Happy New Year everyone. Last year, shall we say, did not go as planned. But hey, at least I wasn’t shut out, and I squeaked past 10,000 miles on the year. We’ll call it a victory, and I’ll just have to hope I can do better in the back half of this year.
Miles: 10,041 (33,378 last year) – fewest since I started tracking in 1994
Segments: 4 (36 last year) – fewest since I started tracking in 1994
New Aircraft: 787-10
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: A330-200 (2 flights)
Most Common Airline: Hawaiian (2 segments)
Most Common Airport: Los Angeles (2 departures/2 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Los Angeles – Honolulu (2 segments)
I’ll leave you with this fun fact. I flew on nothing but widebodies this year. I’m pretty sure that’s never happened before.
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Miles: 3090
Segments: 6
New Aircraft: Cessna 412, Tecnam P2012 Traveller
New Airlines: Cape Air
New Airports: MWA (Marion, Illinois)
Most Common Aircraft: 737-700
Most Common Airport: STL/DEN (2 Departures/2 Arrivals)
Other firsts: First time flying with one pilot (STL-MWA). First time I was the only passenger on a flight (STL-MWA).
Miles: 4444
Segments: 6
No new aircraft or airlines
New Airports: HKD, SDJ, KOJ
Airlines: Cathay Pacific, JAL, ANA with 2/2/2
Aircraft: E170 (3)
Most common airport: ITM (4)
5/6 flights were in January 2020, and this year I think I have traveled more miles by train than by flying…
how did you only rack up only 4,444 miles when you flew to both Mexico and Japan ?
Never mind. Apparently I’m starting off 2021 with a case of dyslexia.
lol it was from Thailand to Japan on 1/1 last year, then domestic only
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=AUS-JFK-BRU-ATL-AUS-MIA,MCO-AUS-YYZ-YUL-ORD-AUS
Yes, I managed to have unique routes on every single flight.
Miles: 15,924 (52,401 last year)
Segments: 10 (29 last year)
New aircraft: 767-400ER, A330-300
New airline: Air Canada
New airports: YYZ, YUL
Aircraft: 321, 764, 738 (2 segments), 319, E90, 333, CR7 (1 segment)
Airlines: DL (4 segments), AA (3 segments), AC (2 segments), WN (1 segment)
This was the first year since I started hopping on planes in 2007 that I haven’t touched DEN, and if I had to guess the lowest segment count since 2008, and the lowest mile count since 2010.. though 2012 might have been close.
Hope the coming year is better, though I wouldn’t be surprised if I flew less in 2021 than in 2020.
Miles: 31,049 (34,359 last year)
Segments: 25 (34 last year)
New Aircraft: Cessna C208B, A321, 767-300, ATR 72-500, A350-900
New Airlines: ASTA Linhas Aéreas, Boliviana de Aviación, MAP Linhas Aéreas, Lufthansa CityLine
New Airports: CGB, SDNM, VVI, MAD, LPB, CBB, MAO, TFF, ERN, FRA, FLR
Most Common Aircraft: A320neo (5 flights)
Most Common Airline: Azul (8 flights)
Most Common Airport: GRU (5 departures/5 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: POA-GRU (5 segments)
A pretty eventful year, despite all the restrictions. Having moved to Europe, hope I can fly some different airlines in 2021!
Still chasing everything in Europe…
Miles: 38,575 (110,277 last year)
Segments: 69 (154 last year)
New Aircraft: Agusta Westland 109, Embraer 190 E2
New Airlines: Air Dolomiti, Alidaunia, Amapola Flyg, Directflight, Eurowings Europe, Jonair, Lipican Aer, Norwegian Air Sweden, Sevenair, Sloane Helicopters, SmartLynx Malta, XFly
New Airports: Arvidsjaur, Bol, Braganca, Coll, Colonsay, Florence, Foggia, Fuerteventura, Gallivare, Lulea, Oban, Ostrava, Penzance, Perugia, Peschici, Sundsvall, Sveg, Tresco, Vieste, Visby, Viseu
Most Common Aircraft: Airbus 320 (20 segments)
Most Common Airline: Easyjet (16 segments)
Most Common Airport: London Gatwick (7 departures/6 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: London Gatwick-Stockholm Arlanda – 3 segments
Miles: 39,273
Segments: 35
2 continents, 2 countries
No new aircraft or airlines
New airport: CID
Almost literally, one end of our great country to the other.
