Your Travel in 2009....Monthly Updates

[anat0l]

Wow anat0l thats a stack of flying for the month! All work stuff or some MR's thrown in too?

None of it for work. The story behind the development of that week of flying will be coming to a TR near you, soon.... (I promise!)

 

[Grooba]

mouth is watering with anticipation!

 

[serfty]

It's a mad, mad, mad May...... :mrgreen:

I've included the little flights I had that spilled into June, since I highly doubt I'll be flying again this month.... :-| ...

Good lord!

No wonder you looked Jaded on Saturday morning. :shock:

I reckon with those 25 days of travel, you have out Kiwi Flown Kiwi Flyer!

 

[Flashback]

Just to clarify guys... I need to focus on some other things at the moment so will probably put AFF near the bottom of my list.

 

[JerseyVics]

nice thread... thank god for Australia or my travel would be dismal this year:

Flight Sector Report - JerseyVics

can't wait for a few upcomming segments... not to mention a few more flights I'd like to book to Adelaide, Perth and Darwin... (and New Caledonia if I have any more money left over)

 

[JerseyVics]

QF11 27th Dec 2009 15:05 SYD LAX Airbus A380 
QF32 9th Aug 2009 18:00 SIN SYD Airbus A380 
QF32 9th Aug 2009 12:00 LHR SIN Airbus A380 
BA365 9th Aug 2009 08:15 LYS LHR Airbus A320 
BA360 1st Aug 2009 00:00 LHR LYS Airbus A320 
BA10 31st Jul 2009 00:00 SYD BKK Boeing 747 
BA10 31st Jul 2009 00:00 BKK LHR Boeing 747 
DJ1537 20th Jun 2009 18:00 HBA SYD Boeing 737 
DJ1528 20th Jun 2009 06:25 SYD HBA Boeing 737 
DJ154 16th Jun 2009 15:05 NAN SYD Boeing 737 
DJ155 13th Jun 2009 08:15 SYD NAN Boeing 737 
DJ544 7th Jun 2009 19:05 OOL SYD Boeing 737 
DJ509 7th Jun 2009 08:10 SYD OOL Boeing 737  
DJ1520 25th May 2009 12:25 TSV SYD Boeing 737   
DJ1637 23rd May 2009 06:35 TSV CNS Embraer E170
DJ1519 22nd May 2009 09:00 SYD TSV Boeing 737  
DJ73 3rd May 2009 16:30 CHC SYD Boeing 737   
DJ74 1st May 2009 19:05 SYD CHC Boeing 737   
DJ855 3rd Mar 2009 03:15 MEL SYD Boeing 737  
DJ882 14th Feb 2009 19:15 SYD MEL Boeing 737  
QF12 6th Feb 2009 22:30 LAX SYD Airbus A380 
VX518 6th Feb 2009 09:30 JFK LAX Airbus A320   
B6782 28th Jan 2009 19:55 SDQ JFK Embraer E190   
B61735 25th Jan 2009 17:51 SJU SDQ Embraer E190   
B6715 23rd Jan 2009 23:59 JFK SJU Airbus A320

Membership Status = What membership status?


LOL .... Dirt!

 

[Hawkeye]

Travel for Month of May (& a bit of June)
5th BNE-SIN QF J (3B)
5th SIN-LHR BA J (63A)
31st LHR-SYD QF J (13F)
1st SYD-BNE QF J (2J)

Total sectors: 4
Total miles: 21,625
Total QFF points: 48,855
Total QFF SC's: 560

QFF YTD (Aug-Jul)
Total sectors: 26
Total miles: 79,166
Total QFF points: 174,957
Total QFF SC's: 2,490

2009 YTD
Total sectors: 12
Total miles: 32,843
Total QFF points: 73,455
Total QFF SC's: 880

I suspect that will be the end of flying for my qualifying year.

 

[JohnK]

May 2009

03/05/09 QF556 SYD-BNE 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs
08/05/09 QF555 BNE-SYD 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs
10/05/09 QF548 SYD-BNE 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs
15/05/09 QF555 BNE-SYD 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs
17/05/09 QF552 SYD-BNE 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs
22/05/09 DJ779 BNE-CNS 862 miles 435 Velocity points
24/05/09 DJ786 CNS-BNE 862 miles 435 Velocity points
29/05/09 QF551 BNE-SYD 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs
31/05/09 QF542 SYD-BNE 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs

Total sectors: 9
Total miles: 5,000
Total QFF points: 7,000
Total QFF SC's: 70

Total Velocity points: 870

YTD

Total sectors: 40
Total miles: 23,882
Total QFF points: 46,140 *
Total QFF SC's: 365

Total Velocity points: 2,310

Total QFF SC's earned from 01 June 2008: 1,285
Current lifetime status credits: 5,580 (39.86% of LTG)

Airlines flown: QF(33), CX(1), DJ(6)

* Includes loyalty bonus x 1

 

[QF WP]

My May flying is finished...

