2014: Your travel year in review
Dec 11, 2014, 9:36 am
#31
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: anywhere and everywhere
Programs: UA GS, AS MVP 100K, DL Diamond, Marriot Lifetime Titanium, AmEx Centurion
Posts: 5,528
Great year for me...to the point I have three weeks to go and am absolutely too exhausted to do any more! All numbers are forecast barring last minute changes:
Total BIS miles: 143,423
New Airlines/Products: Air New Zealand (NZ), Air North (TL), Air Solomons (IE), Amaszonas (Z8), Asiana (OZ), Avianca (AV), Fiji Airlines (FJ), Makani Kai, Mokulele (MW), Nauru Airlines (ON), Polynesian (PH), Qantas (QF), RwandAir (WB), Seaborne (BB), Sriwijaya (SJ), TAAG Angola (DN), Vueling (VY)
New Aircraft: Piper PA-31 Chieftan, Saab 340B
New Countries: Andorra, Angola, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo, DR Congo, Ecuador, Fiji, Israel, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lebanon, Nauru, Palestine, PNG, Samoa, Sao Tome e Principe, Solomon Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, Timor Leste, Tonga
New Countries Visited: 21
Total Countries Visited: 40
New Airports: APW, BCN, BEY, BNE, CAB, CNS, CUN, DIL, DPS, DRW, FGI, HIR, INU, LAD, LPB, LUP, MBJ, MDE, MEL, MKK, NAN, OGG, POM, PPG, RAI, SKB, SON, SUV, TBU, TLV, TMS, TRW, UIO, UYU
Longest Flight: IAD-NRT (6,753 miles)
Shortest Flight: MKK-LUP (9 miles)
Milestones:
Total BIS miles: 143,423
New Airlines/Products: Air New Zealand (NZ), Air North (TL), Air Solomons (IE), Amaszonas (Z8), Asiana (OZ), Avianca (AV), Fiji Airlines (FJ), Makani Kai, Mokulele (MW), Nauru Airlines (ON), Polynesian (PH), Qantas (QF), RwandAir (WB), Seaborne (BB), Sriwijaya (SJ), TAAG Angola (DN), Vueling (VY)
New Aircraft: Piper PA-31 Chieftan, Saab 340B
New Countries: Andorra, Angola, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo, DR Congo, Ecuador, Fiji, Israel, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lebanon, Nauru, Palestine, PNG, Samoa, Sao Tome e Principe, Solomon Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, Timor Leste, Tonga
New Countries Visited: 21
Total Countries Visited: 40
New Airports: APW, BCN, BEY, BNE, CAB, CNS, CUN, DIL, DPS, DRW, FGI, HIR, INU, LAD, LPB, LUP, MBJ, MDE, MEL, MKK, NAN, OGG, POM, PPG, RAI, SKB, SON, SUV, TBU, TLV, TMS, TRW, UIO, UYU
Longest Flight: IAD-NRT (6,753 miles)
Shortest Flight: MKK-LUP (9 miles)
Milestones:
- 2,000,000 Lifetime Miles
- 170 countries visited
- Shortest Flight Ever (9 miles)
- 135 airlines flown
Dec 11, 2014, 10:49 am
#33
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: IAH
Programs: UA-S
Posts: 26
New Airports: YYZ, TPA, BOM (technically only because of the new T2)
Shortest flight: CLT-AVL or PNQ-BOM -- both are ~20 min
Longest flight: BOM-EWR (16h on a good day)
Most cramped flight: IAH-YYZ in a CRJ. Would almost take the LH flight between PNQ-FRA (10h in a 737-800 in Y) over this.
BiS miles: ~40,000
Craziest flight experience: departing BOM at midnight New Year's Eve/Day. Fireworks exploding below, beside, and even above the jet.
Shortest flight: CLT-AVL or PNQ-BOM -- both are ~20 min
Longest flight: BOM-EWR (16h on a good day)
Most cramped flight: IAH-YYZ in a CRJ. Would almost take the LH flight between PNQ-FRA (10h in a 737-800 in Y) over this.
BiS miles: ~40,000
Craziest flight experience: departing BOM at midnight New Year's Eve/Day. Fireworks exploding below, beside, and even above the jet.
Dec 11, 2014, 11:23 am
#34
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,397
New countries: UK, France, Switzerland, Singapore
New airports: LHR, HND, CNX, MMH
New airlines: NH
Miles traveled: 48,349 (lots of burning, just squeaked into AS MVP for 2015)
Longest flight: ICN-SEA, 5216 miles
Winter was spent in Europe (with a week in a Montmartre apartment), summer spent in Asia (temples and tigers and chicken rice).