Miles: 0
Segments: 0
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: none
New Airports: none
Most Common Aircraft: n/a
Most Common Airline: n/a
Most Common Airport: London Gatwick: n/a
Most Common Non-Directional Route: n/a
It’s been an extremely boring year for me… let’s go for a better 2021!
Didn’t get to do most of what I planned to this year, but I moved to HKG and started an interesting job in the airport so at least I’m not missing being in terminals and around planes. Since coming here in July I have had zero flights and looks like I won’t have any for some time considering I’d face a 21 day hotel quarantine upon returning while the policies continue to get stricter and stricter.
Miles: 26,620 (120,352 last year) – fewest since 2012
Segments: 27 (111 last year) – fewest since 2011
New Aircraft: A350-1000 (Cathay Pacific)
New Airlines: Hong Kong Express, Fuzhou Airlines, Jetstar Japan, Volaris, MAC Air Group
New Airports: Ningbo, Fuzhou, Los Cabos, Page (AZ), Marble Canyon (AZ), Scottsdale, Williams (AZ)
Most Common Aircraft: Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat (11 flights)
Most Common Airline: American (5 segments including 2 Eagle)
Most Common Airport: Phoenix (3 departures/3 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Flagstaff – Phoenix – San Diego (did this route twice)
Miles: 78,344 (151,846 last year)
Segments: 66 (108 last year)
New Aircraft: A350-900 (Finnair)
New Airlines: Air North
New Airports: Dawson City (CYDA), Berlin Brandenburg (BER) I will miss TXL :-(
Most Common Aircraft: Airbus 320 Series (42 flights)
Most Common Airline: Delta / Finnair
Most Common Airport: Phoenix (3 departures/3 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: AUS-ORD-HEL-STR
I will miss TXL, too!
Miles: 8562
Segments: 4
New aircraft or airlines: 0
New Airports: 0
Airlines: UAL (4)
Aircraft: 787, 767 (1)
Most common airport: BNA/LHR (2)
Trips cancelled: 3
New jobs in USA still not started: 1
Estimated wait time for US Embassy appointment: another 9 months
Miles: 21,172
Segments: 11
New Aircraft: 777-200LR (ironically, on Delta’s 777 retirement flight)
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: Tied between B737-900, A321, and E175 (2 each)
Most Common Airline: UA (8 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX (3 departure/3 arrival)
Miles: 1058 (down 93%)
Segments: 2
New aircraft or airlines: 0
New Airports: 0
Airlines: American (2)
Aircraft: A321 (2)
Most common airport: CLT/EWR (2)
A single EWR-CLT-EWR roundtrip in January.
Had plans for new airports (at least TTN, ELP, PIT, LNS) and airlines (Frontier, Southern Airways Express) cancelled.
Miles: 163,234
Segments: 170
New airlines: Anguilla Air Services
New airplanes: BN2
New airports: St Maarten, Anguilla, Charlottesville, Show Low, Flagstaff (total 356)
Thanks Brett for your excellent blog! Thanks to you and your team! Happy New Year to all!
Miles: 8,430 (31,951 last year)
Segments: 9 (29 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: A-319 (2 flights)
Most Common Airline: AA (7 segments)
Most Common Airport: DFW 6 (3 departures/3 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Leon (BJX) – DFW (2 segments)
Miles: 14,818
Segments: 26
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: none
New Airports: none
Most Common Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ200
Most Common Airline: Delta
Most Common Airport: DTW, MSP (Tie with 12 each)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: GRB-DTW, GRB-MSP
6 flights, 7842 miles. 2 normal pre-covid trips, 1 bizarre trip to Houston for a family emergency.
