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Total Miles Flown: 141,259 (155'000 with my future December flying)
Details: January UA Y Class SIN to NRT UA Y Class NRT to ORD UX Y Class ORD to SYR February None March UA Y Class ORD to HKG UX Y Class SYR to ORD UA Y Class HKG to SIN UA Y Class SIN to NRT UA Y Class ORD to PHL UA C Class NRT to ORD UA C Class ORD to NRT UX Y Class SYR to ORD UA C Class NRT to SIN UA C Class SIN to NRT UX Y Class ORD to SYR UA Y Class NRT to ORD April None May UA C Class JFK to SFO UA C Class SFO to JFK UA C Class JFK to SFO UA C Class SFO to JFK UA Y Class SFO to JFK UA C Class JFK to SFO UA C Class ORD to NRT UX Y Class SYR to ORD UA C Class NRT to SIN June TG Y Class BKK to MUC TG Y Class SIN to BKK July TG C Class MUC to BKK TG Y Class BKK to SIN August SQ Y Class SIN to KUL UA C Class ORD to IAD UX Y Class IAD to BGM UA Y Class NRT to ORD UA Y Class SIN to NRT September None October UA Y Class SFO to SIN UA C Class ORD to SFO UX K Class SYR to ORD UA F Class NRT to SFO UA F Class SIN to NRT UA C Class SFO to ORD UX K Class ORD to SYR November UX Y Class SYR to ORD UA C Class ORD to NRT UA C Class NRT to SIN UA C Class SIN to ORD UX Y Class ORD to SYR December None - YET! But will be flying: UA C Class JFK to SFO UA F Class SFO to NRT UA F Class NRT to SIN Not bad for a 20 y/o ;) (actually more like 21....) Awards Worst Hotel: Millennium Waterfront Singapore Worst Flight: UA from Singapore to Chicago in August - I was downgraded! Most Dissappointing Flight: UA from Singapore to San Francisco in First Class - not really the First Class experience I was looking forward to. Oh well. Best In-Flight Meal: Munich to Bangkok on Thai Airways in Business Class. Worst Lounge: SQ Lounge in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Best Flight: Chicago to Tokyo on United - the BEST flight attendants even in my section of the Business Class cabin! MUCH BETTER than SQ. Craziest Thing Done for Miles: Flying SYR-ORD-HKG-SIN-NRT-ORD-PHL-ITH in 50 hours |
Total miles flown - not sure, but at least 100,000 ...
January PSP-LAX-SFO UX/UA Y/F Class SFO-LAX-PSP-LAX-SFO UA/UX F/Y/Y/F Class SFO-LAX-SNA-LAX-SFO UA/UX F/Y/Y/F Class SFO-LHR UA C Class February LHR-IAD-BOS UA C/F Class BOS-SFO AA F Class SFO-IAD-EWR-ORD-SFO UA/UX C/Y/Y/F Class SFO-ORD-PIT-IAD-SFO UA/UX C/Y/Y/F Class March SFO-LHR-IAD-SFO UA C Class OAK-ORD-CVG-ORD-OAK UA F Class April Nothing! May SFO-JFK-SFO UA C Class OAK-ORD-BWI-DEN-SFO UA F Class June SFO-LAX-SAN-IAD-PIT-IAD-SFO UA/UX F/Y/F/Y/Y/F Class OAK-LAX-SAN-LAX-OAK UX/UA Y/Y/Y/F Class July SFO-SAN-SFO UA F Class SFO-SNA UA F Class August SNA-SFO UA F Class SFO-SAN-SFO UA F Class SFO-ORD-PIT-IAD-SFO UA/UX C/F/Y/C Class OAK-LAX-SAN-LAX-OAK UA/UX F/Y/Y/F Class September OAK-IAD UA F Class DCA-BOS AE Y Class BOS-SFO UA F Class October SFO-SAN-SFO UA F Class November SFO-SAN-SFO UA F Class SFO-NRT-BKK UA C Class BKK-SIN-KUL-SIN-BKK SQ F Class KUL-LGK-KUL MH C Class BKK-DPS TG C Class DPS-SIN-CMB SQ C Class CMB-SIN EK C Class SIN-NRT-SFO UA F Class December SFO-SAN-SFO UA F Class SFO-LAX-SAN-SFO-RNO-SFO UA/UX F/Y/F/Y/Y Class Best Flight SQ F Class SIN-BKK Worst Flight UX/Atlantic Coast IAD-EWR ... good riddance! Best Meal SQ F Class SIN-BKK ... some of the best soup I've ever had! Best Hotel The new Hilton Kuala Lumpur Worst Hotel Sheraton Langkawi Resort Best Lounge SQ Silver Kris First Class at SIN Worst Lounge UL/EK Lounge at CMB Mileage Run of the Year SFO-LAX-SAN-IAD-PIT-IAD-SFO First class ticket for $410! Was supposed to be back via IAD-SAN-LAX as well, but UX/Shuttle America was so late PIT-IAD that we mis-connected at IAD. Luckily, UA protected us in United First on a 3 cabin IAD-SFO, so it was much nicer than the Airbus/CRJ/737 on the original route. |
Originally Posted by sftrvlr
Total miles flown - not sure, but at least 100,000 ...
