2016 Flying Summary

Dec 30, 2016

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I knew this wasn’t a good year for flying, but I didn’t realize just how terrible it was until I added the numbers up. Get ready for some embarrassing stuff.

Miles: 13,391 (37,816 last year)
Segments: 23 (31 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 (13 flights)
Most Common Airline: Southwest (13 segments)
Most Common Airport: Long Beach (5 departures/3 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Long Beach – Oakland (4 segments)

Can you believe that? That’s the fewest number of miles flown since I started keeping records when I was in high school. I did a fair number of short hops (9 Airports, 1 Day), so the number of segments wasn’t at an all-time low. But it wasn’t good. I had no new airports, no new aircraft, and no new airline. Wow. I just can’t believe it.

Fortunately, I already have two new airports, one new airline, and one new aircraft type planned for next year, so that’s good news. But I may need to try to do better than that.

Now it’s your turn to put me to shame. How did your 2016 look?

Brett

80 responses to “2016 Flying Summary”

Jeruen

Dec 30, 2016 at 4:38 am

Miles: 31,442 (45,550 last year)
Segments: 33 (42 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: DY, JP, EW, JI
New Airports: IKA, THR, SYZ, OSL, BGO, ORY, LJU, GVA, BIO
Most Common Aircraft: A320 (13 flights)
Most Common Airline: British Airways (8 segments)
Most Common Airport: TXL
Most Common Non-Directional Route: TXL-LHR (4 segments)

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SingBlue

Dec 30, 2016 at 5:06 am

Miles: 72,029 (37,439 last year)
Segments: 43 (34 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: Cebu Pacific (5J)
New Airports: HKG
Most Common Aircraft: A320 (21 flights)
Most Common Airline: flynas (13 segments)
Most Common Airport: RUH
Most Common Non-Directional Route: RUH-AUH (2 segments)

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ChuckMO

Dec 30, 2016 at 5:29 am

Miles: 9,894
Segments: 16
New Aircraft: 757-300 (UA)
New Airlines: None
New Airports: 5 CVG ICT MKE OAK SLC
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 WN 6 segments
Most Common Airline: Southwest
Most Common Airport: STL (home airport) then ORD (twice)
Most Common Non-Directional route: N/A

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JAXBA

Dec 30, 2016 at 5:33 am

I’m embarrassed myself.. This is the first year I haven’t flown BA in over 30 years… :(

Miles: 5,983 (42,716 last year)
Segments: 4 (20 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: UA
New Airports: MSP
Most Common Aircraft: 757
Most Common Airline: UA
Most Common Airport: JAX
Most Common Non-Directional Route: None

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Gthomas10

Dec 30, 2016 at 5:56 am

Miles: 211,862,

Segments: 75 New Aircraft: I don’t know one from another New Airlines: Easy Jet (MAD/LIS) New Airports: 1 (SJO) Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 do not know one from other

Most Common Airline: Delta Most Common Airport: Atlanta

Most Common Non-Directional Route: Sorry-unsure what this means

I send this to you every year but don’t keep a copy so cannot compare to last year.

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James Burke

Dec 30, 2016 at 5:56 am

Miles: 7,996 (32,322 last year)
Segments: 14
New Aircraft: N/A
New Airlines: WestJet Encore
New Airports: 1 BDA
Most Common Aircraft: Q400 – 6 times
Most Common Airline: Air Canada – 7 segments
Most Common Airport: YHZ (home airport) 4 times, YYZ, YOW, BOS 2 times
Longest Flight – YYZ-BDA 1126 mi
Shortest Flight – YTZ-YOW 217 mi

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Thomasp168

Dec 30, 2016 at 5:59 am

168 segments (+3 non revenue)123,226 miles Most common airline: Delta (all)50 airports, 15 newMost common: MSP.

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Brian

Dec 30, 2016 at 6:26 am

It was a terrible year for me as well…

Miles: 6,899 (30,966 last year)
Segments: 12 (17 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: OMA
Most Common Aircraft: 737-900 (3 flights)
Most Common Airline: United (10 segments)
Most Common Airport: DSM (4 departures/4 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DSM-ORD (4 segments)

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Wes

Dec 30, 2016 at 6:49 am

Miles: ?
Segments:?
New Aircraft: 787-8, 787-9, Emb-190
New Airlines: Air Europa, Iberia, Iberia Express, Meridiana, Vueling, JetBlue
New Airports: MAD, NAP, AMS, CZM
Most Common Aircraft: Emb-145
Most Common Airline: American/American Eagle
Most Common Airport: MIA
Most Common Non-Directional Route: N/A
Longest Flight: MIA-MAD 4,424 mi
Shortest flight: OGG-HNL 100 mi

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Jared

Dec 30, 2016 at 7:04 am

Happy New Year, Cranky!