Miles: 7,481 (49,869 last year)
Segments: 9 (38 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: GDL, SJC
Most Common Aircraft: B738 (5 flights)
Most Common Airline: WN, UA, AS (3 each)
Most Common Airport: SFO (2 departures/2 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: n/a, all one segment.
Hoping for a better 2021, not just for flying and air travel but in general.
I almost don’t want to bother. My travel was going to be cut down last year regardless (being unemployed does that to you) but a couple of trips that were planned got COVID killed. But I wasn’t shut out before the lockdowns hit…
Miles: 4,797
Segments: 2
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: none
New Airports: none
Most Common Aircraft: 777-200
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Airport: SFO, HNL (tie)
Happy New Year, CF!!!
Thanks for everything.
Miles: 4,666 (64,480 last year)
Segments: 4 (62 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800 (2 flights)
Most Common Airline: Delta/United (2 segments each)
Most Common Airport: LAX
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LAX to SEA/IAH
Have about a gagillion dollars lined up with Delta. Not only do I have 2 or 3 work trips canceled, I felt like splurging on a vacation in 2020 and bought (Miles and Cash), the new Delta One Suites on the 777 to CDG. Yeah, that didn’t happen and won’t on the 777.
Miles: 23,881 (107,144 last year)
Segments: 22 (114 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: B738 & E75L (4 each)
Most Common Airline: United (14 segments)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: RDU – EWR (3 segments)
Happy New Year!
2020 Miles: 0!
But, 2020 wasn’t a complete zero. I see DOT has gotten around to issuing its final rule “codifying its longstanding definitions for the terms “unfair” and “deceptive.”” And, the rule actually says: “Proof of intent is not necessary to establish unfairness or deception.”
Unfortunately, all of this seems to relate only to DOT carrying out rulemakings. Not sure how any consumer, airline customer, or traveler can use the “unfair” definition to convince DOT that a particular airline practice, however idiotic, lacking in common sense, etc. you may find it is, is “unfair.” There still appears to be multiple hoops to jump through. to get DOT to act on anything.
Sorry! One day into the year and I’m off into another rant!
Miles: 7,480
Segments: 8
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: A220-100 and E175 (3 flights each)
Most Common Airline: Delta (all segments)
Most Common Airport: SJC (2 departures/1 arrival)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SJC – SEA and SEA – BZN (2 segments)
My lowest year since 1997. I don’t think I’ll be flying again until I get the vaccine. It’s also the first year that I never flew a segment in Y.
OMG – if you don’t count Premium Economy, same here!
Miles: 7,262 (61,612 last year)
Segments: 7
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: E170/175
Most Common Airline: United (all segments)
Most Common Airport: IAH
Most Common Non-Directional Route: N/A (three trips to three different locations)
Happy New Year!
What’s non-directional route in this context? Does everyone have same understanding here?
It’s a route from one point to/from another point but in either direction so, it’s A –> B and B –> A combined. Or A B.
Thanks- makes sense! ??
Miles: 1358 (13,850 last year)
Segments: 2 (thanks COVID)
New Airlines/Airports: None
New Aircraft: A220-100
Most Common Aircraft: A320/A220-100 (tie)
Most Common Airport: SFO/SEA (tie; 1 departure and 1 arrival at each)
Most Common Airline: Alaska/Delta (1 segment each)
Most Common Non-directional route: SEA-SFO (only one)
New surreal experiences: fleeing a college campus at the start of a global pandemic on an A220 with 15 pax
Hoping for a happier, healthier 2021 for everyone!
Miles: 47,837 (usually ~150k / yr)
Segments: 23
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None (PVG was new on 12/31/2019)
Most Common Aircraft: A321 beat out B757
Most Common Airline: American narrowly beat out United
Most Common Airport: LAX (Every flight touched LAX)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: LAX – ORD (18 segments)
Fun Facts:
– Flew DL 777 retirement flight (only trip since 3/12)
– First flight of the year was PVG-LAX (while “something weird” was happening in Wuhan)
19 total itineraries, 25 scheduled flight segments plus one unscheduled segment.