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My travels this year were combination of paid and reward redemption tickets. Nonetheless, I think I have flown the most ever in my life in 2004:
January: AC YVR - YUL J 321 AC YUL - CDG J 333 March: AC LHR - YVR J 333 April: AC YVR - YUL Y 320 AC YUL - LHR J 333 June: BA LHR - YVR F 744 UA YVR - SFO Y 320 CX SFO - HKG J 744 CX HKG - BKK J 744 GF BKK - BAH J 333 GF BAH - LHR J 343 LH LHR - FRA J 320 LH FRA - TXL J 321 July: LH TXL - FRA J AB6 LH FRA - LHR J AB6 AC LHR - YYZ J 345 AC YYZ - YVR Y 345 *Eurostar LON - PAR return August: AC YVR - YYZ J 320 AC YYZ - LHR J 333 SQ LHR - SIN F 744 SQ SIN - HKG F 773 AC HKG - YVR J 343 That's it for the year...... BEST FLIGHT: SQ LHR to SIN, F cabin and 3 cabin attendants to myself!! WORST FLIGHT: AC YYZ to YVR in the new 340-500 in Y; full flight, very cramped and uncomfortable. Flight departure delayed due to "late incoming aircraft" yet I was on the exact same plane from LHR to YYZ several hours earlier!! BEST LOUNGE: Tie: GF Lounge, Bahrain and BA Concorde Lounge, LHR. Due to VERY tight connection time was unable to sample SQ SIN Lounge. WORST LOUNGE: Tie: The "Lounge" GF use in BKK; LH's Business Lounges at FRA. NEW AIRLINES and AIRCRAFT: Gulf Air Singapore Airlines Airbus A340-500 Airbus A300 (AB6) BEST FOOD: Tie: SQ F Lobster Thermidor; Soup and Gulf Air everything. BEST BEVERAGES: Blue Mountain Coffee, SQ F Krug, SQ F What does 2005 hold? Maybe a little less flying next year.... :D Happy Holidays |
Hello!
