2022: Travel Year in Review
Dec 7, 2022, 10:37 am
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2022: Travel Year in Review
Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is right around the corner, which means 2023 isn’t far behind. That means it’s time for the 2022 travel year in review thread!
While 2021 saw my flying rebound slightly, it was still all leisure flying. That changed in 2022 as I went back to flying regularly for work and Mrs. WS93 and I got married and embarked on a massive honeymoon adventure which included many new countries, airlines and aircraft.
Looking forward to seeing everyone’s 2022 stats as we head into 2023!
New Countries (5): Qatar, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Greece
New Airports (14): AUS, SDF, DOH, MLE, AUH, AMS, ATH, JTR, VPS, DSI, CVG, CMH, MSP, JAN
New Airlines (6): JSX, Qatar, Trans Maldivian, Etihad, Aegean, Sky Express
New Planes (5): B737-MAX8, A350-1000, DHC-6-300, ATR72-600, B787-10
Shortest Flight: Seaplane: MLE-Westin Maldives, 70 Miles. Non-Seaplane: ATH-JTR, 136 Miles
Longest Flight: IAH-DOH, 8,040 Miles
Total Airports: 27
Total Flights: 87
Total Miles: 71,783 Miles
Domestic Map
International Map
2022 Highlights
Kentucky Bourbon Trail (March 2022)
Honeymooning in The Maldives, Netherlands and Greece (May 2022)
Moving to Austin (August 2022)
Ohio State v. Notre Dame (September 2022)
LSU vs. Ole Miss (October 2022)
While 2021 saw my flying rebound slightly, it was still all leisure flying. That changed in 2022 as I went back to flying regularly for work and Mrs. WS93 and I got married and embarked on a massive honeymoon adventure which included many new countries, airlines and aircraft.
Looking forward to seeing everyone’s 2022 stats as we head into 2023!
New Countries (5): Qatar, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Greece
New Airports (14): AUS, SDF, DOH, MLE, AUH, AMS, ATH, JTR, VPS, DSI, CVG, CMH, MSP, JAN
New Airlines (6): JSX, Qatar, Trans Maldivian, Etihad, Aegean, Sky Express
New Planes (5): B737-MAX8, A350-1000, DHC-6-300, ATR72-600, B787-10
Shortest Flight: Seaplane: MLE-Westin Maldives, 70 Miles. Non-Seaplane: ATH-JTR, 136 Miles
Longest Flight: IAH-DOH, 8,040 Miles
Total Airports: 27
Total Flights: 87
Total Miles: 71,783 Miles
Domestic Map
International Map
2022 Highlights
Kentucky Bourbon Trail (March 2022)
Honeymooning in The Maldives, Netherlands and Greece (May 2022)
Moving to Austin (August 2022)
Ohio State v. Notre Dame (September 2022)
LSU vs. Ole Miss (October 2022)
Last edited by wakesetter93; Dec 7, 2022 at 10:43 am
Dec 7, 2022, 11:08 am
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Not completely done yet but it will end up more or less like this:
New Countries (1): Lithuania
New Airports (1): VNO
New Airlines (0): Not counting regionals, wetlease etc.
New Planes (1): B737-MAX8
Shortest Flight: BGO-SVG, 99 Miles.
Longest Flight: LHR-ORD, 3,946 Miles
Total Airports: 28
Total Flights: 77
Total Miles: 49,560 Miles
New Countries (1): Lithuania
New Airports (1): VNO
New Airlines (0): Not counting regionals, wetlease etc.
New Planes (1): B737-MAX8
Shortest Flight: BGO-SVG, 99 Miles.
Longest Flight: LHR-ORD, 3,946 Miles
Total Airports: 28
Total Flights: 77
Total Miles: 49,560 Miles
Dec 7, 2022, 11:41 am
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Location: MKE
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About 75% work, 25% fun.
Lots of overlap on the map.
I don't think any new airports, no new airlines.
72 flights, 21 total airports.
Mostly Delta, 12 United segments (messing up my DL Diamond status for next year)
Ghent
Gasparilla Island
Dec 7, 2022, 1:02 pm
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Not my biggest travel year by a wide margin, but all in all, an okay one.