15,726 total miles according to flightmemory.com
One airline: Southwest
Equipment: Boeing 737-700/800
I got window seats each time.
No new airports.
I used 22 total airports: PIT, RDU, ATL, CLE, IND, STL, MCI, TUL, DAL, HOU, CRP, DEN, PHX, ABQ, LAS, LAX, LGB, BUR, ONT, SMF and SEA
Longest flight (distance) 1,811 miles 3:01 PHX-PIT got a good strong tailwind on that one!
Longest flight (duration) 1,199 miles 3:25 DAL-ONT Was scheduled DAL-LAX, diverted to ONT for fuel after holding and more hold expected for LAX
Shortest flight (distance/duration) 47 miles 0:24 unscheduled segment ONT-LAX (see above)
Shortest scheduled flight (distance/duration) 187 miles 0:35 CRP-HOU This was the shortest originally scheduled flight.
Miles: 4,302
Segments: 4
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: A321-200 (4 segments)
Most Common Airline: Volaris (4 segments)
Most Common Airport: Mexico City (2 departures/2 arrivals)
Miles: 2,633
Segments: 5
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: CLT
Most Common Aircraft: CRJ-200 (2 segments)
Most Common Airline: Skywest, as Delte Connection, American Airlines (2 segments)
Most Common Airport: South Bend (1 departure/1 Departure Involuntarily Denied Boarding/2 arrivals)*
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SBN-MSP (2 segments)*
*This should have been a clean 3 identical non-directional routes, two round-trips pre-COVID lockdown s SBN-MSP (flights were both early) and SBN-CLT-LGA, at SBN to start this trip our flight was oversold and the American Airlines contract staff basically didn’t attempt to solicit volunteers resulting us in Involuntarily Denied Boarding. After having to request cash compensation -we weren’t offered our legal rights- instead of a Voucher, we got rebookend on an ORD-LGA flight late that evening (there were no remaining flights with seats) taking the train into Chicago to the ‘L’ into a snowstorm, with our flight after 90 minutes of snow removal and deicing miraculously chosen as one to make it out that night.
Miles: 3491
Segments: 3
New Aircraft: N/A
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: 737-900
Most Common Airline: Delta
Most Common Airport: Milwaukee
Most Common Non-Directional Route: MKE-CUN
1 trip in 2020, and that was in January. Definitely ready to get back in the air!
Happy New Year, Cranky!
I was able to get a few trips in early in 2020 plus a work trip to London!
Miles: 16,784 (55,282 last year)
Segments: 8 (32 last year)
New Aircraft: Sadly, none
New Airlines: None
New Airports: RNO (Reno-Tahoe, NV)
Most Common Aircraft: None – 2 each on A321, 777, 737 and E175
Most Common Airline: American (6 segments)
Most Common Airport: LAX (3 departures/3 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Flew 4 found trips to different places – LHR, RNO, LAS, MIA
Let’s hope for a better 2021!
Miles: 33,340 (v. 189,290 last year)
Segments: 32 (v. 161 last year)
New Aircraft: A220
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Airline: American
Most Common Aircraft: 737 (note: this was the first year since 2005 I did not fly a widebody)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: ORD-MCO (7 segments)
New Non-Directional Routes: DTW-SMF
Miles: 2101
Segments: 7
No new aircraft or airlines
New Airports: No new airports
Airlines: KLM, SAS, Norwegian
Aircraft: B737-700, B737-800, E190
Most common airport: KRS
Last flight February 28. 3 booked flights cancelled (KRS-TXL, KRS-SFO, KRS-LAX).