As the travel year is over (=no more booked flights in 2004), here my list: 08.01.2004 EK HYD to DXB A330-200 A6-EAS C 08.01.2004 EK DXB to MUC A330-200 A6-EAJ C 21.01.2004 LX MUC to ZRH RJ85 HB-IXG C 22.01.2004 LX ZRH to DLA A330-200 HB-IQO C via SSG 03.02.2004 LX DLA to ZRH A330-200 HB-IQK C via SSG 04.02.2004 LX ZRH to MUC RJ100 HB-IXQ C 15.03.2004 LX MUC to ZRH RJ100 HB-IXT Y 17.03.2004 LX ZRH to MUC RJ85 HB-IXK Y 19.03.2004 LH MUC to IST A319 D-AILD Y 21.03.2004 LH IST to MUC A320 D-AIQU Y 27.03.2004 LX MUC to ZRH RJ85 HB-IXF C 29.03.2004 LX ZRH to MUC A320 HB-IJM Y 08.04.2004 LH MUC to OTP A321 D-AISC Y 12.04.2004 LH OTP to MUC A319 D-AILY Y 16.04.2004 ST MUC to ZRH F100 D-AGPA Y 24.04.2004 LX MUC to ZRH RJ100 HB-IXT C 25.04.2004 LX ZRH to GVA A321 HB-IOL C 25.04.2004 LX GVA to ZRH A321 HB-IOK C 25.04.2004 LX ZRH to MUC RJ100 HB-IYY C 15.05.2004 LX MUC to BSL Saab340 F-GPKD Y Crossair Europe 17.05.2004 LX ZRH to MUC RJ100 HB-IXV Y 28.05.2004 LX MUC to ZRH A320 HB-IJS C 30.05.2004 LX ZRH to MUC RJ100 HB-IXT Y 10.06.2004 LX MUC to ZRH RJ100 HB-IXQ C 10.06.2004 LX ZRH to EWR A330-200 HB-IQP C 16.06.2004 LX JFK to GVA A330-200 HB-IQH C 17.06.2004 LX GVA to ZRH A320 HB-IJN C 17.06.2004 LX ZRH to MUC RJ100 HB-IXW Y 03.07.2004 EI MUC to DUB A320 EI-DEB Y 04.07.2004 EI DUB to MUC A320 EI-DEA Y 08.08.2004 LH BSL to MUC CRJ200 I-ADJA Y Air Dolomiti 27.08.2004 OS VIE to TBS A320 OE-LBP C 04.09.2004 OS TBS to VIE A320 OE-LBU C 04.09.2004 OAW VIE to ZRH F100 HB-JVD Y 06.09.2004 LX ZRH to MUC RJ100 HB-IXN C 17.09.2004 LX MUC to ZRH RJ100 HB-IXT C 19.09.2004 LX ZRH to MUC A319 HB-IPX C 25.09.2004 LX MUC to ZRH A320 HB-IJQ C 26.09.2004 LX ZRH to MUC A320 HB-IJL C 02.10.2004 LX MUC to ZRH RJ100 HB.IXQ C 03.10.2004 LX ZRH to MUC RJ100 HB-IXR C 11.10.2004 CA MUC to PEK 767-300 B-2496 C 21.10.2004 CA PEK to FRA 747-400 B-2470 C 21.10.2004 LH FRA to MUC A300-600 D-AIAU Y 22.10.2004 LX MUC to ZRH RJ100 HB-IXT Y 24.10.2004 LX BSL to MUC Saab2000 HB-IYE Y 07.11.2004 LX ZRH to MUC A319 HB-IPR C 05.12.2004 LX GVA to ZRH A320 HB-IJN C 05.12.2004 LX ZRH to MUC RJ100 HB-IXP C Best flight: Apr. 24th MUC-ZRH, C-Class was nearly empty, and I received two breakfasts... :) Worst flight: Aug. 26th Airzena Georgian Airlines VIE-TBS, scheduled at 11:00am, rescheduled to 4:00pm and then cancelled. All pax were rebooked to a flight WAW-TBS which was chartered by a Georgian football equipe and made an intermediate stop at VIE at 01:00am. When we were all on board, they recognized that C-Class was completely overbooked and offered me a cash-refund of 250 for flying Y (there were only middle seats available) or a night at the NH-hotel and a rebooking for next day's AUA flight. Look at the list what I decided... Best lounge: The new one at ZRH, Terminal A Worst lounge: Anna Livia-Lounge at DUB: Very small snack bar, no internet, no quiet area... All flights were for leisure or "VFR" (Visiting friends and relatives). Status: Swiss Travel Club Gold, requalified. And about hotels: Any quiet hotel with a clean bed, shower and TV is OK for me... Greetings Patrick |
OK, I haven't kept track of this over the year but counting back, I think it's 36 flights flown and 4 to go.
