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.

 

[RooFlyer]

• Number of flights: 58 (41 domestic, 17 international)
• Number of km: 135,537

• Countries visited: 16 (cleared immigration), 6 new
• New airports visited: TPE, CTS, NGO, DUS, WPU, BGI, CTG
• Airlines flown: QF, VA, AA, SQ, CI, AY, JL, 4Z, Charter
• New airlines flown: Airlink, China Airlines
• New aircraft type flown: A220, A321neo
• Most aircraft type flown: B738
• Best flight: 2 x J on Finnair A350s; BKK-HEL and HEL-MIA. Honourable mention for SCL-WPU on a charter - scenery was sensational.
• Worst flight: None stand out.
• The above counting CTG-DFW to come (and DFW-SYD-HBA on 1/2 Jan)

 

[VPS]

Some of you are much better at record keeping than me

No new countries

One new airport GLA

Best flight was EK F from SYD to DXB

Worst flight was Virgin from ADL MEL in row 29 - I don't think I've sat that far back in over 20 years

 

[BrianQQ]

• Number of flights: 36 flights (all in Y)
• Countries visited: 5 (1 new)
• New airports visited: ICN, IND, OAK, CLT, ORD
• New airlines flown: Cathay Pacific (CX)
• New aircraft type flown: B789
• Best flight: QF292 Singapore to Sydney, A330. Finnair's hard product in Economy is top notch. Dare I say better than Qantas.
• Worst flight: QF12D LAX to Sydney. Flight was delayed for 24 hours. Had to wait two hours for hotel allocation, then another two hours to check in.

 

[wandering_fred]

Flights: 24 (9 in Y) QF JQ 3K MH JL AA IB QR 43056 miles
Other countries (none new): transit Singapore Japan Qatar on the ground Malaysia USA Spain
New airports HND LPA

Best flight comment: AA domestic 787 business DFW-PHL and QR MAD-DOH-KUL business flights

Happy wandering
Fred

 

[Scarlett]

It’s only page one of this thread and my overwhelming thought is: Oh to be retired!

 

[Cossie]

Well Q reckons I flew with them on 22 flights. Others included MH (4), Thai (1), Lao Airlines (1), Lao Skyways (1), Jetstar Asia (1), Cathay Pacific (1), Turkish (8), Iberia Regional Air Nostrum (2), Air NZ (2), Air Asia (1).

New airport, DUD (Dunedin). Istanbul's mega new airport IST.

Countries visited, 18, I think. New countries, Romania, Serbia, to keep ahead of swmbo......

Worst experience, arrivals, Sydney International. Best experience, going to Dunedin to watch Rally Otago.

Next year? who knows......

 

[MEL_Traveller]

232,000kms (~144k miles) for me. 105 flights across 16 airlines. Two new ones… Ethiopian and Air Dolomiti.

Also my first 717 flight and A220 flights!

Funniest moment… the Ethiopian flight was the tag between HKG and BKK. After dinner I really enjoyed the Ethiopian coffee and keen to have another cup I approached the galley to ask for one. The FA opened the draw, pulled out a jar of Nescafé and asked if I wanted milk!

 

[MelbFlyer]

My stats for this year:

• Number of flights: 7 so far (4 Economy, 3 business), 2 to go (both business)
• Countries visited: 3, no new ones
• New airports visited: XMN
• New airlines flown: Japan Airlines, XiamenAir
• New aircraft type flown: A350-1000
• Best flight: MEL to NRT, QF, A330-300, business - Overall a great experience, hard product good as usual, food exceeded expectations, service good
• Worst flight: NRT to MEL, JL, 787-8, business - By far the worst business class experience Ive had - Terrible and outdated hard product (2-2-2 Apex Suites), average food, soft service okay