You know you are a former frequent flyer when...

[Ade]

For me, as a recovering travel-holic, I check MATRIX ITA once every day - just see which complex route I can take the next time I'm able to fly international, imagine QF or VA doing a DSC and calculate how much credits will I earn per $ and how quickly I can retain QF WP

 

[Mattg]

Are you flying from Austria

Well, the emails were in German

 

[Ade]

One of the self-funded routes below :

Please feel free to comment/recommend/suggest changes to the trip below - it will help me and I guess it would help those that miss flying to flex those memory muscles with some travel ideas

Trip : CBR-MAA and return

Leg 1 : CBR-MEL-BNE-SIN-CMB (all in Y)
Leg 2 : Break at CMB for a day and then do, CMB-BKK-SYD-CHC-SYD-BKK-CMB (all in J)
Leg 3 : Break at CMB for a day and then do, CMB-MAA-CMB (all in Y), spend a week or two at MAA, with family
Leg 4 : CMB-SIN-BNE-MEL-CBR (all in Y)

This would cost me, conservative estimate, $4700, getting at least 600SC (not keen on calculating the exact number, 600 SC is all I need with DSC, to retain WP)

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

...you get excited when a jet flies overhead.

And be so happy when you see its an SQ A350 or a wide body.
Even better if its one of those grey planes that looks like an A330 (the coloured ones by RAAF), which wink wink, no one wants to admit.
People ask me why do I waste time looking at planes, wry grin from me at that question!

 

[wandering_fred]

...you get excited when a jet flies overhead.

And given you are on the approach/departure path of a regional airport you smile at all the FIFO workers on their way.....
Perhaps not really wandering?
Fred

 

[OZDUCK]

And given you are on the approach/departure path of a regional airport you smile at all the FIFO workers on their way.....
Perhaps not really wandering?
Fred

Yes I see plenty of "FIFO jets" in my area of Perth especially on bike rides near the Canning River. It is a bit of thrill when I see the occasional 'international' flight.

 

[OATEK]

Yes I see plenty of "FIFO jets" in my area of Perth especially on bike rides near the Canning River. It is a bit of thrill when I see the occasional 'international' flight.

I see 3 or 4 wide bodies a day, being near one of the standard approaches to SYD. Immediately pull out my phone to check which airline/aircraft on Flight Radar.

 

[Hvr]

or a wide body.

Sadly the only plain wide body I see these days is when I look in the mirror.

 

[Ade]

People ask me why do I waste time looking at planes, wry grin from me at that question!

So true !!! many of my mates ask me why I get super excited when I see a plan fly overhead and try to identify it's airline, model etc and I just say, "I like it"

 

[turtlemichael]

I know I'm an infrequent flyer now as I have ,for the first time in 30 years, absolutely no flights booked and I also have no FF points in the kitty as I'm waiting for QF to refund them for all my cancelled bookings.

 

[blackcat20]

When you let your Amex comp flight expire because you can’t go anywhere anyway....

 

[Ade]

When you let your Amex comp flight expire because you can’t go anywhere anyway....

4 vouchers lapsed so far ... that's $1800 worth

 

[Happy Trails]

Your passport is now used only as a makeshift hygrometer:

25% RH


50% RH


75% RH

 

[VPS]

...you get excited when a jet flies overhead.

And welcome to AFF - it took a long time for your first post though

 

[AVV]

This thread is very applicable to me

How can anyone with a brain forget. Just one of my bills pays for continuation. Why do FF think they are so special. As for the covid reward got mine in 4 days.

 

[christine@81]

Oh no! That would be a shocker for me!

I still got several bags of the stuff and luckily started to fill them up again recently.

I just started using them up at home. It's saved a small fortune but now I'm running out.

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When you have run out of the little bottles of shampoo and conditioner you got from hotels.

I used them all up at home, saved a small fortune. Have now run out though. Have to buy stuff!

 

[Fantic125]

When your flying profile looks like this...

 

[JohnM]

When your flying profile looks like this...

What did you expect? - It was already on a downward trend.

 

[Rnwillia]

Flying? Isn't that what the birds do? Not for humans that want to get into Qld or WA!

 

[Seat0B]

Sadly the only plain wide body I see these days is when I look in the mirror.

Too much lockdown going and not enough steps squeezed into an hour of exercise, eh @Hvr ? I feel your pain!