January
None
February
None
March
IND-DCA (American E175 F)
DCA-RSW (American A319 F)
April
RSW-LGA-IND (Delta A321 F / E170 F)
SBN-DFW-DOH-OTP (American CRJ700 F / Qatar A351 J / Qatar A320 J)
OTP-DOH-DFW-SBN (Qatar A320 J / Qatar A351 J / American CRJ700 F)
May
ORD-LGA (United A320 F)
JFK-HND-LHR-FRA (JAL 773ER F / British A320 J)
FRA-IAH-ORD (Lufty 748 F / American A319 F)
ORD-DCA-ORD (American 738 F / American A319 F)
MDW-YTZ-YOW (Porter DH8 Y)
June
YOW-YTZ-MDW (Porter DH8 Y)
July
IND-LGA-IND (American E175 F)
August
DTW-LAX (Delta A321 F)
LAX-FRA-LHR (Lufty 748 F / A321 J)
LHR-ORD (British 781 F)
September
None
October
SBN-ORD-LAX (United CRJ200 Y / American 788 F)
LAX-DOH (Qatar A351 J)
DOH-SYD (Qatar A388 F)
SYD-HKG-NRT-JFK (Cathay A351 J / JAL 789 J / JAL 773ER F)
LGA-SBN (American E175 F)
November
IND-JFK-LHR-OTP (American E175 F / British 773ER J / British A320 J)
OTP-LHR-JFK (British A320 J / British 773ER J)
HPN-ORD (American CRJ700 F)
ORD-LHR (American 789 J)
LHR-ORD (American 789 J)
December (All Upcoming)
SBN-CLT-DCA-CLT-SBN (American CRJ900 F / American 738 F / American 319 F / American CRJ900 F)
SBN-CLT-HPN (American CRJ900 F / American CRJ700 F)
BDL-ORD-SBN (United ERJ170 / United CRJ200)
Dec 12, 2022, 12:57 am
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Geez wakesetter93, why the early rush man!! LMAO 😮
Three Years of Pandemic, Three Years of Life that seem to have flew by in a flash.
Likewise to 2020 and 2021, still have not recovered to the Pre-Pandemic amounts of 175K a yr and perhaps might not ever will. ☹️
It's hard to rack up the miles without Transpacific flying and 2022 lacks a single TPAC flight in its entirety.
And at least 18 years since I've gone an entire calendar year without a Transpacific flight. 😨
Air Canada for the 2nd Year in a row was the Most Flown Carrier in a Given Year
Between the Canada PCR test, US Antigen Test, HK (ISO 15189 certified) PCR test requirements which one by one fell by the wayside, international travel finally started picking up before the Summer of Hell came to the forefront.
All in all, it was an unexpected year of travel among other facets of life. 😐
Short of writing tens of TR or coding thousands of photos which I don't have the time/patience/stamina for, I'll try to cover them here. 🙂
New Countries (0): Another Lost Year ☹️
New Airports (5) : YHZ, BRU, CHQ, TLL, YWG
New Airlines (1) : Air Canada Rouge
New Planes (2) : Boeing 737-8 MAX, Airbus 320-200NEO
Shortest Flight: HEL-TLL, 62 Miles
Longest Flight: HEL-SIN, 5763 Miles
Total Airports: 19
Total Flights: 45
Total Miles: 71,534 Miles
Most Memorable Travel and Non-Travel Experience
Ottawa, Ontario (Jan 2022)
*Now you are thinking, what's so special about this photo? 🤔
My original thought at the time was they couldn't pick a more recent photo of Trudeau and on the next corner over, funny enough there was a Big Ottawa sign (with a missing T) on Sparks Street.
Between the empty devoid Sparks Street with the Otawa sign and a young Justin Trudeau photo, my thought process was Ottawa were missing some Sparks. 😂😂
Oh Little did I know, this photo was taken 2.5 weeks before the convoy 😨
Québec City, Québec (Jan 2022)
*The Frozen Québec photos was one I coveted for ages, only thing required is persistence to stand outside when ambient temperature is -26C/-14F, Windchill -33C/-27F. 🥶🥶🥶
Along with your eye lashes are frozen with icicles due to condensation, ears stinging if exposed, camera battery dying in 15 mins and windshield fluid freezing all in short succession.
