ARJ85

New countries:
Kuweit
Laos
Myanmar
Ukraine


New airports:
ABZ (Aberdeen)
CAN (Guangzhou)
DCA (Washington Reagan)
HAJ (Hannover)
KBP (Kiew Borispol)
KWI (Kuweit)
PNH (Phom Penh)
RGN (Rangoon)
VTE (Vientiane)
WAW (Warsaw)


New airlines:
FZ (Flydubai)
K6 (Cambodia Angkor Air)
LO (Lot)
PS (Ukraine International)


New aircraft types:
Airbus A380-800
Boeing 767-300
Bombardier CRJ 700


Shortest Flight: PNH-REP 146 Miles


Longest Flight: ZRH-BKK 5.625 Miles


Total segments: 50 flights


Total Miles: 61.448 Miles

peachy3

New Countries: None...
New Cities/Territories: Bernese Oberland, Geneva, Lausanne, Rome, Florence, Jiuzaigou,

New Airports: GVA, FLR, FCO, CAN, JZH
New Airlines: Jetstar, China southern

Shortest Flight: FRA-ZRH 177 miles
Longest Flight: KIX-FRA 5770 miles

Best Service: KIX-FRA LH F, Japanese flight attendants on refurbished 747
Worst Service: PER-SIN QF Y
Best Airport: SIN

Total Segments: 25 segments
Total Miles: 53440 miles

Hotels: 39 nights, 10 nights on a red-eye

Best hotels:
Beau Rivage palace Lausanne - Junior suite
Ritz Carlton Hong Kong - Deluxe harbour room
Grand Hyatt Tokyo - Executive suite king
Hyatt Regency Fukuoka - Regency suite king

Hotel Let-downs:
Hankyu International Osaka
Victoria Jungfrau Interlaken
The First Luxury Art Hotel Roma
Intercontinental Jiuzaigou

Best meals:
Koryu (kaiseki) - Osaka - Best meal of the year
Trattoria 4 Leoni - Florence
La Pergola - Rome
Sushi Kanesaka - Ginza, Tokyo
Dons de la nature (steak) - Ginza, Tokyo

Best travel memories:
Swiss alps trip from Interlaken
Tokyo disney Christmas

falconred

New Countries: Peru, Hong Kong, Philippines

New Airports: HKG, CEB, LIM, AQP, CUZ, GRR

New Airlines: CX, 5J

Shortest Flight: ORD-GRR 136 mi
Longest Flight: SFO-HKG 6,900 mi

Best Service: SFO-JFK on AA
Worst Service: SFO-LAX on AA
Best Airport: HKG

Total Segments: ~ 25
Total Miles: ~ 45,000

johnincolumbus

Miles: 51,435

Hours: 119

Segments: 48

Longest distance: NRT-DFW (6,421)

Longest duration: ORD-NRT 12:42

Shortest flight: Chicago - Fort Wayne, IN

Average flight: 1,072 miles and 2:29

New Airports: Tokyo Narita (NRT), Puerto Vallarta (PVR), Fort Wayne (FWA), and Lihue (LIH)

New Countries: Japan

Most Frequent Aircraft: MD-88

Flights in First or Business: 19

Most frequent route: CMH-ORD and CMH-DFW at 4 each

Most flown airline: American Airlines

Unique experiences: First transpac flights in AA first class, first class to Kauai

ironmanjt

New Countries (28): Antigua, Barbados, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Kosovo, Libya, Macedonia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Nepal, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, St Lucia, St Vincent, Sudan, Suriname

New Airlines (11): Air Cairibes, Air India, Air Malta, Air Mauritius, Air Seychelles, Daallo, Druk Air, East African Safari Express, Egypt Air, Ethiopian

New Airports (70 visited, of which 40 were new): Addis Ababa (ADD), Antigua (ANU), Barbados (BGI), Cairo (CAI), Cayenne (CAY), Dakar (DKR), Djibouti (JIB), Dominica (DOM), Fort-de-France (FDF), Grand Cayman (GCM), Georgetown (GEO and OGL), Geneva (GVA), Hargeisa (HGA), Juba (JUB), Kaiteur Falls (KAI), Kathmandu (KTM), Khartoum (KRT), Mahe, Seychelles (SEZ), Male, Maldives (MLE), Malta (MLA), Mauritius (MRU), Miami (MIA), Mumbai (BOM), Nairobi (NBO), Orinduik Falls (ODK), Ottawa (YOW), Paramaribo (ORG), Paro (PBH), Pittsburgh (PIT), Port-au-Prince (PAP), Pristina (PRN), Punta Cana (PUJ), San Juan (SJU), Skopje (SKP), Sofia (SOF), St Lucia (SLU and UVF), St Vincent (SVD), Tripoli (TIP)

Shortest Flight: Kaiteur Falls (KAI) to Orinduik Falls (ODK), Guyana, 49 miles

Longest Flight: Newark, NJ (EWR) to Delhi, India (DEL), 7323 miles

Total Number of Segments: 137, by far my highest in a year

Total Number of Butt-in-Seat miles: 139,197 - I've been between 128 and 161,000 a year since 2004, averaging 80-90 segments.