Miles: 48,129 (52,421 last year)
Segments: 33 (38 last year)
New Aircraft: ERJ-175
New Airlines: None
New Airports: SNA, PVR, ARN, OSL, MEX
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 (14 flights)
Most Common Airline: American (14 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX & Burbank (7 departures/7 arrivals each)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Burbank – Oakland (11 segments)

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JBR

Dec 30, 2016 at 7:09 am

Miles: 12,687 (9,340 last year)
Segments: 10 (9 last year)
New Aircraft: A330-200, A321
New Airlines: None
New Airports: MDW, BUF, CVG
Most Common Aircraft: 2 flights each on MD-88 and 757-200
Most Common Airline: AA (4 flights)
Most Common Airport: BOS (2 departures, 3 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: all segments unique

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Bob

Dec 30, 2016 at 7:11 am

Miles: 132,128 (124,941 last year) – butt in seat, not elite miles
Segments: 139 (147 last year)
New Aircraft: A330-300E
New Airlines: South African Airways, WestJet, OneJet
New Airports: RAK
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 (22 flights)
Most Common Airline: Delta (56 segments)
Most Common Airport: BNA (62 touches)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: BNA-ATL (18 segments)
Longest Flight: JNB-ATL 8,449 mi, 15:36 h
Shortest Flight: SCL-MDZ 122 mi, 0:43 h

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SubwayNut

Dec 30, 2016 at 7:15 am

Miles: 36,694 (don’t know where my data from last year is)
Segments: 25
New Aircraft: A321
New Airlines: El Al, Privelaged Style
New Airports: SBN, TLV, RNO, ABQ
Most Common Aircraft: ERJ-145
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport: Newark
Most Common Non-Directional Routing: 5 (SBN-EWR)
Longest Fight: EWR-TLV, 5692 miles
Shortest Flight: SBN-ORD, 84 miles

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Tedd Adams

Dec 30, 2016 at 7:21 am

Miles: 66,929 (66474 last year)
Segments: 127 (136 last year)
New Aircraft: A319
New Airlines: none
New Airports: EZE, CDG, SEA
New Countries: France, Argentina, Uruguay
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800 (58 segments)
Most Common Airline: American
Most Common Airport: DFW (108 segments)
Longest Flight: DFW-EZE (5308 miles)
Shortest Flight: DFW-OKC (178 miles)

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dwh

Dec 30, 2016 at 7:54 am

Miles: 38,063 (47,580 last year)
Segments: 32 (29 last year)
New Aircraft: Sadly, none
New Airlines: CI, VN, OZ
New Airports: ONT, HOU, HAN, HUI, SGN, YQB
New Countries: Vietnam
Most Common Aircraft: 3-way tie CRJ-200 and 737-700 and -800 (4 each)
Most Common Airline: Delta (8 including Connection partners)
Most Common Airport: BNA (19)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Nashville-Washington National (3)

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Carl

Dec 30, 2016 at 8:22 am

Miles: 75,222 (66,866 last year)
Segments: 73 (97 last year)
New Aircraft: A333
New Airlines: none
New Airports: KEF, CHS
New Countries: Iceland
Most Common Aircraft: 717 (11 segments)
Most Common Airline: Delta
Most Common Airport: SLC (32 segments)
Longest Flight: CDG-SLC (5072 miles)
Shortest Flight: LAX-LAS (237 miles)

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1. Carl
  
  Dec 30, 2016 at 8:24 am
  
  Most Common Non-Directional Route: ABQ-SLC (6)
  
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INDHNL

Dec 30, 2016 at 8:30 am

Miles: 217,653 (288,995 last year)
Segments: 93 (169 last year)
New Aircraft: A380-800, A340-600
New Airlines: China Airlines, Philippian Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Tiger Airways Australia, Japan Airlines, Azores Airlines, Ryanair, TAP, Virgin Atlantic
New Airports: TPE, GRR, ITO, CTS, MNL, DPS, PEK, PDL, LIS, RAK, LTN
Most Common Aircraft: A330-200 (26 flights)
Most Common Airline: Hawaiian Airlines (52 segments)
Most Common Airport: HNL (31 departures/31 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: HNL-ORD (4 segments)

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1. INDHNL
  
  Dec 30, 2016 at 8:34 am
  
  Philippine***
  
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2. INDHNL
  
  Dec 30, 2016 at 8:49 am
  
  ….and the A310-300 was a new aircraft this year
  
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  1. haolenate
    
    Dec 30, 2016 at 11:31 am
    
    where on earth did you board that thing?
    