And the Québec-Lévis ferry took 40 Minutes because of Ice Jam 😂
Toronto, Ontario (Feb 2022)
*Some events can be pre-planned, other sorta happens on their own. 🤷🤷
Between trying to catch extra snooze prior to a client breakfast, and extra prep was airplane spotting.🙂
Photo taken here is AC 7283 Toronto Pearson - Tokyo Narita taking off
Cap-Rouge, Nova Scotia (Mar 2022)
*One of my oddball calls ever, let's go to the Maritimes in Early Spring
Hey, I had the whole place to myself basically 🙂
Vancouver, British Columbia (Apr 2022)
*Similar to the February photo, sometimes its all about luck.
By far the cutest photo of the year if not ever, Newborn Rabbit Kits on Easter Long Weekend 😍😍😍
Brussels, Belgium (May 2022)
*Again, not exactly the most inspiring photo ever taken, especially in Belgium Failgium
But what if I was doing this 🤷 Emoji with 😐 Face inside the fixture, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson, yes that Boris Johnson was debating about the Irish Backstop which seems like a millennium ago
Chania, Greece (May 2022)
*Perhaps the only sane trip of the year
Hong Kong (Summer 2022)
*One of the fixtures at a Local Mall commemorating Twenty-Fives Years of __________🤷🤷
Central, Hong Kong (Summer 2022)
*Welcome to Hong Kong, World's Greatest Potemkin City 🏙️
You've heard from the Leader, "Opportunity and timing, right here, right now in Hong Kong. This is the moment you have been waiting for. Go for it. Get in front, not behind."☝️
Worldwide Web (Summer 2022)
*Courtesy of the State Department, HK gets "Level 4 - Do Not Travel" status, joining the club with some other fantastic states 😢😢
Star Ferry, Hong Kong (Summer 2022)
*Every single day feels stormier and stormier in HK, until the day you leave 😢
Tallinn, Estonia (August 2022)
*Between all the horrible events of 2022, Just remember the Biggest Murderer in the World is from the Far East, not Europe😔😔
Narva, Estonia (Aug 2022)
*Just a small swim across the river is Mother Russia after a 2.5 hr train ride surrounded by Russian Hotties 😮
Toronto, Ontario (Aug 2022)
*Toronto Pearson, the Worst Airport in the World of 2022 😡😡
Our guarantee is to leave you ill-satisfied after having your flight delayed or cancelled, lose your checked bag, long security line, and charge abhorrent airport landing and user fee.😠
Because Oh Canada! Now welcoming 500K more people a Year that wishes to pay into our Ponzi Scheme 😉
Vancouver, British Columbia (Oct 2022)
*An Ode to a Never-Ending Summer of the Pacific Northwest, sun-tanning on a Canadian Beach in Early October 😎😎
Winnipeg, Manitoba (Nov 2022)
*I was always taught "All Animals are Equal, but some animal are more equal than others" 🤔
Perhaps next line should be "Rights Good, Notwithstanding Better" 😆😆
Most Bone-Chilling Photo of the Year
Hong Kong (Summer 2022)
*Firmly Implement Chairman Xi's Four Points of Hope 💡
*Firmly Implement Chairman Xi's "Four Musts" 💡
*Firmly Implement Chairman Xi's "Caring For Youth" Speech 💡
Keepsake Photo of the Year
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong (Summer 2022)
*A Storm is Brewing, onto 2023 and Beyond 😖😖😖
Three Years of Pandemic, Three Years of Life that seem to have flew by in a flash.
Likewise to 2020 and 2021, still have not recovered to the Pre-Pandemic amounts of 175K a yr and perhaps might not ever will. ☹️
It's hard to rack up the miles without Transpacific flying and 2022 lacks a single TPAC flight in its entirety.
And at least 18 years since I've gone an entire calendar year without a Transpacific flight. 😨
Air Canada for the 2nd Year in a row was the Most Flown Carrier in a Given Year
Between the Canada PCR test, US Antigen Test, HK (ISO 15189 certified) PCR test requirements which one by one fell by the wayside, international travel finally started picking up before the Summer of Hell came to the forefront.