Duke777

A good year of exploring new countries and cities although total mileage was a bit down compared to 2010 and 2011 when I was around 110,000 miles.

New Countries (5): Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Ecuador, Montenegro, Turkey; Puerto Rico

New Airports (9): DBV, FRA, IST, PTY, SJU, SPU, UIO, YYZ, ZAG

New Airlines (5): – Air Canada, Copa, Croatia Airlines, jetBlue, Turkish Airlines

Shortest Flight: 152 mi, 0:45 h, Zagreb (Pleso) - Split (Kastela)
Longest Flight: 5,233 mi, 10:15 h, Washington (Dulles) - Istanbul (Atatürk)

Best Service: FRA-IAD LH First on the 748i
Worst Service: Can't recall one particular bad experience
Best Airport: FRA First Class Lounge

Total Segments: 72
Total Miles: 87,623 miles

eurekaprice

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mad_atta

As usual, I'm late to the 'year in review' thread... but it was definitely my best-ever travel year for both quantity and variety, so here goes.

BIS miles: 82,822 (16,764 in intl F / 46,990 in C & dom F / 6,516 in Prem Econ / 12,552 in Y)
Sectors: 57
Airports: 42 (20 new: YQB, PVG, KRN, BHX, COS, ULN, CAN, KWL, KMG, DIG, SGN, DAD, HPH, HAN, LPQ, VTE, RGN, MDL, HEH, BDL)
Airlines: (14, 5 new: CA, CZ, MU, VN, YH)
Countries: 32 (18 new: Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Burma/Myanmar)
Aircraft: 26 (2 new: Fokker 100, A380)

Best flight: PVG-ZRH in LX F. Who cares that it was the old hard product, the food and service more than made up for it - the 50+yo female FAs in the F cabin had the most marvellous mix of extreme professionalism with real humour and warmth. Much better than NH F, which was almost too attentive and by-the-book to be truly relaxing.
Best hotel: Park Hyatt, Shanghai. Two nights there, upgraded to a Bund view room, represent the best value $70 credit card annual fee ever!
Most unique accommodation: Icehotel Sweden. Truly a bucket list experience.
Most unique flying experience: Getting in and out of NYC in the aftermath of Sandy. Getting there involved a forced overnight in Toronto, then rerouting to Hartford, CT and picking up a hire car to drive through the mayhem. As for getting out, I'll never forget leaving JFK to move to Australia a few days post-Sandy, and seeing Manhattan pitch black below midtown, despite the sparklingly clear night.
Most novel alternative to intercontinental flight: Driving 12,000 miles from London to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in a tiny car - you can read about it here.
Best photo op: Seeing the snow monkeys in their hot springs near Nagano in the Japanese alps.