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    1. INDHNL
      
      Dec 30, 2016 at 12:32 pm
      
      BOS-PDL on Azores Airlines (SATA Internacional)
      
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jkealing

Dec 30, 2016 at 8:38 am

Miles: 60,110 (42,556 last year)
Segments: 47 (29 last year)
New Aircraft: 747
New Airlines: None
New Airports: NKG, SLC, BZN, KOA, JFK,
Most Common Aircraft: A320 (13 flights)
Most Common Airline: Delta Air Lines (42 segments)
Most Common Airport: MSP
Most Common Non-Directional Route: MSP-BOS (21 segments)

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Joe Rogers

Dec 30, 2016 at 9:01 am

Miles: 77,216 (60,432 last year)
Segments: 59 (64 last year)
New Aircraft: A340
New Airlines: Swiss
New Airports: GVA, LHR, MKE
Most Common Aircraft: 737 (33 flights)
Most Common Airline: United (57 segments)
Most Common Airport: IAH (23 departures/23 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: No idea what this means

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David

Dec 30, 2016 at 10:16 am

Miles: 100,515 (80,831 last year)
Segments: 148 (127 last year)
New Aircraft: BAe 146, Britten Norman Islander, Dash 6 (land), Embraer 195, MD-83, Piper PA-32 (yes, scheduled flight, really),
New Airlines: Aegean Airways, Aero VIP, Aigle Azur, Air Malta, Air Vallee, AIS Airlines, Alitalia, Arkia Israel, ASL Airlines France, AtlasGlobal, Avies, Belair Airlines, Blue Panorama Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Chalair Aviation, Cobaltair, Danish Air Transport, DOT LT, GermaniaFlug, Jet Time, Korean Air, Medavia, Mistral Air, Montenegro Airlines, NextJet, Niki, OFD, Olympic Air, Pegasus Airlines, Portugalia, S-Air, SiAvia, Singapore Airlines, TAP Portugal, Titan Airways, Transavia France, Turkish Airlines, WDL Aviation, White Airways
New Airports: ACE, AGB, AJA, AOK, BLE, BRV, CAL, CAT, CLY, CRV, CTA, DBV, EAS, EBU, ECN, EGOQ, EPL, ETH, HAD, HGL, ILD, IST, KSF, LPA, LSZ, Lumbarda Seaport, OER, OLB, OMO, PRM, PSR, Pula Seaport, PUY, QSR, REG, SDV, SIR, Split Seaport, TGD, TLL, TLN, TRS, VBS, VDA, Vela Luka Seaport, XCR
Most Common Aircraft: A319 (33 flights)
Most Common Airline: Easyjet (32 flights)
Most Common Airport: London-Gatwick (29 flights)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: London-Gatwick – Rome Fiumicino

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Ryan Williams

Dec 30, 2016 at 10:35 am

Miles: 18,765.3 (0 last year)
Segments: 7 (0 last year)
New aircraft: embraer 195, Boeing 787, Boeing 777
New airline: American
New airports: KSY, LAX, BSN, CLT, EWK, SFO
Most common aircraft :a319
Most common airline: American (6 flights)
Most common airport: LAX (2 flights)
Most common non-directional route: AKL – LAX
This may not look like much but I’m a 19 year old from NZ who’s only flying was going to, from and in the US.

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Sean Boudreau

Dec 30, 2016 at 11:21 am

Miles: 121,088 (118,391 last year)
Segments: 103 (123 last year)
New Aircraft: 787 Dreamliner, 747-400
New Airlines: None
New Airports: HNL, SAN, BUR, SNA
Most Common Aircraft: 737-900
Most Common Airline: United (All segments)
Most Common Airport: ORD – Chicago O’hare – Home airport.
Longest Flight: ORD-HNL
Shortest Flight: ORD-FWA (Fort Wayne, IN)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: No idea what this is.

Will be flying more frequently in 2017 – looking forward to catching UA’s new 777-300ER and Polaris class somewhere.

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Michael Greiner

Dec 30, 2016 at 11:24 am

Miles: 9,042 (26,105 last year)
Segments: 13 (21 last year)
New Aircraft: MD80 (AA); Saab 340 (Silver)
New Airlines: 1 – Silver Arways (3M)
New Airports: 1 – NAS
Most Common Aircraft: A320 – 4 segments (JetBlue, UA & AA 2x)
Most Common Airline: American – 6 Segments
Most Common Airport: EWR (home airport) then ORD (twice)
Most Common Non-Directional route: N/A

Increase in leisure travel can’t offset major business travel reduction. (Trips to Asia and LAS last 2 years, didn’t get west of MSP this year).

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1. Michael Greiner
  
  Dec 30, 2016 at 11:25 am
  
  Make that 2 new airports, flew into RSW for the first time as well.
  
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LT_DT

Dec 30, 2016 at 11:41 am

Miles: 51,205 (64,028 last year)
Segments: 56
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: DAL, LIT (on a divert – didn’t get off the plane), RIC
Most Common Aircraft: 737 (>75% of flights)
Most Common Airline: United (52 segments)
Most Common Airport: IAH
Most Common Non-Directional Route: IAH-WAS (DCA or IAD)

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1. LT_DT
  
  Dec 30, 2016 at 11:48 am
  
  Actually, 54,379 miles flown – forgot to add the non-UA flights.
  