All in all, it was an unexpected year of travel among other facets of life. 😐
Short of writing tens of TR or coding thousands of photos which I don't have the time/patience/stamina for, I'll try to cover them here. 🙂
New Countries (0): Another Lost Year ☹️
New Airports (5) : YHZ, BRU, CHQ, TLL, YWG
New Airlines (1) : Air Canada Rouge
New Planes (2) : Boeing 737-8 MAX, Airbus 320-200NEO
Shortest Flight: HEL-TLL, 62 Miles
Longest Flight: HEL-SIN, 5763 Miles
Total Airports: 19
Total Flights: 45
Total Miles: 71,534 Miles
Most Memorable Travel and Non-Travel Experience
Ottawa, Ontario (Jan 2022)
*Now you are thinking, what's so special about this photo? 🤔
My original thought at the time was they couldn't pick a more recent photo of Trudeau and on the next corner over, funny enough there was a Big Ottawa sign (with a missing T) on Sparks Street.
Between the empty devoid Sparks Street with the Otawa sign and a young Justin Trudeau photo, my thought process was Ottawa were missing some Sparks. 😂😂
Oh Little did I know, this photo was taken 2.5 weeks before the convoy 😨
Québec City, Québec (Jan 2022)
*The Frozen Québec photos was one I coveted for ages, only thing required is persistence to stand outside when ambient temperature is -26C/-14F, Windchill -33C/-27F. 🥶🥶🥶
Along with your eye lashes are frozen with icicles due to condensation, ears stinging if exposed, camera battery dying in 15 mins and windshield fluid freezing all in short succession.
And the Québec-Lévis ferry took 40 Minutes because of Ice Jam 😂
Toronto, Ontario (Feb 2022)
*Some events can be pre-planned, other sorta happens on their own. 🤷🤷
Between trying to catch extra snooze prior to a client breakfast, and extra prep was airplane spotting.🙂
Photo taken here is AC 7283 Toronto Pearson - Tokyo Narita taking off
Cap-Rouge, Nova Scotia (Mar 2022)
*One of my oddball calls ever, let's go to the Maritimes in Early Spring
Hey, I had the whole place to myself basically 🙂
Vancouver, British Columbia (Apr 2022)
*Similar to the February photo, sometimes its all about luck.
By far the cutest photo of the year if not ever, Newborn Rabbit Kits on Easter Long Weekend 😍😍😍
Brussels, Belgium (May 2022)
*Again, not exactly the most inspiring photo ever taken, especially in Belgium Failgium
But what if I was doing this 🤷 Emoji with 😐 Face inside the fixture, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson, yes that Boris Johnson was debating about the Irish Backstop which seems like a millennium ago
Chania, Greece (May 2022)
*Perhaps the only sane trip of the year
Hong Kong (Summer 2022)
*One of the fixtures at a Local Mall commemorating Twenty-Fives Years of __________🤷🤷
Central, Hong Kong (Summer 2022)
*Welcome to Hong Kong, World's Greatest Potemkin City 🏙️
You've heard from the Leader, "Opportunity and timing, right here, right now in Hong Kong. This is the moment you have been waiting for. Go for it. Get in front, not behind."☝️
Worldwide Web (Summer 2022)
*Courtesy of the State Department, HK gets "Level 4 - Do Not Travel" status, joining the club with some other fantastic states 😢😢
Star Ferry, Hong Kong (Summer 2022)
*Every single day feels stormier and stormier in HK, until the day you leave 😢
Tallinn, Estonia (August 2022)
*Between all the horrible events of 2022, Just remember the Biggest Murderer in the World is from the Far East, not Europe😔😔
Narva, Estonia (Aug 2022)
*Just a small swim across the river is Mother Russia after a 2.5 hr train ride surrounded by Russian Hotties 😮
Toronto, Ontario (Aug 2022)
*Toronto Pearson, the Worst Airport in the World of 2022 😡😡
Our guarantee is to leave you ill-satisfied after having your flight delayed or cancelled, lose your checked bag, long security line, and charge abhorrent airport landing and user fee.😠
Because Oh Canada! Now welcoming 500K more people a Year that wishes to pay into our Ponzi Scheme 😉
Vancouver, British Columbia (Oct 2022)
*An Ode to a Never-Ending Summer of the Pacific Northwest, sun-tanning on a Canadian Beach in Early October 😎😎
Winnipeg, Manitoba (Nov 2022)
*I was always taught "All Animals are Equal, but some animal are more equal than others" 🤔
Perhaps next line should be "Rights Good, Notwithstanding Better" 😆😆
Most Bone-Chilling Photo of the Year
Hong Kong (Summer 2022)
*Firmly Implement Chairman Xi's Four Points of Hope 💡
*Firmly Implement Chairman Xi's "Four Musts" 💡
*Firmly Implement Chairman Xi's "Caring For Youth" Speech 💡
Keepsake Photo of the Year
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong (Summer 2022)
*A Storm is Brewing, onto 2023 and Beyond 😖😖😖
Dec 14, 2022, 3:01 pm
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Dec 15, 2022, 9:46 am
#7
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: YYZ
Programs: Hilton Gold Mariott Gold Aeroplan E25K SAS Gold NEXUS
Posts: 1,308
New Airlines: Singapore, Emirates
Total Airports: 17
Total Flights: 34
Total Miles: 78167 miles
First time in first class for Singapore and Emirates (A380 for both, Singapore had the edge for service and seat, Emirates wins for lounge as Singapore was not yet available due to COVID protocols)
First time in business class on British Airways (meh)
Some photo highlights:
Singapore Airlines First Class Meal
Singapore Airlines Seat and Bed
Australia Day
Emirates First Class Cheese
Concorde
Sunset in Sydney
Cockatoo on a railing
Baby!