22 MAY QF784 BNE/CNS 865 miles 1,298 points 15 SC's
31 MAY QF709 CNS/BNE 865 miles 1,298 points 15 SC's (+ ODU to J)

QF
Total sectors: 2
Total miles: 1,730
Total QFF points: 2,596
Total QFF SC's: 30

QFF MEMBERSHIP YTD (1/3/09 to 28/02/10)
Total sectors: 4
Total QFF SC's: 60

AA YTD 2009
Total sectors: 0
Total EQM's: 0
Total EQP's: 0
Total AAdv points: 111 (thanks to Hertz x 2 )
Program to Date miles: 243,809 (thanks to Amex promo )
Miles with Expiration Deferred Through Nov. 28, 2010: 213,809

 

[wandering_fred]

American Airlines

Mar/Apr 2009 - nil

19May QF Y PER SIN
19May JL Y SIN NRT
23May JL Y NRT BNE
24May QF Y BNE PER

YTD Elite Qualifying Points 10,813
YTD Elite Qualifying Miles 10,501
YTD Elite Qualifying Segments 6
Program to Date Miles 519,251

some posting issues with QF (thank you )

June nil
July award flights (transferred to the new oneway awards)
16 Jul J CX PER HKG
20 Jul Y CX HKG SIN
20 Jul Y QF SIN PER

then quiet till Oct

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[notzac]

My QFF qualification year started in June - was a little depressing to see all those hard-earnt SCs vanish. My year has started out quietly as follows:

Date		Flight	Cities	Miles	Fare	SCs
2009-06-04	QF 636	MEL/BNE	859	O	15
2009-06-07	QF 635	BNE/MEL	859	O	15	
2009-06-19	JQ 171	MEL/CHC	1503	JS Lite	0
2009-06-21	JQ 166	CHC/MEL	1503	JS Lite	0

That gives me a total of, uh, 30 SCs earnt in this qualifying year so far.

I'll be having myself an airport-free July, a few domestic flights August through October, however I'm indulging myself with a little trip in November to get the SCs back up to respectable levels. Planning holidays is so much fun!

 

[Hawkeye]

Travel for Month of June
Nil

QFF YTD (Aug-Jul)
Total sectors: 26
Total miles: 79,166
Total QFF points: 174,957
Total QFF SC's: 2,490

2009 YTD
Total sectors: 12
Total miles: 32,843
Total QFF points: 73,455
Total QFF SC's: 880

 

[drron]

Aadvantage as at 30/6/09-
Total miles-895,539
YTD EQP-40869
YTD EQM-27244
YTD Sectors-9
On track to acheive Life time gold in January 2010.
Will remain at Plat for 2010.

 

[QF WP]

My June flying was....

zero

QF
Total sectors: 0
Total miles: 0
Total QFF points: 0
Total QFF SC's: 0

QFF MEMBERSHIP YTD (1/3/09 to 28/02/10)
Total sectors: 4
Total QFF SC's: 60

AA YTD 2009
Total sectors: 0
Total EQM's: 0
Total EQP's: 0
Total AAdv points: 111 (thanks to Hertz x 2 )
Program to Date miles: 243,809 (thanks to Amex promo )
Miles with Expiration Deferred Through Nov. 28, 2010: 213,809

 

[straitman]

Nothing for me for July or August :!: :evil:

 

[serfty]

Trad June YUPs

DALLAS/ONTARIO              1,226   613   1,226     3,065    120
TAMPA/MIAMI                   206   103     206       515     60
MIAMI/DALLAS                1,122   561   1,122     2,805     90
LOS ANGELES/MELBOURNE       7,923         7,923    15,846     90*
ONTARIO/DALLAS              1,226   613   1,226     3,065    120
DALLAS/MIAMI                1,122   561   1,122     2,805     90
MIAMI/TAMPA                   206   103     206       515     60
LOS ANGELES/DALLAS            616           616     1,232     20
DALLAS/ONTARIO                613           613     1,226     20
AUCKLAND/LOS ANGELES        6,517         6,517    13,034     80*
MELBOURNE/AUCKLAND          1,643         1,643     3,286     40*

Month Flights: 11
Month §BIS Miles: 22,420
Month QFF points: 47,394 (From BIS Flying)
Month QFF SC's: 790
Month Velocity: -

YTD Flights: 58
YTD BIS Miles: 89,807
YTD QFF points: 172,010 (From BIS Flying)
YTD QFF SC's: 2,375
YTD Velocity: -

Other:

Calendar YTD "Loyalty" Bonii QFF points: 26,389 (Pro Rata)
Carrier Breakdown: QF 37, AA 17, CX 4

§ - "Butt In Seat"
* Double SC promotion

 

[munitalP]

One World Stats - NOV 01 to JUL 30

QF Direct earn status credits 885
QF Direct earn status credits International 180
JQ Status credits earned 520
One World earned status credits (not QF) 160
Qantas status credit bonus 575

Status credits earned since NOV 01/08 2320

Current lifetime Status credits: 9,805

Number of QF Flights taken 61
Number of JQ Flights taken 27
Number of OW Flights taken 9

Mr!

