Looking back on my 2024 travel statistics: Miles: 126,750Segments: 148New Aircraft: CRJ-550New Airlines: Air Dolomiti (EN), Croatia Airlines (OU), Edelweiss Air (WK), jetSMART Argentina (WJ), LATAM Airlines (LA), New Airports: AEP, BUD, EZE, PBI, ROA, SAF, SCL, SPU, USH, VCEMost Common Aircraft: Embraer EJR-175 (44 flights)Most Common Airline: UA (70 segments)Most Common Airport: PSP Additional Stats: Total Airports: 45Total Airlines: 11Total Aircraft Type: 18Total Unique Airplanes: 133Total Routes: 86Total Countries: 13Total Continents: 4 Most Northern Airport: AMS, Amsterdam – Schiphol, Netherlands Most Southern…
Just a quick summary to try to get back in the swing of things… Miles: 94,217 Segments: 134 New Aircraft: none New Airlines: Cayman Airways (KX) New Airports: INV, LEX, VPS Most Common Aircraft: Embraer EJR-175 (41 flights) Most Common Airline: UA (68 segments) Most Common Airport: PSP Additional Stats: Total Airports: 35 Total Airlines: 9 Total Aircraft Type: 18 Total Unique Airplanes: 116 Total Routes: 81 Total Countries:…
Just a quick summary to try to get back in the swing of things… Miles: 88,475 Segments: 125 New Aircraft: A321neo, ATR 72-600, B737-MAX8 New Airlines: Royal Air Maroc (AT), Brussels Airlines (SN) New Airports: CMN, JNU, LIS, SCE, HPN Most Common Aircraft: Embraer EJR-175 (39 flights) Most Common Airline: UA (65 segments) Most Common Airport: DEN Additional Stats: Total Airports: 42 Total Airlines: 7 Total Aircraft Type: 17 Total Unique…
In 2015, I traveled more than in previous years (2014, 2013). I easily requalified for American Airlines’ top tier Executive Platinum status, even with the increased qualification requirements. While I didn’t blog as much as previous years, I’ve been working behind the scenes on a blog make-over (to be revealed soon)! As for flights, I took 157 domestic flights in 2015: And a map of the 11 international…
While I’ve taken a short break from the blog, I’ve not taken a short break from traveling and planning trips (for the record, I DO plan on posting about my round-the-world trip). I’ve returned to the blog to share an upcoming trip as well as get some tips on what to do, should you happen to have already been where I’m going. What I learned planning…
…Tennessee! Next week marks the end of a 34-year quest. Well, maybe quest isn’t the right word, as I didn’t intentionally set out with the goal of visiting every state. You know the feeling you get when you realize how far along you are with something, and then have the urge that you have to finish? That’s how I found myself in this predicament. A…
The day before leaving for our European cruise, we were having some bubbles at The Mercer Kitchen with a friend who had just moved to New York. My partner and I were explaining our competition quest to visit all 50 states, with one of The Partner’s unvisited states was Alaska. Our friend, knowing we were going to be in Seattle a month later, calmly suggested: “Why don’t…
