Your 2024 year of travel in review

[Mattg]

It's time for the annual AFF "year in review" thread. (For reference, this was last year's: 2023 - Year In Review)

This year, a lot of companies including Qantas have emulated Spotify with their "2024 wrapped" emails. So it's only fitting that AFF members do the same. This thread is an opportunity to share your travel stats and your new, best and worst flight experiences for 2024!

Here are my stats for 2024:

• Number of flights: 94 (63 Y, 5 PE, 26 J)
• Countries visited: 43 (including 21 new ones)
• New airports visited: DUB, LCY, LEJ, IGU, EZE, FTE, REL, AEP, UIO, PBM, PTY, AUA, MDE, SJO, GUA, FRS, XPL, SAL, MGA, TPE, UBN, SJJ, SKP, BLQ, RNS, NTE, NCE, BRE, KEF, LPQ, VTE
• New airlines flown: FlyArystan, Flybondi, Aerolineas Argentinas, Copa Airlines, Wingo, TAG Airlines, EVA Air, MIAT, Scoot, Air France, Icelandair
• New aircraft type flown: Boeing 787-10
• Best flight: KLM from AMS-PBM on a Boeing 777 in J
• Worst flight: SAL-MGA on an awful Avianca A320 in Y which was completely full and ran late, arriving in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm

 

[SYD]

TripIt does some of the heavy lifting for stats! It produced a few individual screens and this summary (although I’m still travelling!).

1. four new countries
2. New airports: MVD, PRG, BUD
3. New airline: Ryanair! (Flew yesterday PRG-BUD)…
4. New cruise line: VV

Must try harder for 2025!

 

[gaz0303]

Happy this thread has started as I still don’t have my QF year in review email.

Here are my stats for 2024:

• Number of flights: 98 (91 Y, 1 PE, 6 J) for 94,463 miles, all but 2 work funded.
• Countries visited: 4 (1 new)
• New airports visited: LAX, MIA, GND, OOL, CFS
• New airlines flown: American
• New aircraft type flown: Boeing 787-9, a321neo
• Most aircraft type flown: Dash8 - 55
• Best flight: J on AA LAX-SYD
• Worst flight: Y on NZ, AKL-SYD
• 29hrs lost in delays, not including cancelled flights that caused overnight delays.

Record most number of flights in a year for me.

 

[mbell1510]

This year was my busiest year for travel due to an increase in work trips on top of a few international trips.

• Number of flights: 44 (40 Y, 0 PE, 4 J) for 107,834km
• Countries visited: 7
• New airports visited: NOU, GLT, TSV, CNS
• New airlines flown: N/A - First time on VA, AC and AA in 8 years
• New aircraft type flown: Boeing 787-9, Boeing 787-8, Fokker 100, Embraer E170
• Most aircraft type flown: Boeing 737-800 - 24
• Best flight: J on QF SYD-YVR and Y on QF LHR-SIN (50 people in Y due to overnight delay so very empty and super quiet).
• Worst flight: Y on AC, YVR-YUL (old, cramped, full 3-4-3 B777 with cushioning so worn you could only feel two plastic supports in seatback
• Longest delay: QF2 LHR-SIN delayed till following day and then 21 hours at SIN due to missed BNE connection and our new QF52 delayed itself by 8 hours

 

[Harrison_133]

• Number of flights: 105
• Countries visited: 2
• New airports visited: HIJ, NRT, ICN, GMP, CJU, PUS
• New airlines flown: All Nippon Airways, ZIPAIR, T'Way Air, Jin Air, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines
• New aircraft types flown: Airbus A220-300, Airbus A321neo, Boeing 737-900 (the non-ER version), Boeing 767-300, Fokker 70
• Best flight: finally getting to add the 767 to my flight log (Asiana from Jeju to Seoul)

 

[elanshin]

My stats for 2024

• Number of flights: 54 (34Y, 1PE, 19J). I still have 5 flights left. (3Y, 2J).
• Countries visited: 10 (3 new)
• New airports visited: TPE, ICN, GMP, KCH, DFW, DCA, LGA, YYZ, BUF, ORD, SEA, YVR (KUL soon)
• New airlines flown: AA, AK, D7, EK, AS
• New aircraft type flown: A220, A321N, E175,
• Most aircraft type flown: B738
• Best flight: J on CX, although we'll see if JL36 upcoming will beat it.
• Worst flight: QF to ICN. In flight itself was regular QF but we were delayed at the gate (after boarding) for 2.5h which caused us to miss the last trains out of ICN and get scammed by a taxi driver.
• Still have a SYD - MEL - KUL - SIN - HND left right before the end of the year (KUL - SIN - HND) will be starting a new OWA.
• Nov 2023 was my partner's first time flying J ever in her life and now shes done 17 this year and a F flight (i was in J). This was mainly from a OWA we already completed this year.