:shock:

 

[MelbMan]

May/Jun 2009
Mel-Perth Tiger
Perth International-Sin Tiger
Booked this early and with the cab ride between Perth domestic and international I don't think I'll do this route again. Much prefer Melb-Darwin-Singapore as a cheap way to get to Sing.

Stopover

Sin-KL Malaysia MAS
Malaysia-LHR MAS -
Economy and one of the best inflight meals I've ever hard

STN-Istanbul Turkish Airlines
London Stansted is a very nice airport modelled I was told on the new HK one. Very reasonably priced food, a nice ride out there for GBP10 on Stansted Express. Just allow a bit of time from passing through customs to the gate as the gate as a rollacoaster train ride from the main terminal
One of the most crowded flights I've ever been on

Istanbul-Antalya Turkish Airlines
2 hour layover at Istanbul late at night. Delayed taking off. It should be the same sort of plane but seems a lot roomier

Antalya International Airport is larger than what I'd thought and like a lot of these middle sized airports pretty easier to fly in and out of.

Stopover
The old part of Antalya looking over the Mediterranean is fabulous. The hotel we stay at in the Lara Beach area for a conference is all in. All meals, all soft and alcholic drinks included. A week or two here on holidays as opposed to business would be very nice. Just lay back and relax!
Hotel rack rate Euros 130 per night.

Antalya-London Gatwick BA
A free flight... AUD60. Some friends were in paid seats up in business class. But business class to Turkey is exactly the same seats as economy and nothing like the business class seats we enjoyed on a free flight from LHR to Larnaca Cyprus in 2006 which had the wide seats. Back then BA business class service was fantastic. Always liked BA service... this year on 2 flights the overall BA experience seemed to have gone downhill somewhat. Individually though BA customer service especially at the airport is first class.

Overland by road and ferry to France
Dinard France- East Midlands Ryanair
Dinard is a very small airport in Brittany. Managed to get 20kg suitcase onboard without paying a surcharge plus 10kg in hand luggage. As always the Ryanair flights are very good once onboard. It's just their MD is stupid.
The cappucinos and hot chocolates on board are as good as in cafe

London Heathrow Terminal 5 -Frankfurt BA
Free flight via Frankfurt to Singapore. Dinner @ Carluccios just outside the LHR gate... a great meal and a very nice last taste of their NW Sicilian Red. Carluccios is opposite the breakfast place with the giraffe signage in T5.

We sit on the tarmac for nearly 70 mins. With a 90 min gap in flight connections at FKT for Singapore the 4 of us trying to make this connection start to worry

Frankfurt to SIngapore Qantas
After takeoff shift seats so one guy is at the end of the 5 seat middle row, I'm at the other end.. so plenty of time to spread out. Have a mini film festival with a great range of French, German movies.

Singapore stopover

Sing-Brisbane Emirates
They might have a huge audio visual library but with everything they have to offer I finished up watching old episodes of Top Gear. The problem with Emirates is they don't have an arthouse film section. In its place is Bollywood and Arabic titles. Virtually no French, German or European

Bought in Singapore this Emirates flight was $AUD400 return... we have a return flight back to Sing in Jul

Brisbane overnight - Brisbane at 2.30am in the morning...it's like a jungle in the CBD

Brisbane to Melbourne - Virgin Blue
Thanks to the guy on the Virgin blue check in we finish up with exit row seats. I do like VB.. it's like a modern day Ansett.

So thats about 12 or 14 flights in 30 days. We did enjoy crossing the English channel by ferry this year... no luggage limits and quite cheap.

 

[JohnK]

June 2009

04/06/09 QF553 BNE-SYD 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs
09/06/09 QF506 SYD-BNE 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs
12/06/09 QF553 BNE-SYD 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs
15/06/09 QF552 SYD-BNE 468 miles 1,000 QFF points 10 SCs
25/06/09 DJ978 BNE-SYD 468 miles 425 Velocity points
28/06/09 DJ993 SYD-BNE 468 miles 425 Velocity points

Total sectors: 6
Total miles: 2,808
Total QFF points: 4,000
Total QFF SC's: 40

Total Velocity points: 850

YTD

Total sectors: 46
Total miles: 26,690
Total QFF points: 50,140 *
Total QFF SC's: 405

Total Velocity points: 3,160

Total QFF SC's earned from 01 June 2009: 40
Current lifetime status credits: 5,6200 (40.14% of LTG)

Airlines flown: QF(37), CX(1), DJ(8)

* Includes loyalty bonus x 1

 

[dede]

My travel in June was a trip to the good 'ol US of A.

Lots of YUPPS and the flight on June 11 was on a day of lots of cancellations due to severe electrical activity.
See http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/american-aadvantage/963741-anything-getting-out-dfw-june-11-merged.html

My flight was cancelled and I was rebooked on the next flight but they could only seat me in Economy. I was credited with 40SCs but a polite letter to Qantas pointing out that I should have been credited with SCs for the class booked, not flown, resulted in getting the extra 80SCs.
I will make WP for the first time ever in November before my renewal date of Jan 1. This is the first year I've ever had anything above Bronze!

The last two columns are status credits earned for the flight and my running total for the year.