So, without further ado, the actual flights:
Date :: From :: To :: Flight No. :: Airline :: Distance :: Class :: Plane
1/6/12 :: SYD :: WLG :: NZ842 :: Air New Zealand :: 1384 :: Y :: A320
1/7/12 :: WLG :: BHE :: NZ2447 :: Air New Zealand :: 50 :: Y :: B1900D
1/13/12 :: BHE :: WLG :: NZ2448 :: Air New Zealand :: 50 :: Y :: B1900D
1/15/12 :: WLG :: AKL :: NZ458 :: Air New Zealand :: 298 :: Y :: B733
1/15/12 :: AKL :: SFO :: NZ8 :: Air New Zealand :: 6529 :: C :: B744
1/15/12 :: SFO :: JFK :: UA870 :: United Airlines :: 2579 :: C :: B752
2/17/12 :: EWR :: YYZ :: AC771 :: Air Canada :: 347 :: Y :: E75
2/20/12 :: YQB :: YUL :: AC8719 :: Air Canada :: 144 :: Y :: DH1
2/20/12 :: YUL :: EWR :: AC7744 :: Air Canada :: 330 :: Y :: CRJ-200
2/29/12 :: LGA :: ORD :: UA309 :: United Airlines :: 731 :: F :: A319
2/29/12 :: ORD :: NRT :: NH11 :: All Nippon Airways :: 6259 :: F :: B773
3/5/12 :: NRT :: PVG :: NH959 :: All Nippon Airways :: 1115 :: C :: B763
3/7/12 :: PVG :: ZRH :: LX189 :: Swiss International Air Lines :: 5611 :: F :: A343
3/7/12 :: ZRH :: ARN :: LX1254 :: Swiss International Air Lines :: 923 :: C :: A320
3/8/12 :: ARN :: KRN :: SK1042 :: Scandinavian Airlines System :: 569 :: Y :: B736
3/10/12 :: KRN :: ARN :: SK1047 :: Scandinavian Airlines System :: 569 :: Y :: B736
3/11/12 :: ARN :: FRA :: LH803 :: Lufthansa :: 760 :: C :: A321
3/11/12 :: FRA :: JFK :: LH484 :: Lufthansa :: 3845 :: F :: A343
4/4/12 :: JFK :: ZRH :: LX15 :: Swiss International Air Lines :: 3920 :: C :: A333
4/5/12 :: ZRH :: BHX :: LX422 :: Swiss International Air Lines :: 572 :: C :: Fokker 100
4/9/12 :: LHR :: EWR :: CO115 :: Continental Airlines :: 3455 :: C :: B752
6/22/12 :: LGA :: DEN :: UA815 :: United Airlines :: 1615 :: F :: B752
6/23/12 :: DEN :: DRO :: UA6171 :: United Airlines :: 250 :: Y :: E145
6/25/12 :: COS :: DEN :: UA5518 :: United Airlines :: 72 :: Y :: CR7
6/25/12 :: DEN :: LGA :: UA5617 :: United Airlines :: 1615 :: F :: B752
7/6/12 :: LGA :: YYZ :: AC721 :: Air Canada :: 356 :: C :: A319
7/6/12 :: YYZ :: LHR :: AC848 :: Air Canada :: 3546 :: C :: B773
9/12/12 :: ULN :: PEK :: CA956 :: Air China :: 724 :: Y :: B738
9/17/12 :: PEK :: CAN :: CA1329 :: Air China :: 1168 :: C :: B772
9/18/12 :: CAN :: KWL :: CZ3232 :: China Southern Airlines :: 240 :: Y :: B733
9/20/12 :: KWL :: KMG :: CZ3265 :: China Southern Airlines :: 456 :: Y :: B738
9/20/12 :: KMG :: DIG :: MU5931 :: China Eastern Airlines :: 271 :: Y :: B733
9/25/12 :: KMG :: PEK :: CA4171 :: Air China :: 1314 :: C :: B738
9/25/12 :: PEK :: SGN :: CA903 :: Air China :: 2111 :: C :: B73G
9/27/12 :: SGN :: DAD :: VN1318 :: Vietnam Airlines :: 375 :: Y :: A321
9/29/12 :: DAD :: HPH :: VN1670 :: Vietnam Airlines :: 343 :: Y :: ATR72
10/4/12 :: HAN :: LPQ :: VN931 :: Vietnam Airlines :: 252 :: Y :: ATR72
10/9/12 :: VTE :: BKK :: TG571 :: Thai Airways International :: 321 :: Y :: B734
10/9/12 :: BKK :: RGN :: TG305 :: Thai Airways International :: 379 :: Y :: A333
10/11/12 :: RGN :: MDL :: YH729 :: Yangon Airways :: 331 :: Y :: ATR72
10/20/12 :: HEH :: RGN :: YH730 :: Yangon Airways :: 268 :: Y :: ATR72
10/21/12 :: RGN :: BKK :: TG304 :: Thai Airways International :: 379 :: Y :: A333
10/22/12 :: BKK :: HKG :: TG601 :: Thai Airways International :: 1049 :: F :: A388
10/23/12 :: HKG :: LHR :: NZ39 :: Air New Zealand :: 5984 :: C :: B772
10/30/12 :: LHR :: YYZ :: AC857 :: Air Canada :: 3546 :: C :: A333
10/31/12 :: YYZ :: BDL :: AC7950 :: Air Canada :: 371 :: Y :: DH1
11/2/12 :: JFK :: LAX :: UA535 :: United Airlines :: 2469 :: C :: B752
11/2/12 :: LAX :: AKL :: NZ5 :: Air New Zealand :: 6516 :: Y+ :: B773
11/4/12 :: AKL :: BHE :: NZ8023 :: Air New Zealand :: 315 :: Y :: DH3
11/7/12 :: BHE :: WLG :: NZ2468 :: Air New Zealand :: 50 :: Y :: B1900D
11/7/12 :: WLG :: AKL :: NZ450 :: Air New Zealand :: 298 :: Y :: B733
11/7/12 :: AKL :: SYD :: NZ105 :: Air New Zealand :: 1341 :: C :: B763
11/16/12 :: SYD :: WLG :: NZ842 :: Air New Zealand :: 1384 :: Y :: A320
11/19/12 :: WLG :: SYD :: NZ845 :: Air New Zealand :: 1384 :: Y :: A320
12/19/12 :: SYD :: AKL :: NZ108 :: Air New Zealand :: 1341 :: C :: B772
12/20/12 :: AKL :: WLG :: NZ417 :: Air New Zealand :: 298 :: Y :: B733
12/20/12 :: WLG :: BHE :: NZ2479 :: Air New Zealand :: 50 :: Y :: J32

So what will 2013 bring? A new FFP for one: goodbye AC Aeroplan, it's been a pretty good 10 years but, to be brutal, you've changed. Apparently we're just not good for each other any more. Here's hoping Asiana will help to fill the void - and that I can just get used to flying upfront a whole lot less.