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=SEA-JFK...AS-PHX,SEA-BUR
New airports: LHR, HND, CNX, MMH
New airlines: NH
Miles traveled: 48,349 (lots of burning, just squeaked into AS MVP for 2015)
Longest flight: ICN-SEA, 5216 miles
Winter was spent in Europe (with a week in a Montmartre apartment), summer spent in Asia (temples and tigers and chicken rice).
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=SEA-JFK...AS-PHX,SEA-BUR
Dec 11, 2014, 11:34 am
#35
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northern Calif./Eastern Ida.
Programs: Amethyst Premier Plutonium Medallion
Posts: 20,648
Adding up the miles I really feel like I flew more than I did. I don't want to ever fly this much again in a year, and if I can cut back to 75K next year that would be great.
I still have 8 segments to fly, but here is my expected EOY data:
New countries visited: Thailand, Ireland, India, British Virgin Islands
New airlines flown: Jet Airways (9W), Indigo (6E), Thai Airways (TG), EVA Air (BR), Air France (AF), Cape Air (9K)
Airports visited: 36 (new: LIS, CDG, DUB, BTV, TPE, BKK, CEI, BLR, HYD, BOM, BBI)
Flight segments: 82
Different airlines flown: 13
Shortest flight: STT-SJU (68 miles)
Longest flight: SFO-TPE (6469 miles)
BIS miles (including segments yet to fly): 126,699
Status earned: DL Platinum Medallion, Alaska MVP Gold, United Premier Silver (with 60K PQM, thanks Jeff)
Nights in hotels/away from home: too many
map including remaining segments (SMF-ATL-RSW-ATL-SMF, SMF-SLC-EWR//JFK-SLC-SMF)
I still have 8 segments to fly, but here is my expected EOY data:
New countries visited: Thailand, Ireland, India, British Virgin Islands
New airlines flown: Jet Airways (9W), Indigo (6E), Thai Airways (TG), EVA Air (BR), Air France (AF), Cape Air (9K)
Airports visited: 36 (new: LIS, CDG, DUB, BTV, TPE, BKK, CEI, BLR, HYD, BOM, BBI)
Flight segments: 82
Different airlines flown: 13
Shortest flight: STT-SJU (68 miles)
Longest flight: SFO-TPE (6469 miles)
BIS miles (including segments yet to fly): 126,699
Status earned: DL Platinum Medallion, Alaska MVP Gold, United Premier Silver (with 60K PQM, thanks Jeff)
Nights in hotels/away from home: too many
map including remaining segments (SMF-ATL-RSW-ATL-SMF, SMF-SLC-EWR//JFK-SLC-SMF)
Last edited by PV_Premier; Dec 14, 2014 at 4:52 pm
Dec 11, 2014, 1:06 pm
#36
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 8,764
Between work (mostly domestic with one Europe trip) and leisure (SE Asia, Europe/Turkey, and departing next week for Africa), it will have been a monstrous year.
I still have 9 segments to fly, but here is my expected EOY data:
New countries visited: Myanmar, Cambodia, South Korea, Hong Kong SAR, Turkey, Rwanda, Madagascar, UAE
New airlines flown: Cathay, Asiana, Dragonair, Bangkok Airways, Turkish, Air KBZ, Yangon Airways, Emirate & RwandAir (to come)
Countries visited: 51
Different airlines flown: 18 (UA, AA, DL, SW, Asiana, Thai, Dragonair, Bangkok Airways, Turkish, Emirates, Cathay, AF, BA, SAA, Air KBZ, Yangon Airways, RwandAir, Alaska)
Shortest flight: RGN-NYU (266 nm)
Longest flight: DXB-LAX (7244 nm)
BIS miles (including segments yet to fly): 141,759
Status earned: UA Gold Lifetime, DL Plat (credit card spend), Alaska MVP Gold 75K, SPG Plat100, Hyatt Diamond, Marriott Gold (via UA elite)
Nights in hotels/away from home: 81 (70 so far, with 11 more to come)
Craziest delay: Waiting for paralmypic team to board BKK-REP, causing 1.5 hr delay
Best hotel experience thus far: Amansara, Siem Reap, followed very closely by the Upper House, Hong Kong, and Park Hyatt Istanbul & St. Regis San Francisco
Worst hotel experience thus far: 5 am wake-up call we didn't order at Aureum Palace Bagan, as I finally had adjusted to jetlag
Best restaurant thus far: Amber, Hong Kong, & Guy Savoy, Paris
Most impressive sight: Plain of Ten Thousand Temples, Bagan, followed by the Blue Mosque, Istanbul
I still have 9 segments to fly, but here is my expected EOY data:
New countries visited: Myanmar, Cambodia, South Korea, Hong Kong SAR, Turkey, Rwanda, Madagascar, UAE
New airlines flown: Cathay, Asiana, Dragonair, Bangkok Airways, Turkish, Air KBZ, Yangon Airways, Emirate & RwandAir (to come)
Countries visited: 51