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David M

Dec 30, 2016 at 12:26 pm

Miles: 39,566 (36,292 last year)
Segments: 16 (22 last year)
New Aircraft: 787-9
New Airlines: Iberia
New Airports: Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, New Orleans, St. Louis
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800 (6 segments)
Most Common Airline: American (7 segments)
Most Common Airport: San Diego (5 departures/5 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: N/A
Longest Flight: Madrid-Dallas/Ft. Worth (4960 miles)
Shortest Flight: St. Louis-Washington/National (718 miles)

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Dan

Dec 30, 2016 at 12:35 pm

My new airline, no joke, was Ryan Air.

My stats are always in the toilet, but there’s usually a new airport in there somewhere. I take two domestic trips a year, but then take a very substantial international trip. That’s usually good for some new airports, a new airline and every once in awhile, a new aircraft type.

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Patrick

Dec 30, 2016 at 12:52 pm

Miles: 35,226 (15,475 last year)
Segments: 20 (10 last year)
New Aircraft: A380
New Airlines: Singapore Air, Jetstar, Regional Express
New Airports: Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, Mildura, Stavangar
Most Common Airline: SAS (11 segments)
Most Common Airport: Oslo (4 departures/4 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: London Heathrow – Oslo (2 segments)

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Jeremy

Dec 30, 2016 at 1:20 pm

In Miles 38,404
In Kilometer 61,805
Earth Circumnavigation 1.54 x
Distance to the Moon 0.161 x
Distance to the Sun 0.0004 x

Hours 80:23
Days 3.3
Weeks 0.5
Months 0.11
Years 0.009

All 24
Domestic 15
Intra-Continental 0
Intercontinental 4
Other flights 5
Your flight-map, click for details

Longest Flight (distance): 6,717 mi, 13:23 h, Istanbul (Atatürk) – San Francisco (International), 05-16-2016
Longest Flight (duration): 13:23 h, 6,717 mi, Istanbul (Atatürk) – San Francisco (International), 05-16-2016
Shortest Flight (distance): 122 mi, 0:25 h, Kalamazoo (Battle Creek International) – Chicago (O’Hare), 10-02-2016
Shortest Flight (duration): 0:25 h, 122 mi, Kalamazoo (Battle Creek International) – Chicago (O’Hare), 10-02-2016
Fastest Flight: 571 mi/h, 5,691 mi, 9:58 h, San Francisco (International) – Frankfurt (Rhein-Main), 05-05-2016
Slowest Flight: 283 mi/h, 340 mi, 1:12 h, Nevsehir – Istanbul (Atatürk), 05-16-2016
Average Flight: 1,600 mi, 3:21 h

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1. Jeremy
  
  Dec 30, 2016 at 1:22 pm
  
  Mind blowing that SFO-IST is further than SFO-PEK
  
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2. Sean Boudreau
  
  Dec 31, 2016 at 11:08 am
  
  Jeremy – what utility do you use to track all of this? JetLovers?
  
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  1. Kyle
    
    Dec 31, 2016 at 2:05 pm
    
    That looks like Flight Memory.
    
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TL

Dec 30, 2016 at 1:42 pm

Miles: 110,031
Segments: 74
New Aircraft: 787-9
New Airlines: AZ
New Airports: ASE, ATH, BCN, TRS
Most Common Aircraft: Tie A319 & 738 (25 Flights Each),
Most Common Airline: American (40 Flights)
Most Common Airport: LAX (52)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Los Angeles – St Louis (29 Flights)
Longest Flight: LHR-LAX (5,456 miles)
Shortest Flight: ASE-DEN (125 miles)

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RJPazara

Dec 30, 2016 at 3:29 pm

Dear Cranky,

Being retired for 23 years with no kids or job responsibilities makes travel a lot easier. Collecting planes,airports, and new travel experiences as a hobby makes the year end flying summary a bit more interesting.

Miles: 160,727

Segments: 117

New Aircraft: 5 B77W; A388; ATR 72-600; E-195; Kubicek K28T/BB-45Z Hot Air Balloon

New Airlines: 16

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Henning

Dec 30, 2016 at 3:48 pm

Miles: 12,457 (26,236 last year)
Segments: 12 (18 last year)
New Aircraft: E175 (BE)
New Airlines: Pegasus (PC), Atlasglobal (KK), Onur Air (8Q)
New Airports: MAN, BHX, BJV, DLM
Most Common Aircraft: A320-200 (3 flights)
Most Common Airline: Turkish (4 segments)
Most Common Airport: Istanbul Atatürk (3 departures/4 arrivals)

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Marissa

Dec 30, 2016 at 4:08 pm

Miles: 202,764
Segments: 121
New Aircraft: A380, B777-300
New Airlines: SAS, Aeromexico, Singapore Airlines, Air Dolomiti
New Airports: BGO, SVG, CPH, CNX, SIN, BNE, GLA, MUC, FLR, TXL, WLG, TAP
Most Common Aircraft: A320
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport: Billings, MT (home airport)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Billings-Denver
Longest Flight: LHR-SIN (6760 miles)
Shortest Flight: SVG-BGO (100 miles)

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TRC

Dec 30, 2016 at 4:21 pm

I don’t keep track of all of those fancy stats (and if I did they’d be pathetic). I do know that for the second year in a row I’ve traveled all four major US airlines. The legacy 3 are…pretty much the same. Southwest would be heads-and-shoulders better if they just did seat assignments.

