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Old 7th January 2005, 11:19 PM
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2004 flying...a Year in Review

Well, according to my trusty Excel spreadsheet :

Total flight sectors:

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

Hotel nights:
SPG - 5 for 11 nights; Hilton - 6 for 10 nights; Hyatt - 1 for 1 ; Marriott - 1 for 1 (slow year for me)

Best Mileage Run: Lindsay's Mileage Run across Australia
Best Trip Report (mine): either Lindsay's Wedding & Honeymoon TR or New Years in America 2004
Best get-togethers with other flying friends: OZFEST 2004 and 2004 Xmas QP BNE and SYD meetings
Best hint: Toss up between *G status match or Miletracker

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Flown 585 sectors totalling 821,765 miles since March 03, 1988 (ba97.com)
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Old 8th January 2005, 02:50 PM
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Re: 2004 flying...a Year in Review

Good One Lindsay, well travelled; kept a track of mine as well. I've analysed my spreadsheet and my 2004 travels came to the following:

Total flight sectors:

77 (62 Aust Domestic, 15 International [all NZ related])

Segments by class of service:

Paid Y segments: 65 (6 Award-upgraded to J: 3 int, 3 Dom)
Award Y Segments: 9
Award J segments: 3

Segments by carrier:

Qantas: 73 (62 Dom, 11 Intl)
Jetconnect: 4

Total miles Travelled:

55,721 (33,371 Aust Domestic; 22,350 International)

Paid miles Travelled:

43,603 (27,777 Aust Domestic; 15,826 International)

QF Frequent Flyer Miles earned:

80,767 (57,023 Aust Domestic, 23,744 International)

Total Status Credits:

750 (class O/N sucks!)
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Old 9th January 2005, 10:09 PM
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Not a huge year for me as far as number of trips is concerned, but enough to re-qualify QF Platinum and HH Diamond again.

Total flight sectors:

28 (4 Aust Domestic, 9 USA Domestic, 15 International)

Segments by class of service:

Paid discount Y segments (K): 6 (2 Aus domestic, 4 international)
Paid D segments: 22
Op-upgraded J segments: 0
Op-Upgraded F segments: 0
Award-upgraded J segments: Intl 0, Dom 1
Award-upgraded F segments: Intl 2

Segments by carrier:

Qantas: 12 (4 Dom, 8 Intl)
BA: 5 (all Intl)
AA: 9 (8 USA domestic, 1 Intl)
MH: 2 (Intl)

Total miles:

64,862 miles (3.047 Aust Domestic; 50,472 International; 11,343 USA Dom)

Frequent Flyer Miles earned:
QF: 144,910

Hotel nights:
Hilton - 12 stays for 42 nights

Best mileage run:

Upgrading economy flight to DONE4
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Old 23rd January 2005, 02:35 PM
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Lindsay,

Apologise for the lateness of this reply and the ignorance but what is a "G staus match"

Cheers,
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Old 24th January 2005, 09:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell Corr
"G staus match"
He is refering to a promotion last year by the StarAlliance that permitted a status match of your OneWorld (and probably other programs) status in the *A program. *G was meaning Star Gold status level, which is their alliance-wide status providing many benefits such as lounge access and upgrades etc.
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Old 24th January 2005, 06:50 PM
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Totals for 2004

Here are some stats on my own 2004 calender year:

Total flight sectors: 94

Domestic: 89
International: 5

BY CLASS

International first award: 1
International first upgrade: 1
International J (paid): 2
International Y (paid): 1
Domestic Virgin Blue Zone: 10
Domestic Y (paid): 34
Domestic J (paid): 22
Domestic J upgrades: 18
Domestic J award: 5

BY AIRLINE

Qantas: 74
Virgin Blue: 12
Jetstar: 3
Macair: 2
Aeropelican: 1
British Airways: 1
British European: 1

TOTALS

Total miles flown: 110,000

Total Qantas points earned: 250,000
Total Qantas status credits earned: 2,080

I didn't keep track of numerous hotel stays!

Planning a quieter and less pricey 2005...
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Old 24th January 2005, 11:10 PM
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Domestic sectors = 101
International sectors = 26 (mainly Asia, also South America and UK)

Haven't calculated points or SCs
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Old 25th January 2005, 07:16 AM
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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

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