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Up In The Air / Re: 2020 Year In Review: COVID Edition

« on: December 28, 2020, 07:43:49 PM »

Impressive for 2020.

Would love to read that Japan TR.

Thanks!

This was with 5 months of not travelling from mid March to mid August, so I would agree it is not bad.

The Japan trip was in the end of January 2020 / early February. COVID was a big thing in Asia, and was just barely making the news in the US at that point. I remember how foreign it felt to have the First class flight attendants wearing masks on the flights, something that only started here at the end of March / April.

We were from the few not wearing masks around Japan, many of the locals were and stores were already sold out of them there..

Sapporo Snow and Ice Festivals were the highlight of the trip. Beautiful city and amazing what they pull off making out of snow and ice.

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Up In The Air / Re: 2020 Year In Review: COVID Edition

« on: December 28, 2020, 07:29:38 PM »

40,972 total miles flown.

Red = Back of the bus
Green = Business
Purple = First
Blue = Private

• JFK-NRT, HND-UKB-CTS-FUK-HND, NRT-JFK: ANA F and ANA Y for Japan Domestic; 120k VS + 10k UA + $266.83.
• FRG-FID: Blackbird App; free with expiring referral credit.
• LGA-YYZ-LGA: AC Y and WS Y; ~$160 RT.
• LGA-DEN-EGE-DEN-LAX-JFK: UA Y and B6 Y+; ~$280.
• VNY-AVX: Blackbird App; free with expiring referral credit.
• JFK-LAX-SMF-ATL-LGA: B6 J, WN Y+ and DL Y+; 33k B6, 2.5k WN and ~$150.
• EWR-LAX-JFK: UA J and AA J; 20k LH, 22.5k AA and $10.20.
• EWR-RSW-EWR: B6 Y; $40.20.
• JFK-AUS-EWR: B6 Y; $34.20
• JFK-CUN-JFK: B6 Y and DL Y; 5.5k DL and $137.35

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Just Shmooze / Re: Absent DDFers

« on: November 12, 2020, 09:51:45 PM »

Welcome home!

Thanks!

Coin is now sold, great transaction through DDF.

Stats have been updated with @Something Fishy in mind.

It’s time for me to say goodbye again, till next time..

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Up In The Air / Re: What Countries Have You Been To

« on: November 12, 2020, 12:08:21 AM »

Europe:

Andorra
Belgium
England
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Norway
Portugal
Scotland
Spain
Switzerland
The Netherlands
The Vatican

Asia:

China
Indonesia
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Philippines
Qatar
Singapore
Taiwan
UAE

North America:

Canada
Mexico
The Bahamas
USA

South America:

Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Peru

Oceania:

Australia
New Zealand

Africa:

Morocco
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Up In The Air / Re: Rank The First/Business Class Cabins That You Have Flown

« on: November 11, 2020, 11:48:44 PM »

International First Class:

NH F 77W - New Suite [JFK-NRT, NRT-JFK]
SQ R 388 [JFK-FRA, FRA-SIN]
JL F 77W [NRT-JFK]
9W F 77W [YYZ-AMS]
JJ F 77W [JFK-GRU]
QF F 388 [LAX-SYD]
CX F 77W [JFK-YVR]
SQ F 773 [SIN-CGK]
AA F 77W [JFK-MIA]

International Business Class:

QR J 77W [DOH-JFK]
GA J 333 [DPS-KIX]
VS J 359 [JFK-LHR]
BA J 318 [LCY-SNN, SNN-JFK]
DL J 359 [DTW-PEK]
CI J 744 [PEK-TPE]
PR J 359 [MNL-JFK]
VS J 333 [LHR-TLV]
NZ J 77W [AKL-SFO]
AM J 789 [JFK-MEX, MEX-JFK]
LY J 789 [TLV-JFK]
IB J 346 [JFK-MAD]
TP J 332 [LIS-JFK]
LA J 788/789 [SYD-AKL, JFK-LIM]
AA J 752 [EDI-JFK]
AV J 332 [BOG-JFK]
JJ J 763 [JFK-YYZ]
AT J 744 [YUL-CMN]