One new airport: LAS.

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Georjet

Dec 30, 2016 at 5:09 pm

Miles: 25,500 (made medallion silver-first time!)
Segments: 14
New Aircraft: E 190 (I think!)
New Airline: None
New Airport: None
Most Common Aircraft: A320
Most Common Airline: Delta
Most Common Airport: Missoula, MT (hometown)
Most Common Non-Direct Route: Missoula-Tucson
Longest Flight: MSO-LAX appx 1100 miles
Shortest Flight: MSO-STL appx 750 miles

I LOVE CRANKY FLIER!

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Johnny Jet

Dec 30, 2016 at 6:45 pm

It was my slowest year of travel in 20+ years (that’s what happens when you have a kid!) I haven’t left California since July but before that…

Miles Flown: 101,974
Segments: 62
Carriers: 10 (American Airlines, British Airways, Air Canada, TAP, Envoy, Skywest, Sun Country, Ohana by Hawaiian, SAS, Air Georgian)
Countries: 11 (USA, Cayman Islands, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Sweden)
States: 14 (Hawaii, California, New York, Florida, Illinois, Virginia, Nevada, Kentucky, New Jersey, Connecticut, Minnesota, Colorado, Alaska, Louisiana)
Read more at: http://www.johnnyjet.com/2016-a-year-in-photos/

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Adam

Dec 30, 2016 at 6:54 pm

0 miles
0 non-rev miles
… I’m not going to finish the rest of it. This went from doing 120K NRSA miles to this.

Ugh.

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David Baron

Dec 30, 2016 at 9:01 pm

Miles: 110,383 (87,560 last year)
Segments: 33 (31 last year)
New Aircraft: Britten-Norman Islander, ATR-72
New Airlines: Qantas, Stewart Island Flights, Mount Cook / Air New Zealand Link, Cathay Pacific, Aer Lingus, TAP Portugal
New Airports: MEL, ZQN, IVC, SZS, CHC, ARN, DUB, LIS, KOA
Most Common Aircraft: Boeing 777 (8 flights)
Most Common Airline: United (12 segments)
Most Common Airport: SFO (9 departures/9 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SFO-TPE (4 segments, 2 of which paired as a round-trip, and 2 that were parts of separate multi-city trips)
Longest Flight: SFO-SYD (7417 mi)
Shortest Flight: IVC-SZS (35 mi)

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1. David Baron
  
  Dec 30, 2016 at 9:44 pm
  
  Also, two half-new airports: my first departure from HND (before, I’d only arrived there) and first arrival at TSA (before, only departed), on the same flight. I’d flown the route the other direction before (in June 2013, which was not only my first 787 flight, but probably the first revenue service 787 flight taking off from the island of Taiwan). Also listing ZQN as a new airport was only really half, since I still haven’t done a departure from ZQN.
  
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Maarten Albarda

Dec 31, 2016 at 12:39 am

Miles: 94.583
Segments: too lazy to count all segments, but 36 trips, of which 7 international
New Aircraft: Still waiting to add the B787
New Airlines: UA, tried them for 3 months then gave up on them. Horrible.
New Airports: none
Most Common Aircraft: Airbus family
Most Common Airline: AA
Most Common Airport: CLT (home), ORD (domestic), LHR
Most Common Non-Directional Route: CLT – ORD

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Kyle

Dec 31, 2016 at 1:46 pm

Miles: 56,606 (49,657 last year)
Segments: 25 (17 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: Ryanair
New Airports: BCN, BNA, CLT, DUB, GRU, MAN, RDU
Most Common Aircraft: 737 (7 flights)
Most Common Airline: Delta (7 segments)
Most Common Airport: JFK (4 departures/4 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: JFK – Seattle (2 segments)

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Kevin

Dec 31, 2016 at 2:29 pm

Miles: ?
Segments: 11
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: PHL, PNS
Most Common Aircraft: MD90
Most Common Airline: Delta Air Lines
Most Common Airport: MSN
Most Common Non-Directional Route: MSN-MSP

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Daniel

Dec 31, 2016 at 4:30 pm

Miles: 160,512 (161,378 last year)
Segments: 230 (209 last year)
New Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER, British Aerospace Avro RJ85, British Aerospace Avro RJ100
New Airlines: IBEX Airlines, CityJet, Swiss Global Air Lines, Helvetic Airways, Virgin America, Island Air
New Airports: SDJ, KMQ, TUL, LCY, ZRH, MUC, AXT, HSV, SDF, JAN, ORF
Most Common Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 (43 flights, First time in 8 years something other than an MD-88)
Most Common Airline: Delta Air Lines (153 segments)
Most Common Airport: ATL (54 dep/arr each)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: ATL-DAY (61 segments)
Longest Flight: MSP-NRT (5,942 miles)
Shortest Flight: DAY-DAY (0 Miles, Air Return)
Shortest Normal Flight: HNL-OGG (101 Miles)