2 in F, 23 in C, 15 in Y New airlines - Calm Air, Bangkok Airways and because of a VDB, American(!) New planes - Hs 748 New airports - SOU, YWG, YUL, USM, YYQ and the new one at Oslo Award to the lounge with the best selection of beers - Servisair at Birmingham (UK) with an assortment of 14 in the fridge :cool: Award to the lounge with the best beer - MLL at YWG and Fort Garry Pale Ale on draft :p As for hotels, about 50 nights at a guess with another 6 to go... Most impressive hotel - Fort Garry, Winnipeg Most overrated hotel - Grand Club floors at Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong Worst hotel - Asia Airport Hotel, Bangkok Airport Hotel aspiring to be Fawlty Towers - Holiday Inn Kings Cross Bloomsbury (London). 4 stays and on every occasion there's been a problem with the in-room broadband connection. I won't be going back. Wishing everyone safe & happy travels in 2005... |
Just breaking the century this year, with 101 flights, 20 of which were for leisure.
January BA C LHR-WAW-LHR BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR February LH Y LHR-FRA-LHR LO Y FRA-WAW-FRA BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR (x2) March OS Y LHR-VIE-LHR BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR (x2) AC Y LHR-YUL-YYZ-LHR April BD C LHR-CDG-LHR LH Y LHR-FRA-PRG-FRA-LHR BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR (x2) LH Y LHR-FRA-BUD OS Y BUD-VIE-LHR May BD Y LHR-CDG-LHR BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR (x2) LH Y LCY-FRA-VIE June OS Y VIE-BUD LH Y BUD-MUC-LHR LH Y LHR-DUS-PRG-FRA-LHR BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR OS Y LHR-VIE-LHR KL C LHR-AMS-CUR July KL C CUR-AMS KL Y AMS-LHR BD Y LHR-CDG AF C CDG-AMS BD Y AMS-LHR BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR August BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR (x3) September LH Y LHR-DUS-PRG-DUS-LHR BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR SK Y LHR-ARN-LHR MA Y LHR-BUD-LHR October BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR (x2) SQ F LHR-SIN-HKG MU Y HKG-PVG-HKG November SQ C HKG-SIN-LHR BD Y LHR-AMS-LHR (x2) BD C LHR-AMS-LHR (x2) December BD C LHR-AMS-LHR BD Y LHR-AMS KL C AMS-LHR New Stuff Airlines: AC, LO, OS, SK, SQ, MU Aircraft: CRJ-200, ERJ-145, DHC8 (various), A321, A330, MD80, MD81 Airports: YUL, YYZ, CUR, DUS, SIN, HKG, PVG, ARN Best... Lounge: The London Lounge at LHR T3. It manages to combine everything I want from a lounge - a nice atmosphere, somewhere to work, somewhere to relax, plenty snacks and drinks, a nice little smoking area, loads of newspapers... It just does everything well. Flight: SQ F LHR-SIN - how can any of the others compare? See for the TR. Hotel: Le Meridien Vienna. It suits me. It's ultra-modern and pretty cool, but without the attitude that often goes with it. The service (particularly in the restaurant) has been wonderful. Airport: Tough call. I do still love LCY, but HKG really is excellent, and PVG has the maglev... Upgrade: In Le Meridien Vienna, from basic room to a Junior Suite. We like that. Special Mentions Hotel Service: Le Meridien Apollo in Amsterdam. I do stay there a lot, but to have a member of staff apologise profusely for not recognising me immediately is ridiculous. Airline Service: bmi on an LHR-AMS flight, when I suffered a panic attack on take-off. They couldn't have been more helpful. Dealing with a Crisis: bmi again, on AMS-LHR, into a severe Wx at LHR, with a 2 hour wait on the tarmac following arrival. They pulled out all the stops to keep us comfortable, and get onward arrangements sorted out. Well done them. Lounge Bonus: bmi Diamond Clubs have Irn Bru. You just can't argue with that. Worst... Lounge: The generic lounge at CUR. It's really not worth the effort of walking up the