Domestic Lie-Flat:

AA F 321 [JFK-LAX, SFO-JFK]
B6 J 321 [JFK-LAX, JFK-SFO]
AC J 333 [YVR-YYZ]
DL J 333 [LAX-JFK]
DL J 764 [JFK-ATL]
AA J 332 [PHL-SFO]
AA J 321 [LAX-JFK]
UA J 752 [SFO-EWR]
UA J 763 [EWR-LAX]
AA J 762 [SFO-JFK]

Domestic Premium Class:

VX F 320 [JFK-SFO]
AT J 738 [CMN-FCO]
PR J 321 [TPE-MNL]
RJ J 321 [TLV-AMM, AMM-DOH]
T0 J 319 [CUZ-BOG]
AC J E75 [YUL-YHZ]
AS F 737 [Alaska Milk Run]
DL F 738 [LAS-JFK]
DL F 321 [ATL-RDU]
TP J 320 [OSL-LIS]
KL J 737 [AMS-EDI]
AA J CR7 [JFK-YYZ]

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Deals/Deal Requests / Re: New Coin Deal

« on: November 11, 2020, 07:07:16 PM »

I honored my commitment to PFS last Nov for the reverse proof mabey in that zechus I got the gold.

I like that logic, come to think of it, the same happened for me.

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Goods For Sale/Trade / Re: US Mint Coins For Sale (Individuals only)

« on: November 10, 2020, 07:48:09 PM »

Via DDF?

Yes

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Goods For Sale/Trade / Re: US Mint Coins For Sale (Individuals only)

« on: November 10, 2020, 12:40:05 PM »

Selling:

1 Gold (20XE) for $12,600
1 Silver (20XF) for $480

Both for $13K.

Looking for buyer in Crown Heights or who will pickup in CH.

Please PM.

Sold.

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Up In The Air / Re: Which Airlines Have You Flown?

« on: November 10, 2020, 12:01:08 AM »

Airlines:

Aeromexico - AM / AMX
Air Canada - AC / ACA (Air Canada Jazz - JZA, Sky Regional Airlines - SKV)
Air Chathams - CV / CVA
Air New Zealand - NZ / ANZ (Air Nelson - RLK)
Air Nostrum - YW / ANE
Air Transat - TS / TSC
Airtran Airways - FL / TRS
Alaska Airlines - AS / ASA (Horizon Air - QXE)
All Nippon Airways - NH / ANA
Allegiant Air - G4 / AAY
American Airlines - AA / AAL (American Eagle - EGF, PSA Airlines - JIA, Republic Airlines - RPA)
ANA Wings - EH / AKX
Avianca Brazil - O6 / ONE
Avianca Colombia - AV / AVA
Avianca Peru - T0 / TPU
Azul Brazilian Airlines - AD / AZU
BA CityFlyer - CJ / CFE
British Airways - BA / BAW
Brussels Airlines - SN / BEL
Cathay Pacific - CX / CPA
Cebu Pacific - 5J / CEB
China Airlines - CI / CAL
Citilink - QG / CTV
Comair SA - MN / CAW
Contour Airlines - LF / VTE
Delta Airlines - DL / DAL (Endeavor Air - EDV)
El Al Israel Airlines - LY / ELY
Etihad Airlines - EY / ETD
Frontier Airlines - F9 / FFT
Garuda Indonesia - GA / GIA
Gol Airlines - G3 / GLO
Iberia - IB / IBE
Indonesia AirAsia X - XT / IDX
Japan Airlines - JL / JAL
Jet Airways - 9W / JAI
Jetblue Airways - B6 / JBU
JetsuiteX - JSX / RSP
KLM - KL / KLM
Kulula - MN / CAW
LAN Argentina - 4M / DSM
LATAM Chile - LA / LXP
LATAM Peru - LP / LPE
Lion Air - JT / LNI
Mango - JE / MNO
Nam Air - IN / LKN
Philippine Airlines - PR / PAL
Porter - PD / POE
Qantas Airways - QF / QFA
Qatar Airways - QR / QTR
Royal Air Maroc - AT / RAM
Royal Jordanian - RJ / RJA
Ryanair - FR / RYR
Singapore Airlines - SQ / SIA
Southwest Airlines - WN / SWA
Spirit Airlines - NK / NKS
Surf Air - URF
Swiss - LX / SWR
TAM Airlines - JJ / TAM
TAP Air Portugal - TP / TAP
United Airlines - UA / UAL (Skywest Airlines - SKW)
US Airways - US / AWE (Air Wisconsin - AWI, Chautauqua Airlines - CHQ, Piedmont Airlines - PDT)
Virgin America - VX / VRD
Virgin Atlantic - VS / VIR
Volaris - Y4 / VOI
Vueling - VY / VLG
WestJet Airlines - WS / WJA (WestJet Encore - WEN)
Wings Air - IW / WON
WOW Air - WW / WOW