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terminalwander

Dec 31, 2016 at 5:58 pm

Miles: 28,405 ( 22,831 last year)
Segments: 34 (27 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: WW, AC, FL
New Airports: YUL, FLL, KEF
Most Common Aircraft: CR7 (11)
Most Common Airline: United operated by mesa (12)
Most Common Airport: IAD
Most Common Non-Directional Route: IAD-PIT (12)

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Ron

Dec 31, 2016 at 9:33 pm

Miles: 16,483 (last year: 15619)
Segments: 9 (5)
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: none
New Airports: Denver (DEN), Kansas City (MCI)
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 (3 segments) [all 737: 5]
Most Common Airline: Southwest (4 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX (4 departures, 3 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional route: LAX-MCI (2 segments)

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AJ

Dec 31, 2016 at 9:42 pm

Miles: 22,994 (last year: 32,906)
Segments: 16 (20)
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: Vietnam Airlines
New Airports: SGN, DAD, HAN, KBV
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800 (5 segments)
Most Common Airline: Virgin Australia (6 segments)
Most Common Airport: SIN
Most Common Non-Directional route: MEL-BNE (4 segments)

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Nicc

Jan 1, 2017 at 11:38 am

Miles: 150K (arse in seat)
New Aircraft: A380 (Honourable mention my 100th and final flight on a CX 747)
New Airlines: Republic operated on behalf of AA
New Airports: Kunming, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Rangoon (Yangon), Bucharest, Zagreb, Brussels, Miami and Leeds/Bradford
Most Common Aircraft: A320 All Series 17 and 777 All Series 15
Most Common Airline: American 21 followed by BA 11 Big change for me as every year for 20 years have done about 25 to 30 pa on CX
Most Common Airport: HKG 26 Departures and Arrivals
Most Common Non-Directional Route: HKG-DFW 7 Segments

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Seby

Jan 1, 2017 at 11:56 am

Miles: 42,396 (47,415 last year)
Segments: 22 (26 last year)
New Aircraft: ATR 72, Norman Islander
New Airlines: Q3,TP,EI
New Airports: SXM,AXA,CLT,LIS,SVQ,AGP,BHD,SNN,SEA
Most Common Aircraft: 737 (6 flights)
Most Common Airline: United Airlines (13 flights)
Most Common Airport: SFO
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SFO-MIA (3 flights)

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Jack in SFO

Jan 1, 2017 at 4:53 pm

Miles: 63286 (46110 last year)
Segments: 30 (20 last year)
New Aircraft: 787-9 (UA)
New Airlines: Hawaiian, Alaska
New Airports: TVC, HNL, OAK
Most Common AC: unknown, didn’t keep track
Most Common Airline: UA; 21 segments
Most Common Airport: SFO; 14 departures / 14 arrivals
Most Common Non-Directional route: SFO-ORD; 5 flights

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johosofat

Jan 1, 2017 at 5:45 pm

Miles: 134,918 (102,781 last year)
Segments: 111 (133 last year)
New Aircraft: BAe 146-100, A340-200, AgustaWestland AW139, MD Helicopters 902, A340-500, BAe 146-300, Yak-40, Mil Mi-26, Mil Mi-2, Mil Mi-8, Tu-154M, An-140, An-26, Saab 340A, Aerophile 5500, Cessna Citation CJ4, Diamond HK36 Motorglider
New Airlines: West Air, Skyjet Airlines, Cebgo, Air Vanuatu, Hong Kong Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Tigerair, China Airlines, Air Leisure, EgyptAir Express, Royal Jordanian, Air Macau, Sky Shuttle Helicopters, Philippines AirAsia, Donghai Airlines, Okay Airways, Chongqing Airlines, Kunming Airlines, Dragonair, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Sunstate Airlines, Emirates, SunExpress Deutschland, Motor Sich Airlines, Belavia, Sprint Air, Wizz Air, Niki, Swiss, Helvetic Airways, Loong Air, Hahn Air, Eurowings, Air Serbia
New Airports: SZX, CZX, HKG, USU, DRW, BNE, SON, VLI, SYD, DPS, SIN, IWO, HRG, LXR, AMM, BKK, WUX, MFM, XZM, HHP, MPH, KLO, HAK, CKG, HUZ, HAN, HLI, BTV, DXB, GVA, BRS, OTP, MSQ, LED, SXF, TXL, WAW, NYO, ZRH, HGH, LUX, DUS, BEG, BNX, BTS, LNZ, PJB
Most Common Aircraft: A320 (20 flights)
Most Common Airline: Tie between Delta & China Southern (5 segments each)
Most Common Airport: Tie between Vienna & Shenzhen (10 arrivals & 10 departures each)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Shenzhen-Beijing (5 segments)