Opera House
Great Barrier Reef
3 Sisters
Patriots Win!
Dec 18, 2022, 1:01 pm
#8
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: EXT
Posts: 477
2022 was a year of 'revenge travel' - started as I meant to go on by boarding a plane Jan 1st. My most miles flown in any one year, and I think the first to feature three long-haul trips.
Anything new for this year shown in bold.
Countries: Armenia, Norway, Switzerland, UAE, USA
US States: California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah
Airports: BOI, BRS, CDG, DXB, EDI, EVN, LCY, LGW, LHR, ORD, OSL, SFO, SLC, ZRH
Airlines: Air France, Alaska Airlines, BA CityFlyer, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, flydubai, Norse Atlantic, SAS Connect, SkyWest Airlines
Aircraft: Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A330, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing B737, Boeing B777, Boeing B787-10, Embraer E175, Embraer E190
Lifetime flights: 205 (+18 in 2022)
Lifetime Miles flown: 208,949 (+32,486 in 2022)
Shortest flight: 216 miles (CDGLHR)
Longest flight: 4866 miles (LHRSLC)
Number of flights: 18
Average flight length: 1804 miles
Glenwood Springs, the world's largest hot springs pool - my rest point half way through travelling from Chicago to San Francisco by train. Trip Report
The Aareschlucht, explored during the climbing world cup in Meiringen, Switzerland.
Utah State Capitol - my second visit of 2022 to Salt Lake City, as above for world cups.
Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Oslo - an unexpected bonus of joining the first Norse Atlantic flight LGW - OSL.
Abandoned soviet space science in Armenia. Day trip as part of the Extraordinary Travel Festival - hopefully get a trip report together for that!
Dec 19, 2022, 10:40 am
#9
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Shanghai and Bavaria
Programs: Spire RA, 1865 Voyager, Bonvoy Titanium, FB LP, LH SEN.