Different airlines flown: 18 (UA, AA, DL, SW, Asiana, Thai, Dragonair, Bangkok Airways, Turkish, Emirates, Cathay, AF, BA, SAA, Air KBZ, Yangon Airways, RwandAir, Alaska)
Shortest flight: RGN-NYU (266 nm)
Longest flight: DXB-LAX (7244 nm)
BIS miles (including segments yet to fly): 141,759
Status earned: UA Gold Lifetime, DL Plat (credit card spend), Alaska MVP Gold 75K, SPG Plat100, Hyatt Diamond, Marriott Gold (via UA elite)
Nights in hotels/away from home: 81 (70 so far, with 11 more to come)
Craziest delay: Waiting for paralmypic team to board BKK-REP, causing 1.5 hr delay
Best hotel experience thus far: Amansara, Siem Reap, followed very closely by the Upper House, Hong Kong, and Park Hyatt Istanbul & St. Regis San Francisco
Worst hotel experience thus far: 5 am wake-up call we didn't order at Aureum Palace Bagan, as I finally had adjusted to jetlag
Best restaurant thus far: Amber, Hong Kong, & Guy Savoy, Paris
Most impressive sight: Plain of Ten Thousand Temples, Bagan, followed by the Blue Mosque, Istanbul
Last edited by bhrubin; Dec 11, 2014 at 1:51 pm
Dec 11, 2014, 6:13 pm
#37
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 225
I'm almost ashamed to post this, but only 4 flights for me in 2014... Haven't had this few flights since 2008. On the other hand I've visited 3 new countries, but strangely no new airports. I visited China by crossing borders at Lo Wu train station from Hong Kong, and visited Macau by Ferry from Hong Kong. Already had been to HKG airport before, but never left the airport, this time I spend a few days in Hong Kong.
New Countries: Hong Kong, China, Macau
New Cities: Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Macau
New Airports: None
New Airlines: None
New Planes: None
Shortest Flight: HKG - ICN, 1286 Miles
Longest Flight: HKG - AMS, 5769 Miles on paper, but we took a detour after the Ukraine accident, so it was more than that
Airlines flown: 1(Cathay Pacific)
Total Airports: 3(AMS, HKG, ICN)
Total Flights: 4
Total Miles: 14110 miles
Best flight: AMS - HKG, almost no other pax, so I had 4 seats(and pillows and blankets) for myself in Y.
Worst flight: HKG - ICN, the girl sitting next to me was either afraid of flying, high on drugs, had stroke or something else... She was constantly shaking in her seat and making weird sounds. Stewardeses noticed it too, they tried to talk to her a couple of times during the flight, but it didn't stop. It was very uncomfortable.
New Countries: Hong Kong, China, Macau
New Cities: Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Macau
New Airports: None
New Airlines: None
New Planes: None
Shortest Flight: HKG - ICN, 1286 Miles
Longest Flight: HKG - AMS, 5769 Miles on paper, but we took a detour after the Ukraine accident, so it was more than that
Airlines flown: 1(Cathay Pacific)
Total Airports: 3(AMS, HKG, ICN)
Total Flights: 4
Total Miles: 14110 miles
Best flight: AMS - HKG, almost no other pax, so I had 4 seats(and pillows and blankets) for myself in Y.
Worst flight: HKG - ICN, the girl sitting next to me was either afraid of flying, high on drugs, had stroke or something else... She was constantly shaking in her seat and making weird sounds. Stewardeses noticed it too, they tried to talk to her a couple of times during the flight, but it didn't stop. It was very uncomfortable.
Dec 11, 2014, 6:55 pm
#38
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: EWR
Posts: 2,112
Dec 12, 2014, 2:48 pm
#40
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: LHR- ish
Programs: MUCCI, BA Blue
Posts: 4,295
I look forward to this thread every year. Even if my contribution is never that impressive.
Operation Visit Every Country in Europe continued but I got kind of addicted to Austria.
New countries: Austria (liked it so much I went three times), Liechtenstein, Slovakia (properly this time, I did manage ten minutes on Bratislava station last year)
Re-visited countries: Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Italy
New airlines: none (*clings to BA like a clinging thing*)
New planes : A319
'Flights' where I didn't actually get on a plane: 2 (LHR T2 opening trial)
Unfathomable mysteries: What happens to my mobile at Munich airport which makes it impossible to call my landline at home?
Operation Visit Every Country in Europe continued but I got kind of addicted to Austria.