stairs. Flight: MU HKG-PVG. Couldn't really have been less comfortable, in an ancient A300 with the interior quite literally held together by bits of sticky tape. See here for the TR. Hotel: Not really had a bad one this year, but the Le Meridien Ιtoile in Paris was a huge disappointment. Average at best, and my ability to speak French was the only thing that seemed to get me service above that which my colleagues experienced. Airport: CUR. It's really not designed to deal with the daily 747 (or MD-11) that KLM sends over there. Utter, utter chaos. That's about it, really. Got my BD*G comped from my KL PE, and don't regret it for an instant (and have requalified twice over). All my personal trips were a great success. I'm now grounded until February, due a recurrence of a prior illness, which is a shame. But hopefully, past that, next year will be more of the same... |
2004 Travel in Review
Total Segments 46 (including 3 yet to fly) Total Actual Miles 86,277 Total Miles Earned on United 252,528 Total Miles Redeemd on United 160.000 % of Flights on United 100% % of Flights for Pleasure 100% January 1/16 ORD-DTW Y 1/19 DTW-ORD Y 1/24 ORD-DTW Y 1/26 DTW-ORD Y 1/30 ORD-DTW Y February 2/1 DTW-ORD Y 2/4 ORD-NRT C 2/5 NRT-SIN C 2/12 SIN-NRT C 2/12 NRT-ORD C 2/27 ORD-DTW Y 2/29 DTW-ORD Y March 3/5 ORD-DTW Y 3/6 DTW-ORD Y 3/13 ORD-SFO F 3/15 SFO-ORD C 3/20 ORD-DTW Y 3/20 DTW-ORD Y 3/21 ORD-DTW Y 3/21 DTW-ORD Y April 4/8 ORD-DTW Y 4/11 DTW-ORD Y 4/15 ORD-DTW F 4/18 DTW-ORD F 4/22 ORD-NRT C 4/23 NRT-SIN C 4/28 SIN-NRT C 4/28 NRT-ORD C May 5/15 ORD-DEN F 5/15 DEN-LAS Y 5/17 LAS-ORD F June 6/10 ORD-BOS F 6/14 BOS-ORD F July 7/2 ORD-SFO F 7/5 SFO-ORD C August 8/14 ORD-LAS Y 8/17 LAS-ORD Y September 9/17 ORD-SFO C 9/19 SFO-ORD C November 11/20 ORD-SFO C 11/20 SFO-PVG C 11/27 PVG-SFO C 11/27 SFO-ORD C December 12/24 ORD-SNA F 12/24 SNA-SFO F 12/26 SFO-ORD C Worst Flight: 2/4 ORD-NRT-SIN I had a bad case of food poisoning but had to get on that flight and was suffering for the entire journey to Singapore UGH Best Flight: 11/20 SFO-PVG The FAs were brillant in every respect |
TOTAL FLIGHTS: 210
TOTAL MILES FLOWN: 283,640 TOTAL HOURS FLOWN: 601:40 or 25 days or 1.6 hrs in the air every day AVERAGE AIR M.P.H. FLOWN EACH HOUR OF THE YEAR: 32.37mph (My personal record is 54.93 mph :D) Status Miles Earned: 166,435 Total Miles Earned: 442,150 Total Money Spent: $4,657.49 AIRLINES FLOWN AIR NAMIBIA - Cessna ALASKA 737-200 * 737-400 * 737-700 * 737-900 * DC-9-80 AMERICAN 737-800 * 757-200 * 767-200 * 767-300 * 777-200 * DC-9-80 BRITISH AIRWAYS 747-400 CATHAY PACIFIC 747-400 * A340-300 CONTINENTAL 737-800 DELTA DC-9-80 FRONTIER A318-100 HORIZON AIR DHC-8-200 * DHC-8-400 KULULA DC-9-80 NORTHWEST 757-200 * 757-300 * DC-9-30 * A319-100 * A320-200 QANTAS 717-200 * A330-200 SOUTH AFRICAN A340-600 US AIRWAYS A319-100 WESTJET 737-200 Best Domestic Flight of 2004: 11 OCT DFW-DTW Northwest First Class Best International Flight of 2004: 02 APR MEL-SIN British Airways First Best Appetizer: Smoked Salmon and Seared Scallops with Watercress Crθme Fraiche BA MEL-SIN Best Soup: Noodles in Soup With Braised Beef Brisket - CX HKG-JNB Best Entree: Michel Roux's Grilled Fillet of Beef BA LHR-LAX Best Dessert: Chocolate and Caramel Pear Tart with Mascarpone and Raspberry Coulis BA LHR-SIN Best Breakfast British Airways Best Lounge Ambience - Domestic: Northwest WorldClub - MSP Worst Lounge Ambience - Domestic: Alaska Boardroom - LAX Best Lounge Amenities - Domestic: Alaska Boardroom - SEA Worst Lounge Amenities - Domestic: Alaska Boardroom - LAX Best lounge - International: British Airways Concorde Room - LHR Worst lounge - International: Cathay Pacific First/Business Class Lounge YVR |
Twas the year of the long haul including the inaugural longest commercial flights SIN-LAX and SIN-EWR vv.