Posts: 3,104
New Countries (0):
New Airports (5): YBP (Yibin), TFU (Chengdu-Tianfu), VLC (Valencia), FOC (Fuzhou), LHW (Lanzhou)
New Airlines (3): OQ (Chongqing Airlines), FU (Fuzhou Airlines), BR (EVA Air)
New Planes (0):
Shortest Flight: FRA-MUC, 185 mi
Longest Flight: MUC-TPE, 5768 mi
Total Airports: 28
Total Flights: 66
Total Miles: 90,146 mi
Looking forward to this one next year
New Airports (5): YBP (Yibin), TFU (Chengdu-Tianfu), VLC (Valencia), FOC (Fuzhou), LHW (Lanzhou)
New Airlines (3): OQ (Chongqing Airlines), FU (Fuzhou Airlines), BR (EVA Air)
New Planes (0):
Shortest Flight: FRA-MUC, 185 mi
Longest Flight: MUC-TPE, 5768 mi
Total Airports: 28
Total Flights: 66
Total Miles: 90,146 mi
Looking forward to this one next year
Last edited by Chinatrvl; Dec 20, 2022 at 1:26 am
Dec 23, 2022, 9:03 am
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada
Programs: UA*1K MM SK EBG LATAM BL
Posts: 23,314
Still one flight to go from YYZ to AKL, but I ll include it here
Countries: 25 (4 new, up to 163 total)
Airports: 44 (11 new - IST(new),YYG,IOM,SJC,SOF,RUN,PLZ,BON,CNX,TDX,BER) - up to 281 total
Airlines: 22 (5 new - Loganair, Air Austral, Airlink (SA), Divi Divi, Thai Smile) - up to 117 total
Number of flights: 77
Number of miles: ~165,000
And as always, zero flights/miles for work
Countries: 25 (4 new, up to 163 total)
Airports: 44 (11 new - IST(new),YYG,IOM,SJC,SOF,RUN,PLZ,BON,CNX,TDX,BER) - up to 281 total
Airlines: 22 (5 new - Loganair, Air Austral, Airlink (SA), Divi Divi, Thai Smile) - up to 117 total
Number of flights: 77
Number of miles: ~165,000
And as always, zero flights/miles for work
Dec 23, 2022, 9:37 am
#11
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Behind the curtain
Programs: Flying Blue, Accor
Posts: 406
My busiest flying year to date, dominated by work travel (80% or so). Due to the chaos in Europe this summer I decided to postpone long haul leisure to next year.
No of segments 129 +1 to come
No of airports 28 - 6 new (GOT, HAM, BER, OTP, DXB, RUH)
No of carriers 13 - 2 new (Emirates and Tarom)
No of aircraft 11 - 1 new (Airbus 318)
No of segments 129 +1 to come
No of airports 28 - 6 new (GOT, HAM, BER, OTP, DXB, RUH)
No of carriers 13 - 2 new (Emirates and Tarom)
No of aircraft 11 - 1 new (Airbus 318)
Dec 24, 2022, 12:48 am
#13
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: BNE
Programs: VA Gold
Posts: 56
# flights: 23
Distance Flown: 105,750 km
Average Distance: 4,598 km
Longest Flight: SYD-YVR, 12,484 km
Shortest Flight: PDX-SEA, 208 km
# airports: 14
New airports: PDX, GVA
# foreign countries: 4
New countries: Switzerland
# airlines: 8
New airlines: None
Distance Flown: 105,750 km
Average Distance: 4,598 km
Longest Flight: SYD-YVR, 12,484 km
Shortest Flight: PDX-SEA, 208 km
# airports: 14
New airports: PDX, GVA
# foreign countries: 4
New countries: Switzerland
# airlines: 8
New airlines: None
Dec 27, 2022, 11:00 am
#14
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SIN
Programs: Singapore Airlines Krisflyer
Posts: 184
2022 turned out to be a relatively good year in terms of travel; went on five trips and hit three new countries (including World Cup in Qatar).
Total Flights: 21
Total Miles: 44,319 Miles
Total Countries (9): Thailand, Turkey, Montenegro, Malaysia, Laos, Republic of Ireland, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar
Total Airports (15): SIN, BKK, IST, TIV, ADY, DMK, DUB, MUC, KUL, HND, NRT, DXB, SHJ, DIA, DOH
Total Airlines (7): Gulf Air, Singapore Airlines, Air Montenegro, Turkish Airlines, Thai AirAsia, Swiss International, Lufthansa, Air Arabia, Qatar Airways
New Planes (3): Embraer E-195, B737-MAX8, B787-10
Shortest Flight: KUL-SIN, 185 Miles
Longest Flight: SIN-ZRH, 6,410 Miles
*New in Bold*
Some photo highlights:-
Lake Skadar, Montenegro
Bay of Motor, Montenegro
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Nemrut, Turkey
Cappadocia, Turkey
Anit Kabir, Ankara, Turkey
Galatasaray vs Adana Demirspor, Turkey
Arriving in Boten, Laos during my overland trip from Singapore - full trip report here.
Mount Fuji from Kawaguichiko, Japan
Autumn in Kamikochi, Japan
Setsugekka train, Japan
Trying out curling at Karuizawa, Japan
Standing-only izakaya, Tokyo, Japan
Burj Khalifa from afar, Dubai, UAE
France v Denmark at Stadium 974, Qatar - cool stadium, meh atmosphere. We really wished that we got tickets to Argentina vs Mexico instead.