Charters

Attitude Aviation
Corsair Aviation
Harvard Air Taxi LLC
Highland Aircraft LLC
Hop-A-Jet - HPJ
Hop on Air
MAC Air Group
Mach 5 Aviation
National Jets Inc
Pilgrim Air Trans LLC
Priester Aviation - PWA
Public Charters, Inc.
Skyview LLC
Travel Management Company - TMC
XO Jet - XOJ

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On The Road / Re: Which States Have You Been To?

« on: November 09, 2020, 11:36:58 PM »

42/50.

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Up In The Air / Re: Which Aircraft Have You Flown On??

« on: November 09, 2020, 11:18:49 PM »

Jets:
Airbus A318-100 (A318)
Airbus A319-100 (A319)
Airbus A320-200 (A320)
Airbus A320-NEO (A20N)
Airbus A321-200 (A321)
Airbus A321-NEO (A21N)
Airbus A330-200 (A332)
Airbus A330-300 (A333)
Airbus A340-600 (A346)
Airbus A350-900 (A359)
Airbus A350-1000 (A35K)
Airbus A380-800 (A388)
ATR 72-600 (AT76)
Beech 400 Beechjet (BE40)
Boeing 717-200 (B712)
Boeing 737-300 (B733)
Boeing 737-400 (B734)
Boeing 737-500 (B735)
Boeing 737-600 (B736)
Boeing 737-700 (B737)
Boeing 737-800 (B738)
Boeing 737-900 (B739)
Boeing 747-400 (B744)
Boeing 757-200 (B752)
Boeing 757-300 (B753)
Boeing 767-200 (B762)
Boeing 767-300 (B763)
Boeing 767-400 (B764)
Boeing 777-200 (B772)
Boeing 777-300 (B772)
Boeing 777-300ER (B77W)
Boeing 787-800 (B788)
Boeing 787-900 (B789)
Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300 (CL30)
Bombardier CRJ-200 (CRJ2)
Bombardier CRJ-700 (CRJ7)
Bombardier CRJ-900 (CRJ9)
Bombardier CRJ-1000 (CRJX)
Cessna 750 Citation 10 (C750)
Dassault Falcon 20 (FA20)
Embraer ERJ-135 (E135)
Embraer ERJ-140 (E140)
Embraer ERJ-145 (E145)
Embraer ERJ-170 (E170)
Embraer ERJ-175 (E175)
Embraer ERJ-190 (E190)
Embraer ERJ-195 (E195)
Gulfstream IV (GLF4)
Hawker 800XP (H25B)
Learjet 40 (LJ40)
Learjet 45 (LJ45)
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (MD83)
McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (MD88)