Flown Miles 271,107 Segments 109 Airlines 11 (6 new) (BA*/BD*/EI*/FI*/MH*/LH/NZ/QF/SK/SQ/UA*) Airports 32 (17 new) (ADL*/AKL/ATH*/BKK/BNE*/BWN*/CGK*/CHC/CNS*/CPH*/DUB*/ EDI*/EWR*/FRA/KEF*/KUL*/HBA*/INV*/LAX/LHR/MEL/ NAN*/NPE/NRT/NSN/OSL*/PER/SFO*/SIN/SYD/WLG/ZQN) Countries 17 (9 new) (Australia, Brunei Darussalem*, Denmark*, Fiji*, Germany, Greece*, Iceland*, Indonesia*, Ireland*, Japan, Malaysia*, New Zealand, Norway*, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, US) (new marked *) Shortest segment WLG-NSN 82 miles Longest segment SIN-EWR 9,534 miles Summary includes flights between now and 31 Dec 04. Cheers |
You guys all put me to shame! In the scheme of things however, I am viewed by my colleagues as a frequent traveller, so here's my tuppence worth:
18 Jan LHR-TFS BMI 21 Jan TFS-LHR BMI 18 Feb LHR-TFS BMI 25 Feb TFS-LHR BMI 16 Mar LHR-TFS BMI 25 Mar TFS-LHR BMI 2 May LHR-MME BMI 4 May MME-LHR BMI 7 Jun LHR-AMS BMI 9 Jun AMS-LHR BMI 14 Jul LHR-LAX UA 17 JUl LAX-LHR UA 6 Aug LHR-LAX UA 11 Aug LAX-LHR UA 1 Dec LHR-ALC BMI 2 Dec ALC-LHR BMI 11 Dec LHR-NAP BMI 12 Dec NAP-LHR BMI 16 Dec LHR-SIN SQ (see trip reports) Best flight: NAP-LHR, only 32 pax, got a fab view of the alps at sunset Worst flight: 25 Feb TFS-LHR, dreadful crew and lots of chav passengers Cheers |
Flights during 2004:
January: ARN-CPH SK M CPH-LHR SK M LHR-ARN SK M ARN-LHR SK M February: LHR-STR LH M STR-TXL LH M TXL-FRA LH M FRA-LHR LH M LHR-MUC LH M MUC-SFO LH M SFO-LHR UA M+ March: LHR-CDG BD M April: NCE-LHR BD M LHR-ARN SK C ARN-LHR SK C May: LHR-ARN SK C ARN-CDG SK C CDG-ARN SK C June: ARN-CDG SK C CDG-ARN SK C ARN-LHR SK C LHR-ARN SK C July: ARN-LHR SK C LHR-ARN SK C ARN-CPH SK M CPH-VIE OS M VIE-BUD VO M BUD-FRA LH M FRA-ARN LH M August: ARN-VBY JZ M VBY-ARN JZ M September: ARN-LHR SK M LHR-ARN SK M ARN-LHR SK M October: LHR-MUC LH M MUC-LHR LH M November: - December: LHR-ARN SK C Total segments: 37 Total segments in C: 12 Total segments in M+ (UA): 1 Total segments in M: 24 Miles flown in 2004: 29912 New airlines: United Airlines, Austrian Arrows New airplanes: CRJ-700, Fokker 70, A340, Saab 340 Best lounges visited: LHR SQ C-class, VIE OS SEN, MUC LH SEN non-Schengen Worst lounge visited: None in particular Best flight: LHR-ARN on Easter day, first a bump to C, and then a lovely FA who took care of all of us in C (3 pax!) and who didn't spend many minutes of the 2½ hours flight in the galley. Nicest airport visited: I was very impressed with the new Star terminal in MUC. The *G facilities are also very nice indeed. Countries visited: Sweden, UK, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, US. |
OK, here's my effort for 2004. All are paid, and all leisure flights except for one measly Sydney-Melbourne round trip.