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jckbs

Jan 1, 2017 at 7:36 pm

Miles: 47,110
Segments: 29
New Aircraft: A321, ATR72, 777-200LR
New Airlines: FD, K6, VJ
New Airports: PHL, BKK, REP, PNH, SGN, HAN, KOA
Most Common Aircraft: A321 (5 flights)
Most Common Airline: American (8 flights)
Most Common Airport: LAX
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LAX-SFO / LAX-EUG (tie at 2 flights each)

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dgies

Jan 1, 2017 at 9:19 pm

Miles: 108,200
Segments: 77
New Aircraft: None
New Airports: SLO, MRY
Most Common Aircraft:: 737-800/900, 757-300
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport: ORD, MCO
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LAX/SFO

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Jason

Jan 2, 2017 at 8:07 am

Miles: 30,748 (personal best)
Segments: 22 (personal best)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: AS
New Airports: BDL, FLL
Most Common Aircraft: B738 (9 flights)
Most Common Airline: American & United (8 segments each)
Most Common Airport: SAN (home, 6 departures, 6 arrivals); BOS (2 departures, 4 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SAN-DFW (5 segments)

Flew on 5 of the USA’s 6 largest carriers. No Vegas trip meant no Southwest for me.

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Eric

Jan 2, 2017 at 10:40 am

Miles: 11,642 (chump change to many, but new record for me)
Segments: 18
New Airports: EWR, DFW, IAH, ELP, MIA, BZE, PLJ
Breakdown: American (5), United (5) Southwest (4), JetBlue (3), Tropic Air (1)
New Airlines: United, Tropic Air
Most Common Airport: BOS

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southbay flier

Jan 2, 2017 at 12:15 pm

Miles: ~106,000
Segments: 86
New Aircraft: 777-300, A330-300
New Airlines: CX, CI
New Airports: HKG, DPS, TPE, MSN
Most Common Aircraft: E175
Most Common Airline: Delta (78 segments)
Most Common Airport: SJC
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SJC – SEA

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Chris

Jan 2, 2017 at 1:06 pm

Sadly, a very boring travel year…moving will do that!

Miles: 7,147
Segments: 9
New Aircraft: MD-90, 737-900ER
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800 (4 flights)
Most Common Airline: Delta (5 segments)
Most Common Airport: Newark (EWR) & Tampa (TPA) (2 departures/2 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: EWR – TPA (4 segments)

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Dale

Jan 2, 2017 at 2:28 pm

My travel in 2016

44 segments
35,682 miles
Longest flight 2,609 miles 5:45 BOS-LAX (both time and duration)
Shortest flight 134 miles 0:32 BHM-ATL (both time and duration)
New airports: GJT, MOB, MHT
Most frequent airport: LAX
Most frequent airline: Southwest though American would if American mainline and American Eagle are combined
Most frequent route: Tie between LAX-MCI and LGB-PHX

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CP

Jan 2, 2017 at 5:13 pm

Miles: 183,741 (v. 290,111 last year)
Segments: 155 (v. 172 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: Iberia
New Airports: CUN, HHH, LIS, MAD, OPO, SAV
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800
Most Common Airline: American
Most Common Airport: ORD (94 total arrivals/departures)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: ORD-DCA (29 flights)
New Routes: ATL-SAV, BOS-DTW, CUN-ORD, HHH-CLT, JFK-LAX, MAD-PHL, ORD-ATL, OPO-MAD, ORD-CUN, PHL-LAX, PHL-LIS, PHL-SEA, SJC-BUR, SJC-PDX

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Doug Swalen

Jan 2, 2017 at 9:22 pm

Miles: 21,060 (14,028 last year)
Segments: 10 (6 last year)
New Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-1000
New Airlines: None
New Airports: MDC, SOQ, UPG
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700 (4 flights)
Most Common Airline: Garuda Indonesia/EVA Air (4 segments each)
Most Common Airport: SFO/TPE/DPS (2 departures/2 arrivals each)

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john

Jan 3, 2017 at 2:51 am

Looking forward to my millionth (recorded at least) mile in the air next week on KE LAX-ICN

Miles: 66,645 (98,967 last year)
Segments: 43 (58 last year)
New Aircraft: 787-900
New Airlines: 3M, MH, VN, KE
New Airports: HAN, SGN, DPS, KUL, SJO, JAC, IDA
Most Common Aircraft: A320 (11 flights)
Most Common (marketing) Airline: B6 (18 flights)
Most Common Airport: SLC (14 departs, 15 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: JFKSLC (9 flights)

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Michael

Jan 3, 2017 at 6:22 am

Miles: 5959 (5556 LY)
Segments: 7 (6 LY)
New aircraft: none
New airlines: Spirit
New Airports: MSY
Most common aircraft:A320
Most common airline:SWA
Most common airport: MCO (4) MKE (3) Home airport
Most common nondirectional route: MCO-MKE

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Ed

Jan 3, 2017 at 6:34 am

Miles: 245,651
Segments: 125
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: FZ, NZ, NH
New Airports: AKL, CMH, KWI, BAH, DXB, PNI, TKK
Most Common Aircraft: B738 (18 Times)
Most Common Airline: United (115 Flights)
Most Common Airport: LGA (30 Flights)
Most Common Non-Directional Route:
Longest Flight: SIN-SFO (8448 Mi)
Shortest flight: PSP-LAX (109 Mi)

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1. Ed
  
  Jan 3, 2017 at 6:35 am
  
  Forgot to fill one out.
  
