflights, but I'm missing many flights before 1997.

First northern transatlantic: April 1972 (UK-USA)
First northern transpacific: June 1988 (CAAC SFO-SHA)
First southern transatlantic: Mar 1998 (MH EZE-JNB)
First southern transpacific: Feb 1999 (AR AKL-EZE)

First international business class: Mar 2001 (AA MXP-ORD)
First international first class: Nov 2001 (BA Concorde JFK-LHR)

First South America flight: Jan 1998 (UA MIA-LIM)
First Africa flight: Mar 1998 (MH EZE-JNB)
First Asia flight: Jun 1988 (CAAC SFO-SHA)
First Australia flight: Dec 1999 (QF LAX-MEL)
First Europe flight: ??? 1975 (USA-UK)

http://www.openflights.org/user/hauteboy

Oct 27th 2013 LAX- Minneapolis- St Paul 800th flight DL (Boeing 757)

Oct 28th 2013 MCI –Atlanta 1* 802 DL 100th flight in First on Delta

Dec 11th 2013 Detroit – KC 1* DL 300th flight in/out of Kansas City

08 NOV 2013: Turkish Airlines Istanbul, Turkey to Kigali, Rwanda 737-900 TC-JYI ~ My 1500th flight on a 737

Additionally on this same flight: ~ Over 150000 miles flown aboard 737-900s

Amazing - your first flight to Rwanda or have you been before?

First Flight to Rwanda - didn't know if that counted as a category for "Milestone Flights" tho ~ ;)