ChiefNWA

New Countries: Peru and Canada

New Airports: HND, YYC, PHX, LAX, SFO, DEN, MCI, IND, FLL, LIM, CUZ, JFK, CLT, BUF

New Airlines: US Airways and Star Peru

Shortest Flight: New York LGA to Boston - 210 miles
Longest Flight: New York JFK to Tokyo Narita - 6,886 miles

Best Service: Delta J New York JFK to Narita
Worst Service: Star Peru Lima to Cuzco
Best Airport: Tokyo Haneda or Detroit

Total Segments: 56
Total Miles: 59,329 miles

For 2013 I'm already sitting at 15 segments and 33,538 miles. The goal is to hit 200,000 miles for the year. All NRSA so none of them count haha.

BuildingMyBento

If you spoke Japanese, you might think differently about the NH F crew. But, since you've probably flown F much more than me, do you generally prefer where the crew are minimally invasive, or where they amble often throughout the cabin?

mad_atta

I'm not complaining about the NH F crew, we felt very well looked after. (And before 2012, I'd never flown longhaul F before so I'm a newbie too.) It's just that you felt that they were so drilled and practised and terrified of missing a beat that it all became a bit unrelaxing - you almost didn't want to ask for something because you knew they would swing into action to make it happen, no matter how outrageous it was. We were in the middle seats, so I was served by the FA on one aisle while my partner was served by the other FA in the other aisle. When they delivered our dinners, they would burst forth through the galley curtain at the exact same moment, moving perfectly in step with each other, like synchronised swimmers. It's a feat of coordination, but all a bit over the top.

By contrast, the LX crew seemed to be incredibly professional but also real individuals - like each had been trained to use their initiative, like an extremely accomplished host in the familiarity of their own home.

I will say that the Krug served on NH beat any other champagne I've drunk in flight though, I feel hungry just thinking about it. Krug can almost be too much on the ground, but up in the air where palette and taste buds are deadened, Krug rules ^

9V-SIA

Jan

SIN-PEN MI A320 J
PEN-SIN MI A319 J
SIN-LHR SQ A380 R
LHR-SIN SQ 77W F

Feb

None

Mar

SIN-LHR SQ A380 R
LHR-SIN SQ A380 R
SIN-PVG SQ 72A J
PVG-SIN SQ 72A J
SIN-PEN MI A319 J
PEN-SIN MI A319 J

Apr

SIN-PEN MI A319 J
PEN-SIN MI A319 J

May

SIN-PEN MI A320 J
PEN-SIN MI A319 J
SIN-BCN SQ 77W F
BCN-SVQ VY A320 Y

Jun

SVQ-BCN VY A320 Y
BCN-LHR BA 767 Y
LHR-SIN SQ A380 J
SIN-HKG SQ A380 J

Jul

HKG-SIN SQ A333 J

Aug

SIN-PEN MI A319 J
PEN-SIN MI A320 J

Sep

SIN-LHR SQ A380 R
LHR-SIN SQ A380 R
SIN-PEN MI A320 J
PEN-SIN MI A320 J

Oct

SIN-PEN MI A320 J
PEN-SIN MI A320 J
SIN-KIX SQ A333 J

Nov

KIX-SIN SQ A333 J

Dec

SIN-PEN MI A320 J
PEN-SIN MI A320 J
SIN-FUK SQ A333 J

BIS 78,523 miles
New airport SVQ
New airline VY

rtlaw

I did my first round the world trip in 2012 (90 days on a Star Alliance RTW first class ticket) Check out my blog : www.toscanoworldtrip.blogspot.com . My next goal is to test out the Emirates A380 first suite with the shower (it better be great because ANA is a tough act to follow!)

jasepl

I have had a relatively dismal year in air travel, with exactly 20 flights, a big chunk of the 20 being connections:

AF 1 long + 6 short = 7
CX 2 long + 0 short = 2
DL 3 long + 0 short = 3
IC 0 long + 2 short = 2
9W 0 long + 1 short = 1
KL 0 long + 1 short = 1
LX 2 long + 2 short = 4

Total : 8 long + 12 short = 20

sky303

Best Service: ARN-JFK
Worst Service: JFK-IAD

Longest Flight: DTW-ICN
Shortest Flight: PHL-JFK

Best Airport: ICN