To answer a few questions.
a. yes I fly alot. I dont enjoy flying but I enjoy what I do and I'm good at it. I could travel 100% of my time if I wanted no life.
b. self-funded or company paid. I'm a shareholder in my company and all my travel is for work. I stay home for holidays and I give away my points.
c. Just over 8,000 SCs were on QF metal / QF tickets this year. Higher this year because I was testing a theory (on unpublished benefits) which proved false. Maybe next year will see if EK will offer IO. Although P1 as published is disappointing, they have come through on all of my "special" requests.
d. All long-haul flights in J. Most short-haul flights in Y.
e. I like the comparisons I've read "if I was flying in x class I would have y SCs". Well, if I flew in F class I would have 16k SCs. If I only flew in Y class I would have about 6k. If all of my flights were on OW in the class I flew, I would easily have over 14k.
Some stats for anyone interested:
Hours in the air: 892 (= 37 days)
Miles flown: over 420,000
Kilometres flown: almost 700,000 (= 17 times around circumference of the earth, 1.8 trips to the moon)
Average flight distance: 5,400km / 3,360m
Average flight time: 7.1 hours
Number of flights: 126
Number of Qantas flights: 61
Number of airlines flown: 18
Number of different airports visited: 28
Number of stops in LHR: 26
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