Your 2025 year of travel in review

[ellen10]

My stats for this year:

• Number of flights: 14 (8 Business, 6 Economy)
• New countries visited: 1, Portugal - well Sicily actually feels like a new country.
• New airports visited: Port Vila, Bangkok, Istanbul, Porto, Lisbon, Catania, Bologna
• New airlines flown: Thai, Turkish, Air France, Vueling
• Best flight: BKK - IST (J) - TK
• Like - all flights on time and service good.
• No dislikes - oh yes, jet lag!

 

[AIRwin]

Best flight: BKK - IST - QF

BKK-IST on QF?

 

[SydneySwan]

My stats for this year:

• Number of flights: 19 (7 Business, 12 Economy)
• New countries visited: 3, Taiwan, Lithuania, Latvia.
• Shortest flight HEL - TLL.
• Longest flight HKG - HEL
• New airlines flown: Buzz
• Best flight: HKG - HEL on AY (J)
• The walk at HEL from the arrival gate at the non-Schengen part of HEL to the departure gate for the HEL - TLL flight took longer than the HEL - TLL flight!

 

[ellen10]

BKK-IST on QF?

Oops TK, thanks I have corrected it.

 

[DejaBrew]

Number of flights: 45 (8 Y, 35 J)
New countries: None
New airports: None
New airlines: None
New aircraft: A220-200 (QF), A320neo (ANA), A350-900 (CX)
Shortest flight: HND-TOY 262km/162.799mi
Longest flight: SYD-HKG 7392km/4593.176miles
Dislike: NRT's refusal to accept bags early despite CX's published early bag drop policy at said airport.
Like: QF cabin crew that go the extra mile
Best Flight: Toss-up between AKL-SYD in J (QF B738) and MEL-AKL in J (QF B738), but clearly not because of the hard product

Milestones and Memorable Moments:

• Hitting P1 for the first time
• 3 x back-to-back AKL status runs requiring 14 flights in 4 days (there was method to the madness, but I wouldn't recommend this to others )
• Miraculously making it onto my 6am QF140 AKL-SYD after waking up at 5:31am (and somehow not being the last person to board!! ). FA Chris was an absolute star!!
• NRT Lounge Crawl
• Spending the entire flight chatting with one of the QF B789 pilots, talking all things from his experiences piloting the Dreamliner, to travel destinations, learning languages, tips and tricks for private travel plus much more. Thoroughly enjoyable way to spend 3.5 hours in the air.

 

[chitown_boy]

Total flight distance: 232,376km
Nights overseas: 155
Number of flights: 41 (34 Y, 1 W, 4 J, 2 F)
Delays: 46% (totalling 10 hours lost; QF21 greatest at 4hrs)
Total airports: 26
New countries: Switzerland, Czechia (now up to 36 in total)
New airports: LGA, IAD, YYZ, AGP, DCA, PRG, VLC, ZRH
New airlines: JAL, Easyjet Europe
Shortest flight: MAD-BCN Aéreo Puente from transatlantic feeder (482km)
Longest flight: DFW-MEL 14,475 miles (17hrs 56min)
Total aircraft types: 16 (51% airbus)
Most flown aircraft: A380 (5x)
Newest aircraft: 1 year (IB A320neo)
Oldest aircraft: 28 years (BA B777-200er)
Dislikes: OW codeshares on Iberia metal seat selection is near impossible. The Private Room in Singapore was a tad underwhelming during anniversary time. My first time in ZRH and the prices for anything was astronomical and exceeded even my expectations (e.g., 12 Swiss francs for a small bag of ice cubes at the supermarket)
Likes: ANDALUCÍA, first and foremost! Spanish high-speed rail (Ouigo Spain was a total revelation, cheap, cheerful and as fast as the mainliners thanks to being double decker). My first SQ F, drank about 6 bottles of Krug over 27 hours, the food onboard was exquisite. Renovated LGA airport was a total revelation and my airport of the year, along with the Chase Sapphire lounge that can be accessed using PP. Arlo Williamsburg !!! Rooftop pool 'free' for guests (there is an exorbitant resort fee though) and overlooks the whole of NYC!!!

Intercity trains: 21 (19 high-speed; 11 Renfe, 5 DB/SBB, 2 Ouigo Spain, 1 Iryo Spain, 1 Amtrak, 1 local commuter Basque region)
Marriott Bonvoy: 113 nights, totalling US$19,442 so close but no Ambassador!)


[Some stats courtesy of Flighty app.]

 

[VPS]

Number of flights: 10 (8 international 2 domestic)

Distance: 42870 km

New countries: Malta, Northern Ireland, Qatar
New airports: MLA, LIN, BHD 7 in total for year
New airline: None

Shortest flight: BHD-LHR 504km (twice)
Longest flight: ADL-DOH 11313km (twice)

Dislike:
Bucket list of catching the train from Sicily to Milan spoilt by getting a coughpy change of cabin one hour before train due to depart. No luck getting any money out of Wise, Trainline, Trenitalia or PayPal.

Booking on the Pullman Dining in the UK and they refusing to serve me any food at all because all the food had been prepared in a facility where they had fish. Great service recovery with vouchers, no charge for wine and getting some food from the trolley that was prepared in a different facility.

Tripping over and breaking a rib while I was away wasn’t great either

Like: Sicily and Malta were both amazing. (I’m with @ellen10 that Sicily should be it’s own country




I was away from home one trip for 165 days and working for about three and half months but great experience.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Apparently I spent 16 hours and 9 minutes taxiiing! And never took a flight on a Saturday! Quite remarkable!