Props:
Beech 200 Super King Air 350 (BE20)
Bombardier Dash 8-100 (DH8A)
Bombardier Dash 8-200 (DH8B)
Bombardier Dash 8-300 (DH8C)
Bombardier Dash 8-400 (DH8D)
British Aerospace Jetstream 31 (JS31)
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia (E120)
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner (SW4)
Pilatus PC-12 (PC12)

Light Aircraft:
Cessna 172 Skyhawk (C172)
Cessna 182 Skylane (C182)
Piper PA-28 Cherokee (PA28)
Piper PA-31 Navajo (PA31)
Piper PA-32 Saratoga (PA32)
Piper PA-34 Seneca (PA34)

Helicopters:
Bell 407 (B407)

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Up In The Air / Re: Which/How Many Commercial Airports (IATA Code Required) Have You Flown Through?

« on: November 09, 2020, 10:15:39 PM »

180 airports (107 domestic, 73 international)

US48:
Albuquerque, NM (ABQ)
Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Atlanta, GA (PDK)
Avalon, CA (AVX)
Baltimore-East, MD (MTN)
Baltimore-Washington, MD (BWI)
Bedford, MA (BED)
Bentonville, AR (XNA)
Boise, ID (BOI)
Boston, MA (BOS)
Bridgeport, CT (BDR)
Buffalo, NY (BUF)
Burbank, CA (BUR)
Burlington, VT (BTV)
Charleston, SC (CHS)
Charlotte, NC (CLT)
Chicago, IL (MDW)
Chicago, IL (ORD)
Chicago, IL (PWK)
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)
Concord, CA (CCR)
Dallas, TX (DFW)
Denver, CO (DEN)
Detroit, MI (DTW)
Fairfield, NJ (CDW)
Farmingdale, NY (FRG)
Fishers Island, NY (FID)
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FXE)
Grass Valley, CA (KGOO)
Hartford, CT (BDL)
Hawthorne, CA (HHR)
Houston, TX (IAH)
Hyannis, MA (HYA)
Islip, NY (ISP)
Jackson Hole, WY (JAC)
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
Lafayette, LA (LFT)
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)
Linden, NJ (LDJ)
Long Beach, CA (LGB)
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
Manchester, NH (MHT)
Miami, FL (MIA)
Miami, FL (OPF)
Milwaukee, WI (MKE)
Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN (MSP)
Morristown, NJ (MMU)
Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR)
Nantucket, MA (ACK)
Napa, CA (APC)
Nashville, TN (BNA)
New York, NY (JFK)
New York, NY (LGA)
Newark, NJ (EWR)
Newburgh, NY (SWF)
Newport, RI (NPT)
Oakland, CA (OAK)
Omaha, NE (OMA)
Ontario, CA (ONT)
Orlando, FL (MCO)
Palm Springs, CA (PSP)
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Phoenix, AZ (PHX)
Plymouth, MA (PYM)
Portland, ME (PWM)
Portland, OR (PDX)
Provincetown, MA (PVC)
Raleigh, NC (RDU)
Reno, NV (RNO)
Rochester, NY (ROC)
Sacramento, CA (SMF)
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)
San Carlos, CA (SQL)
San Diego, CA (SAN)
San Fransisco, CA (SFO)
San Jose, CA (RHV)
San Jose, CA (SJC)
Santa Ana, CA (SNA)
Savannah, GA (SAV)
Seattle, WA (SEA)
Spokane, WA (GEG)
St. Louis, MO (STL)
Syracuse, NY (SYR)
Tampa, FL (TPA)
Teterboro, NJ (TEB)
Trenton, NJ (TTN)
Truckee, CA (TKF)
Tupelo, MS (TUP)
Vacaville, CA (VCB)
Vail, CO (EGE)
Van Nuys, CA (VNY)
Washington D.C. (DCA)
Washington D.C. (IAD)
West Palm Beach, FL (PBI)
White Plains, NY (HPN)
Wichita, KS (ICT)
Worcester, MA (ORH)