ANC-CDB-ADK-CDB-ANC (Only time I ever flew with the TSA agents who screened me)
ANC-AKN-DLG-ANC
All 737-700
Well, I have been “grounded” since March… but 2020 had a highlight: my first two helicopter flights! (to and from an offshore oil platform…)
Miles: 3,148 (25,987 last year)
Segments: 10 (29 last year)
New Aircraft: Sikorsky S-92, AgustaWestland AW139
New Airlines: Omni Taxi Aéreo (private helicopter charter)
New Airports: Lençóis (LEC), Farol de São Tomé (SBFS)
Most Common Aircraft: A320 (3 segments)
Most Common Airline: Azul (5 segments)
Most Common Airport: Belo Horizonte (CNF), Salvador (SSA) (2 departures / 2 arrivals each)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: SSA-LEC (2) (not considering the helicopter flights)
Longest Flight: SSA-CGH (919miles)
Shortest Flight: SSA-LEC (201 miles) (not considering the helicopter flight)
Happy new year!
I had so many aspirations for amazing travel at the start of 2020 only to be disappointed with the least amount of flying of any year in my entire life (including when I was still a baby in diapers). Only recorded one trip in February before flying got challenging with all of the onerous restrictions.
Miles: 1,798 (65,934 last yr)
Segments: 2 (43 last yr)
New Aircraft: A380 None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: CR7 & E75
Most Common Airline: United
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DEN-YYC
New Aircraft should read as None
Miles: 62,844
Segments: 81
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: Iberia, Air Do, United Airlines
New Airports: BCN, PBI
Most Common Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-200 (23 segments)
Most Common Airline: Endeavor Air (38 segments)
Most Common Airport: DTW (18 departures/18 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: DAY-DTW (19 Flights)
Fun Fact: I had my first diversion in 5 years this year
I should add more fun facts.
First time ever I’ve gone a year without a new aircraft type
First time my most common aircraft has not been a derivative of the DC-9
First time my most common airline has not been Delta Air Lines
First time my most common route has not been DAY-ATL
Miles: 28,894 (104,455 last year)
Segments: 47 (90 last year)
New Aircraft: Beechcraft King Air, A321NEO
New Airlines: Boutique Air
New Airports: LYH, FLO, EWN, PSP, EGE, AGS, LCH, VCT
Most Common Aircraft: 737-800 (10 flights)
Most Common Airline: American (40 segments)
Most Common Airport: DFW (30 segments)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: CLT-DFW (3 segments)
Miles: 8,280 (32,925 last year)
Segments: 10 (33 last year)
New Aircraft: None
New Airlines: None
New Airports: None
Most Common Aircraft: Boeing 737-700 (5 flights)
Most Common Airline: Southwest (5 segments)
Most Common Airport: Nashville (4 departures/4 arrivals)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Nashville-Phoenix (2 segments)
Miles: 13,441
Segments: 22
New Aircraft: 737MAX 8
New Airlines: None
New Airports: FLL, BTV, BZN
Most Common Aircraft: CRJ-700 (8 Segments)
Most Common Airline: Delta (11 Segments)
Most Common Airport: MSN
Most Common Non-Directional Route: MSN-MSP
CANCELLED:
Segments: 16
New Airlines: Lufthansa, Air Malta, EasyJet
New Airports: MLA, FRA, PRG
New Aircraft: 747-8, 767
Ope! I forgot I also got to try out the “new” CRJ-550 as it is used fairly often now for MSN-ORD flights.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER to commemorate the weird year.
Miles: 9,933
Segments: 10 + diversion to SPS
New Aircraft: ERJ-140, my first ride on a small RJ since a Continental Express SAAB 340
New Airlines: None
New Airports: SJC, FLL, and a storm diversion in Wichita Falls
Most Common Aircraft: 3x CRJ900
Most Common Airline: American
Most Common Airport: DFW
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Dallas to Louisville
Miles: 4,063 (30,221 in 2019)
Segments: 4
New Aircraft: 787-10
New Airlines: None
New Airports: IND
Most Common Aircraft: Four tied at 1 (737-900, E170, CRJ550, 787-10)
Most Common Airline: American (4 segments)
Most Common Airport: Four tied at 2 (LAX, PHX, IND, DFW)
Most Common Non-Directional Route: Four tied at 1
Longest Segment: PHX-IND (1,551 miles)
Shortest Segment: LAX-PHX (437 miles)