Bob said:
I have grown used to the comments as well. I think SWMBO may have disposed of a few early ones over the years. I just had a look at the bottom of the pile and it looks like 2001 (not that boarding passes have the year marked on them, but it was the trip with AN in Sept 2001 that left me stranded in Kalgoorlie) :cry:
Thanks to all for the congratulations. My next trip is to Venezuela, so I might turn it into a RTW and log a few more points.
Congratulations!
You've found a community that cares about this sort of thing.
As for boarding passes, I keep them. For one thing they are handy to check over and see if I've been credited with the points.
But what I like doing with them is to stick them in a notebook, along with any other ticket stubs, maps, menus and so on that I collect along the way. A pocket guide to the London Underground, a menu from a Washington cafe, the certificate that says I climbed Baldwin Street. I glue them in as I go along, scribble some notes here and there, and when the years and the flights have merged together, I can go back and there are enough details and dates, colours and images to jog the memory into coughing up all those little associations.
I use Levenger Circa notebooks - they have pages that are detachable, covers that protect and they are robust and practical. I can rearrange pages, add or delete, past in some digital prints.
And perhaps most precious of all are the comments I solicit from people along the way. Here is a paragraph from a steward on my first Pacific flight, describing how after another week of Frankfurt and Beijing he was looking forward to a quiet holiday at home! Or a note by a bored attendant at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, that shows despite the professional bland face she presented to the world, underneath her mind was racjing along at a million miles an hour.
But that's me, and if I ever get to Lifetime anything, I want to have a life I can remember.f