Total miles flown: 55,744 (a record for me) Sectors flown: 40 (one shy of my record) 26-Feb-04 NZ 184 SYD CHC A320 Economy 01-Mar-04 NZ 520 CHC AKL B737-300 Economy 01-Mar-04 NZ 107 AKL SYD A320 Business 03-Apr-04 QF 747 SYD ADL B737-800 Economy 05-Apr-04 QF 774 ADL SYD B737-400 Economy 09-Apr-04 OZ 602 SYD ICN B777-200 Economy 12-Apr-04 KE 1701 GMP YNY B737-900 Business 13-Apr-04 KE 1702 YNY GMP B737-800 Business 14-Apr-04 OZ 601 ICN SYD B777-200 Economy 09-Jun-04 NZ 144 SYD WLG A320 Economy 11-Jun-04 NZ 2463 WLG BHE Beech 1900D Economy 14-Jun-05 NZ 2472 BHE WLG Beech 1900D Economy 14-Jun-04 NZ 143 WLG SYD A320 Economy 09-Aug-04 QF 188 SYD MEL A330-300 Business 15-Aug-04 QF 458 MEL SYD A330-200 Economy 02-Sep-04 QF 411 SYD MEL B767-300 Economy 02-Sep-04 QF 459 MEL SYD A330-300 Economy 16-Sep-04 NZ 144 SYD WLG A320 Economy 17-Sep-04 NZ 2479 WLG BHE Beech 1900D Economy 17-Sep-04 NZ 2456 BHE WLG Beech 1900D Economy 18-Sep-04 NZ 8846 WLG NPL Saab 340 Economy 19-Sep-04 NZ 8843 NPL WLG Saab 340 Economy 20-Sep-04 NZ 141 WLG SYD A320 Economy 09-Oct-04 AC 34 SYD HNL B767-300 Business 09-Oct-04 AC 34 HNL YVR B767-300 Business 10-Oct-04 UA 1148 YVR ORD B757-200 Business 10-Oct-04 UA 1581 ORD TPA A320 Economy 13-Oct-04 US 938 TPA PHL A319 Economy 13-Oct-04 US 4414 PHL LGA Dash 8-200 Economy 19-Oct-04 UA 956 JFK LHR B777-200 Business 22-Oct-04 SK 506 LHR CPH MD-90 Economy 22-Oct-04 SK 995 CPH PEK A340-300 Business 25-Oct-04 OZ 334 PEK ICN B777-200 Economy 25-Oct-04 OZ 601 ICN SYD B777-200 Business 11-Nov-04 QF 583 SYD PER A330-200 Economy 16-Nov-04 QF 566 PER SYD A330-200 Economy 23-Dec-04 NZ 142 SYD WLG A320 Business 23-Dec-04 NZ 2475 WLG BHE Beech 1900D Economy 30-Dec-04 NZ 2470 BHE WLG Beech 1900D Economy 30-Dec-04 NZ 143 WLG SYD A320 Economy New stuff: - Airlines: Korean, US Airways, Ted (Rar!) - Countries: China, South Korea - Airports: ADL, GMP, YNY (Yangyang, South Korea), NPL, ORD, PHL, PEK Best & Worst: Best Lounge: Joint winners are AirNZ lounge in Sydney, and the SQ and OZ lounges in Seoul Incheon (*love* those shower suites in the OZ lounge, like a swanky hotel room) Most disappointing lounge: a tie between the AC transborder MLL lounge in YVR and the AC/SK London Lounge in LHR. Both are shiny, new, and in many ways excellent lounges but they somehow left me cold... Oh, and the international Qantas Club in SYD, for its annoying layout and terrible choice of food & drink. Worst Lounge: JL lounge in HNL (used by AC, which is why I was there) plus *all* domestic American lounges for their appalling lack of food and free alcohol Best flight: SAS in business class CPH-PEK. Scored the last business class seat on the plane, and enjoyed good food, nice wine and excellent service. Worst flight: AirNZ WLG-SYD - I made the mistake of taking the 6:40am flight and then going straight to work on arrival in SYD. This means getting up at about 4:00 am (which is 2:00am Sydney time), in my case having had too much to drink and too little to sleep the night before. Things weren't helped by the pathetic excuse of a breakfast served on the flight - I could have eaten it 20 times over - or the terrible entertainment (see next entry), lousy instant coffee, and my inability to get any more sleep. Never again! Worst inflight movie: Around the world in 80 days (I lost count of how many aircraft this was