Heliports:
New York, NY (JRA)

Alaska:
Anchorage (ANC)
Cordova (CDV)
Gustavus (GST)
Juneau (JNU)
Ketchikan (KTN)
Petersburg (PSG)
Wrangell (WRG)
Yakutat (YAK)

Argentina:
Buenos Aires (AEP)
Buenos Aires (EZE)
Iguazu Falls (IGR)

Australia:
Sydney (SYD)

Bahamas:
Nassau (NAS)

Belgium:
Brussels (BRU)

Brazil:
Campinas (VCP)
Curitiba (CWB)
Florianopolis (FLN)
Foz do Iguacu (IGU)
Manaus (MAO)
Porto Alegre (POA)
Rio de Janeiro (GIG)
Rio de Janeiro (SDU)
Sao Paulo (CGH)
Sao Paulo (GRU)

Canada:
Halifax (YHZ)
Montreal (YUL)
Quebec City (YQB)
Toronto (YTZ)
Toronto (YYZ)
Vancouver (YVR)

China:
Beijing-Capital (PEK)

Colombia:
Bogota (BOG)

England:
London (LCY)
London (LHR)

Germany:
Frankfurt (FRA)

Iceland:
Reykjavík (KEF)

Indonesia:
Bima (BMU)
Denpasar, Bali (DPS)
Jakarta (CGK)
Jakarta (HLP)
Yogyakarta (JOG)

Ireland:
Shannon (SNN)

Israel:
Tel Aviv (TLV)

Italy:
Rome (FCO)

Japan:
Fukuoka (FUK)
Kobe (UKB)
Osaka-Itami (ITM)
Osaka-Kansai (KIX)
Sapporo (CTS)
Tokyo-Haneda (HND)
Tokyo-Narita (NRT)

Jordan:
Amman (AMM)

Mexico:
Mexico City (MEX)
Puerto Vallarta (PVR)

Morocco:
Casablanca (CMN)

Netherlands:
Amsterdam (AMS)

New Zealand:
Auckland (AKL)
Kerikeri / Bay Of Islands (KKE)
Whakatane (WHK)

Norway:
Oslo (OSL)

Peru:
Arequipa (AQP)
Cuzco (CUZ)
Lima (LIM)

Philippines:
Manila (MNL)
Tagbilaran (TAG)

Portugal:
Lisbon (LIS)
Porto (OPO)

Qatar:
Doha (DOH)

Scotland:
Edinburgh (EDI)

Singapore:
Singapore (SIN)

South Africa:
Cape Town (CPT)
Johannesburg (JNB)
Lanseria (HLA)

Spain:
Barcelona (BCN)
Granada (GRX)
Madrid (MAD)

Switzerland:
Zurich (ZRH)

Taiwan:
Taipei (TPE)

UAE:
Abu Dhabi (AUH)

Zambia:
Livingstone (LVI)

Zimbabwe:
Victoria Falls (VFA)

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Goods For Sale/Trade / Re: US Mint Coins For Sale (Individuals only)

« on: November 09, 2020, 09:06:06 PM »

Selling:

1 Gold (20XE) for $12,600
1 Silver (20XF) for $480

Both for $13K.

Looking for buyer in Crown Heights or who will pickup in CH.

Please PM.

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: What's On Your Top 10 Bucket List?

« on: December 26, 2018, 10:26:00 AM »

Been 5 years and did 0. I guess I lose this thread.

- Pictures for inspiration.

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Destination Guides And Trip Planning / Re: Rome Master Thread

« on: December 26, 2018, 07:26:10 AM »

Thanks! We're going to be there from Sunday morning through Tuesday afternoon, were on a late flight out. Any trip reports where they were there for 3 days? It doesn't seem like there's that much to do that will fill up 3 days

Between the restaurants and sights, there is plenty to fill your time. Best to start with the wiki.