New countries: Austria (liked it so much I went three times), Liechtenstein, Slovakia (properly this time, I did manage ten minutes on Bratislava station last year)
Re-visited countries: Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Italy
New airlines: none (*clings to BA like a clinging thing*)
New planes : A319
'Flights' where I didn't actually get on a plane: 2 (LHR T2 opening trial)
Unfathomable mysteries: What happens to my mobile at Munich airport which makes it impossible to call my landline at home?
Dec 12, 2014, 5:46 pm
#41
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: PDX
Programs: Free agent!
Posts: 1,427
I have one more trip this year that gets me back home on December 30th, so I might as well do this now:
Miles flown 61078 (77453 including my upcoming trip to EZE)
Flights 48 (55)
Longest flight SQ SFO - HKG vv, 6914 miles
Shortest flight QX PDX - SEA and UA ORD - PIA, 129 miles
Airports visited 20 (24)
New airports visited 5 (BKK, CTS, PIA, PVR, SMF) (7 upon visiting MIA & EZE in a few weeks)
Airlines flown 10 (11)
New airlines flown GK, MI
New countries 0 (1, Argentina)
Miles flown 61078 (77453 including my upcoming trip to EZE)
Flights 48 (55)
Longest flight SQ SFO - HKG vv, 6914 miles
Shortest flight QX PDX - SEA and UA ORD - PIA, 129 miles
Airports visited 20 (24)
New airports visited 5 (BKK, CTS, PIA, PVR, SMF) (7 upon visiting MIA & EZE in a few weeks)
Airlines flown 10 (11)
New airlines flown GK, MI
New countries 0 (1, Argentina)
Dec 12, 2014, 6:07 pm
#42
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: UA 1K & 2MM, Bonvoy Titanium & LTP, HH Gold, Accor Silver, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 2,350
New countries/territories(transit do not count): Romania, Turkey, Taiwan, Japan, Korea
New airports: CLJ, IST, EWR (!), MCI, HND, GMP, YVR
New airlines: NH (C and F), BR (C), OZ (F), AC (C)
New aircraft: 787-8, E195
Shortest flight: FRA-MUC 187 miles
Longest flight: JFK-ICN at 6906 miles
Total BIS: ~150,000 miles
New airports: CLJ, IST, EWR (!), MCI, HND, GMP, YVR
New airlines: NH (C and F), BR (C), OZ (F), AC (C)
New aircraft: 787-8, E195
Shortest flight: FRA-MUC 187 miles
Longest flight: JFK-ICN at 6906 miles
Total BIS: ~150,000 miles
Last edited by cricketer; Jan 1, 2015 at 6:14 pm Reason: updated info (one more trip)
Dec 13, 2014, 9:31 am
#43
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: DFW/SEA
Programs: *A Silver, AA Gold + Miles Scattered Everywhere.
Posts: 2,045
New Countries/Territories: South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Brazil, South Korea, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia.
New Airlines: US Airways
New Airports: JNB, CPT, LVI, DBV,SSA, GIG, MIA, PHL
Longest Flight: LAX-ICN
New Airlines: US Airways
New Airports: JNB, CPT, LVI, DBV,SSA, GIG, MIA, PHL
Longest Flight: LAX-ICN
Dec 13, 2014, 11:26 am
#45
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: BOS
Posts: 231
So far this year, haven't figured out yet which continent I'll be spending new years on.
Total BIS miles: 111,220
New Airlines: Amaszonas (Z8), Air Tahiti Nui (TN), South African Airways (SA), Jet Airways (9W), Qantas (QF)
New Aircraft: Boeing 787-8
New Countries: French Polynesia, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, South Africa, Mauritius, Sweden, Norway, Svalbard*, Palau, Guam*
Total Countries Visited: 23
New Airports: UDR, SYD, BNE, PPT, IPC, SCL, IQQ, LPB, UYU, CUS, LIM, JNB, CPT, GRJ, MRU, ARN, TOS, LYR, OSL
Longest Flight: JFK-ICN (6,898 miles)
Shortest Flight: BOS-JFK (186 miles)
Total BIS miles: 111,220
New Airlines: Amaszonas (Z8), Air Tahiti Nui (TN), South African Airways (SA), Jet Airways (9W), Qantas (QF)
New Aircraft: Boeing 787-8
New Countries: French Polynesia, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, South Africa, Mauritius, Sweden, Norway, Svalbard*, Palau, Guam*
Total Countries Visited: 23
New Airports: UDR, SYD, BNE, PPT, IPC, SCL, IQQ, LPB, UYU, CUS, LIM, JNB, CPT, GRJ, MRU, ARN, TOS, LYR, OSL
Longest Flight: JFK-ICN (6,898 miles)
Shortest Flight: BOS-JFK (186 miles)