Japan v Costa Rica at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium, Qatar - a lot of anticipation for Japan's win but Ticos spoilt the party.
Croatia v Canada at Khalifa International Stadium, Qatar - the most number of goals I've seen in a single World Cup match.
Total Flights: 21
Total Miles: 44,319 Miles
Total Countries (9): Thailand, Turkey, Montenegro, Malaysia, Laos, Republic of Ireland, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar
Total Airports (15): SIN, BKK, IST, TIV, ADY, DMK, DUB, MUC, KUL, HND, NRT, DXB, SHJ, DIA, DOH
Total Airlines (7): Gulf Air, Singapore Airlines, Air Montenegro, Turkish Airlines, Thai AirAsia, Swiss International, Lufthansa, Air Arabia, Qatar Airways
New Planes (3): Embraer E-195, B737-MAX8, B787-10
Shortest Flight: KUL-SIN, 185 Miles
Longest Flight: SIN-ZRH, 6,410 Miles
*New in Bold*
Some photo highlights:-
Lake Skadar, Montenegro
Bay of Motor, Montenegro
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Nemrut, Turkey
Cappadocia, Turkey
Anit Kabir, Ankara, Turkey
Galatasaray vs Adana Demirspor, Turkey
Arriving in Boten, Laos during my overland trip from Singapore - full trip report here.
Mount Fuji from Kawaguichiko, Japan
Autumn in Kamikochi, Japan
Setsugekka train, Japan
Trying out curling at Karuizawa, Japan
Standing-only izakaya, Tokyo, Japan
Burj Khalifa from afar, Dubai, UAE
France v Denmark at Stadium 974, Qatar - cool stadium, meh atmosphere. We really wished that we got tickets to Argentina vs Mexico instead.
Japan v Costa Rica at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium, Qatar - a lot of anticipation for Japan's win but Ticos spoilt the party.
Croatia v Canada at Khalifa International Stadium, Qatar - the most number of goals I've seen in a single World Cup match.
Dec 29, 2022, 1:40 am
#15
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: SIN
Programs: A3 Gold, SQ KF Elite Gold, QR Gold, IB Plata, Hilton Honors Gold
Posts: 175
Thrilled that travel is back!
New Countries (9): Bahrain, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, Poland, Lebanon, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
Countries (19): Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Bahrain, UAE, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, Poland, Thailand, Lebanon, Serbia, Germany, Vietnam, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Indonesia
New Airports (19): IST, FNC, BAH, TLV, LCA, PFO, KTW, WAW, JED, BEY, SKG, PAS, BEG, GMP, TAS, FEG, UGC, SKD, ALA
New Airlines (7): Gulf Air, El Al, Buzz, LOT Polish, Saudia, Air Serbia, Uzbekistan Airways
Airlines (18): Turkish, Aegean, TAP, Gulf Air, Etihad, El Al, Buzz, LOT Polish, Singapore Airlines, Thai, Saudia, SkyGreece, Olympic, Air Serbia, Thai Airasia, ANA, Asiana, Uzbekistan Airways
Shortest Flight:PAS-ATH, 91 Miles
Longest Flight: FRA-SIN, 6395 Miles
Total Airports: 34
Total Flights: 48
Total Miles: 71,931 Miles
New Countries (9): Bahrain, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, Poland, Lebanon, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
Countries (19): Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Bahrain, UAE, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, Poland, Thailand, Lebanon, Serbia, Germany, Vietnam, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Indonesia
New Airports (19): IST, FNC, BAH, TLV, LCA, PFO, KTW, WAW, JED, BEY, SKG, PAS, BEG, GMP, TAS, FEG, UGC, SKD, ALA
New Airlines (7): Gulf Air, El Al, Buzz, LOT Polish, Saudia, Air Serbia, Uzbekistan Airways
Airlines (18): Turkish, Aegean, TAP, Gulf Air, Etihad, El Al, Buzz, LOT Polish, Singapore Airlines, Thai, Saudia, SkyGreece, Olympic, Air Serbia, Thai Airasia, ANA, Asiana, Uzbekistan Airways
Shortest Flight:PAS-ATH, 91 Miles
Longest Flight: FRA-SIN, 6395 Miles
Total Airports: 34
Total Flights: 48
Total Miles: 71,931 Miles