{"id":4133,"date":"2013-12-25T17:21:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T00:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=4133"},"modified":"2013-12-25T17:21:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T00:21:56","slug":"looking-back-at-2013-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=4133","title":{"rendered":"Looking back at 2013 – Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the final week of the year and rather than moan on about how crappy christmas time is for someone who is seperated from their family (it is crap… avoid it), I am going to look back at some of the good times of the last 12 months. I did a MASSIVE amount of travelling in 2013. Both for work, pleasure and for the sheer hell of it. I did my first real mileage runs in 2013 with the BBQ run to Dallas and the Comfy run to Newark. Both taught me a few things about flying in the USA (never have tight connections in winter in the midwest, that is just CRAZY!). I tried a few new airlines, got to return to Asia and even managed 2 trips to the South Pacific. <\/p>\n

Some of my favourite travel moments looking back over the last 12 months though all involve random events. Things like being photo bombed by a Qantas Cabin Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From Wedding Time Down Under<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Having to replace stickers in LAX repeatedly<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From LAX Avgeek Run<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Or just random stupid things in New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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From AOT NZ Megafamil – North Island<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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From AOT NZ Megafamil – North Island<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

All in all I had a great time this year travelling but it was a big big year. I haven’t fully broken down my stats to see what aircraft was top but it will be a close call between a 737 and an A320. Though to be honest this year was filled with so many different types it will be hard to tell. Some of the stats that I do know though:<\/p>\n

New Airports: Salt Lake City – SLC, Dallas Fort Worth – DFW, Memphis – MEM, Atlanta – ATL, Newark – EWR, San Jose – SJC, Madison – MSN, Green Bay – GRB, OshKosh – OSH, Washington DC National – DCA, Phoenix – PHX, Philladelphia – PHL, Kansas City – MCI<\/p>\n

New Aircraft – MD-88, A321, 767-300 (non ER)<\/p>\n

New Airlines – Cathay Pacific, Hawaiian, Southwest, American, US Airways, Jetblue & numerous Regional Airlines flying under other carriers (for Delta, United, & US Airways)<\/p>\n

The biggest stat for the year though is my total mileage. I don’t think I have ever flown as many miles in my life. It definately beats last year and I think also the year I flew around the world. My total mileage for 2013 was 83,071! That is a LOT! When you put all the cities on the one map it looks like this:<\/p>\n

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All My travelling in 2013 layed out on a map<\/p><\/div>\n

That is a LOT! Obviously the 3 trips across the Pacific gave me a good portion of that mileage (over half at least), but it was a pretty fun year. Not sure what travelling will entail in 2014, but i don’t think it will be as big… but who knows!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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