playing on). Best hotel: I didn't stay in many this year, but the JW Marriott in Seoul would be a standout in any year. Lovely rooms, great toiletries, and a stunning (and huge) fitness centre. Most embarrassing travel experience: Read all about it here. And witnessed by another FT-er, no less! :o Most improved airline: Qantas domestic - after going through a very bad patch, I've had lots of great service on QF this year. And even the food has improved! Best FT tip-off: The UK *A promotion: a quick address change to the UK earned me 4 upgrade vouchers, thanks to which my October RTW was all in business class - thanks guys! :) Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all, and here's to another good travel year in 2005 (though I don't have anything booked yet: eek! :eek: ) |
Well, sure, I'll throw mine out there.
Map: http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=O...MAP-CENTER=DEN Not as many international flights (or continents) as some of the other maps posted, but I seem to have made up for it with domestic. One round trip to DEN was business, all the rest of the flights for pleasure (and yes, I do enjoy nearly everything about flying, even if I'm not actually going to anywhere). Miles in air (according to GCM): 94531 Airlines: United, USAir, Icelandair, Qantas, Air Niugini, Airlink, America West Commercial airline segments: 85 Nights in hotels: 4 (plus some hostels in Iceland, PNG, and Australia) (Does anyone have a lower hotel nights/flight segments ratio? I almost always fly to see people I know, and can't stand spendng money on a hotel - and yes, I know it's weird to be willing to do MRs, but not spend money on a hotel even when I'm actually visiting somewhere) States where I never left the secured area: Arizona (PHX), Pennsylvania (PHL) Missed connections: total of only 2 (out of >40) for the entire year - kind of miraculous - both caused by mechanical problems on 744's ex-ORD Award tix: 3 (SBA-IND, SBA-NYC, SBA-ORD) Most expensive country to get to: Papua New Guinea Most expensive country once there: Iceland The week I returned from Iceland, I saw the Slate story about the FTer's going on the $61 tix, and that was my introduction to Flyertalk - another travel event in 2004. |
Well, according to my trusty Excel spreadsheet (and remembering that I live in Australia):
Total segments: 51 (30 Aust Domestic, 4 USA Domestic, 17 International) [my record in 2002 was 87] Segments by class of service: Paid Y segments: 40 Op-upgraded J segments: 0 Award-upgraded J segments: Intl 7, Dom 3 (all QF), 1 AS (LAX/SEA) Segments by carrier: Qantas: 43 (30 Dom, 13 Intl) BA: 3 (all Intl) AA: 1 (all internal USA) AS: 3 (all internal USA) Total miles: 71,554 miles (22,355 Aust Domestic; 46,888 International; 2,311 USA Dom) - my 2nd longest mileage since commencing in 1987 (my record 129,108 miles in 2002) Frequent Flyer Miles earned: QF: 279,270 AA: 1,500 NW: 2,311 Pressed for time and not about to bore you on all the sectors I flew. Hotel nights: SPG - 11; Hilton - 10; Hyatt - 1; Marriott - 1 Best Mileage Run: QF WP's Mileage Run across Australia Best Trip Report (mine): New Years in America Best FT moments: OZFEST 2004 and our 2004 Xmas QP BNE and SYD meetings Best FT hint: Toss up between *G status match or Miletracker |
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