  Most Common Non-Directional Route: IAH-LGA
  
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Carter

Jan 3, 2017 at 7:10 am

Miles: 15,719
Segments: 12
New Aircraft: A330, A321, 747Combi
New Airlines: Alitalia, KLM, Spirit
New Airports: PHX, LGA, FCO, AMS
Most Common Aircraft: A320
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport: ORD
Most Common Route: MSN-PIT
Longest Flight: ORD-FCO
Shortest flight: MSN-ORD

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Luiz

Jan 3, 2017 at 7:52 am

Miles: 62,245 (29,827 last year)
Segments: 42 (34 last year)
New Aircraft: A340
New Airlines: LH, S7
New Airports: MUC, FRA, ARN, LHR, DME, SVX
Most Common Aircraft: A320 (9 flights)
Most Common Airline: Azul (14 segments)
Most Common Airport: CNF (Home) (11 departures / 11 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: CNF-VCP and CNF-CGH (5 segments each)
Longest Flight: GRU-MUC (6124 Mi)
Shortest flight: CNF-GRU (307 Mi)

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Al B

Jan 5, 2017 at 11:33 am

Miles: 22,841 (34,881 in 2015)
Segments: 18 (31)
New Aircraft: (hoping for 787-9; but missed due to equipment delay August 4)
New Airlines: None
New Airports: PWM
Most Common Aircraft: ERJ145 (4 segments)
Most Common Airline: United (16 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX (5 departures/5 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: (tie) LAX-DEN; DEN-CMH (3 segments)
Longest Segment: LAX-HNL (2,556 miles)
Shortest Segment: ORD-CMH (257 miles)

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Austin

Jan 5, 2017 at 12:59 pm

Miles: 86,481 (103,017 last year)
Segments: 83 (88 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: Air Serbia, Garuda Indonesia, Swiss
New Airports: AMS, BEG, BUF, CGK, DPS, KUL, PNS, RDU
Most Common Aircraft: Embraer 145 (17 flights)
Most Common Airline: United Airlines (60 segments)
Most Common Airport: EWR
Most Common Non-Directional Route: EWR-DCA (9 segments)
Longest Flight: NRT-ZRH (5968 miles)
Shortest Flight: PHL-EWR (80 miles)

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Geoff

Jan 8, 2017 at 9:31 am

Miles: 54,871
Segments: 38
New Aircraft: A380-800, B717
New Airlines: Aeromexico, Interjet, jetBlue
New Airports: SAT, MCO
Most Common Aircraft: B737-800 (15 segments)
Most Common Airline: American Airlines (13 segments)
Most Common Airport: JFK (5 landings, 4 takeoffs), MEX & ORD tied for 2nd at 8 takeoffs or landings
Most Common Non-Directional Route: MEX/JFK (3 segments) & LGA/ORD (3 segments)

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Dan

Jan 13, 2017 at 1:38 pm

Miles: 27,602 (12,040 last year)
Segments: 14 (11 last year)
New Aircraft: A340-300, 747-400, Avro RJ100, E190, A330-300, CRJ-700
New Airlines: Swiss, Eidelweiss, Ryanair, Swiss Global
New Airports: Zurich, Madrid, Milan-Bergamo, Milan-Malpensa, Philadelphia
Most Common Airline: Lufthansa
Most Common Airport: Rome-Fiumicino (2 years in a row)
Most Common Route: Multiple 2 time segments: PVD-PHL, PHL-FCO, PVD-FRA-FCO

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1. Dan
  
  Jan 15, 2017 at 6:06 pm
  
  Longest flight: AA 718/719 PHL-FCO-PHL
  Shortest flight: LX 1638 ZRH-MXP
  
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MeanMeosh

Jan 15, 2017 at 11:23 am

So I’m late, but hey, better late than never. Mine’s pretty pathetic, too, but I have a good excuse (new baby arrived in August).

Miles: 15,318
Segments: 8
New Aircraft: Boeing 787-900
New Airlines: easyJet, Norwegian Air, jetBlue
New Airports: BOS
Most Common Aircraft: Airbus A319, Airbus A320, and Boeing 737 (2 each)
Most Common Airline: AA (3 segments)
Most Common Airport: DFW (2 departures, 2 arrivals)
Most Common Route: none – I flew each segment exactly one time

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