Six flights in a day! Am I crazy?

[JohnK]

End of next month I will have 6 flights with the first one at ~1:00am and the last one due to arrive at ~11:40pm. It will be tricky as I will have checked luggage and golf clubs but I will try to get the luggage in the F Lounge at B to be routed A->B->E bypassing C and D.

There is no issue about misconnections as they are on CX and even though on separate bookings I have been told I am protected. By the way 4 of the flights were on 2 separate days 1 week later but my plans for the trip have changed and I am trying to maximise time on the ground.

I will also be hoping the flight the night before, QF31, is on time.

Any thoughts?

 

[munitalP]

Didn't think you did status runs JK :shock:


You'll have a sore butt by the end of it ;P


munitalP

 

[JohnK]

Didn't think you did status runs JK :shock:

Need the SCs to get Lifetime Gold and it is not going to be easy to get there on SYD-BNE flights in discount economy.

 

[munitalP]

Need the SCs to get Lifetime Gold and it is not going to be easy to get there on SYD-BNE flights in discount economy.

How many SC's you got to go for LTG now?

 

[JohnK]

How many SC's you got to go for LTG now?

Around 5,000SCs, perhaps a little more to go, and with most international travel moving to business class awards I need to have some sort of status for my domestic commute as without status I may as well be travelling on VA or JQ.

 

[munitalP]

Around 5,000SCs, perhaps a little more to go, and with most international travel moving to business class awards I need to have some sort of status for my domestic commute as without status I may as well be travelling on VA or JQ.

Yeah, I remember now, we chatted about that the other week. Have a good break anyway

 

[Mal]

Yes you're crazy.

But you are in good company.

I can understand the routing, not sure the airline will be happy to use a separate routing for your luggage (even though you will be on the flights)., but good luck with it all.

 

[Hvr]

End of next month I will have 6 flights with the first one at ~1:00am and the last one due to arrive at ~11:40pm.
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I will also be hoping the flight the night before, QF31, is on time.

Any thoughts?

Crazy as hell and definitely a man to be admired.

I mean people not of our world would not understand but we can only aspire to equal your achievement.

Best I've ever done was four in a day (all CX J) and was very thankful I could sleep on the last leg.

 

[JohnK]

I can understand the routing, not sure the airline will be happy to use a separate routing for your luggage (even though you will be on the flights)., but good luck with it all.

Should not be a problem.

Last trip which was the first legs of the next trip the luggage was tagged A-B-C-B-D and when I was in the lounge in B I was asked if it was OK for the luggage to be sent B-D rather than go B-C-B-D. I agreed.

I have over 2 hours in B in the morning and the plan is to ask if they can do the same thing again. If they can't then I can just as easily collect luggage in C and check-in again as I have 2 hours there and B-D-B is the same aircraft turning around so should be able to do this one as well.

Best I've ever done was four in a day (all CX J) and was very thankful I could sleep on the last leg.

I can imagine that I will be able to sleep part of the way as I want to be wide awake at ~11:40pm.

I have done 5 flights in a day in the past and that was difficult.

 

[zig]

I have done 5 flights in a day in the past and that was difficult.

Yes, definitely crazy, but you don't really need us to confirm it for you, do you? Good luck with it.

 

[TiredOldFlyer]

Sometimes I think it is crazy to take one flight a day - particularly on out LCC's.

 

[docjames]

To a non AFFer, definately crazy. To AFFers - still a little crazy.

 

[yohy?!]

By no means is it crazy

Btw would you mind sharing the routing?

 

[NM]

I once did 5 flights "in a day", but as I was chasing teh sun, it was a very long day. Was BNE-SYD-SIN-FRA-LGW-RDU all in Y. After 40 hours I certainly had seen enough of the insides of aircraft and airports and had enough of airline and lounge food. Good luck you your 6 in a day. You are braver than I . 5 was too many for me.

 

[Mal]

I once did 5 flights "in a day", but as I was chasing teh sun, it was a very long day.

Yeah, My longest was:
MCO-DFW-OKC-LAX-SYD-AKL-BNE. (12607 miles - Longer than a trip to the UK from Australia! )

After that... I was absolutely flogged. The final flight was basically "WTF am I doing?" I was almost delusional (And ... all flights were in AA F and QF J, bar one AA flight (1hr) in Y. Couldn't imagine it in Y. Longest layover was about 5 hours, the rest about 1-2 hours.
I'm sure I'll repeat it again one day!

 

[yohy?!]

I've been looking at some FT threads that talk about taking up to 10 sectors in a day in Japan domestic to retain CX DM - all in domestic J on JAL mainly between Osaka (Kansai) and Tokyo (Narita), looks to be fairly cost effective but I'm sure you'd be well and truly fed up with flying after all that!

 

[serfty]

I've done 6 flights in a day ... but not with Golf Clubs in Tow! :shock:

Majorly long travel days for me have been:

DXB-(BA,J)-xLHR-(BA,J)-xLAX-(QF,Y)-xSYD-(QF,Y)-MEL

BOS-xDFW-xSFO-xLAX-xHNL-LAX-xORD-BOS - All AA, F

ANC-(AA,F)-xDFW-(AA,F)-xJFK-(CX,J)-xYVR-(CX,J)-HKG

MEL-(QF,Y)-xSIN-(CX,Y)-xCMB-(CX,J)-xBKK-(CX,J)-xHKG-(CX,J)-NRT

 

[JohnK]

by no means is it crazy

btw would you mind sharing the routing?

sin-hkg-tpe-hkg-mnl-hkg-bkk....

 

[yohy?!]

Nice, im doing tpe-hkg-mnl-hkg in Sept to take me to Gold for the first time.

Hopefully youre not in regional configs for all those sectors!



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[Simo]

I did 4 flights in 24 hours with 3 different carriers.

BNE to Darwin with QF
Darwin to SIN with *star
SIN to MNL with Cebu
MNL to ILO with Cebu as well.

But was on a boys trip so alcohol was consumed on all legs apart from MNL to ILO as it was a 7am flight.

Luggage all arrived when needed.

Had a sore butt by the end of the cebu flights as padding is extra on there seats.