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NorskSaint

Great to hear from a new face (well, name!) on this forum.

I visited Norway for the first time ever this year on a cruise that took us up to the Arctic Circle? Which part of Northern Norway are you from?

[RaveAroundTheWorld]

I did a lot of travelling this year as well but more and more I tend to go to the same places for work. Another trend is sticking with LX and LH wherever and whenever possible.

So not much new stuff for me other than a short-haul pop with Philippines airline. Was totally ok.

New airports visited:
– TRN
– MNL
– DPS

My top 2 airlines remain SG + LX.

Wishing everyone all the best over the holidays.
-Rave

[RaveAroundTheWorld]

Meant SQ of course.

PS: and somebody mentioned Priorat…..I can only agree it s a gem.

[LuganoPirate]

Another new experience for me, was flying over Greenland and actually seeing the ground, rather than just cloud. What was fascinating was I could see the glacier entering the sea. Never seen that before and I have (hopefully) attached a photo.

[rodders]

Great thread…a quiet year for me, but a handful of new experiences

New Airports
Seattle
Juneau
St. Petersburg
Innsbruck
Fukuoka (love the 3 letter designator FUK):):)
Bangalore and New Delhi (new airports/terminal)

New Airlines
Alaska
Cathay Dragon
ANA
Vistara
Vueling
Level

New Aircraft
A350 BA and AY
B787-9 Oman Air

Best Travel Experiences
Orient Express from Venice to London
Visiting Japan for the Rugby World Cup

[DavidGordon10]

A more quiet year than usual:

69 sectors
27 airports – new ones were Kyiv, Hannover and Cartagena
12 airlines, only Avianca was new

Also 7 long-distance train journeys (long-distance = I might well have flown, for example London – Köln)

New experience – my first trip on a 380

Go-arounds – three, two at LCY and one in Madeira

Best long-haul, SAS – worst long-haul, BA

Best security, TLV – worst security, Brussels Midi Eurostar

[Tramor01]

45 flight segments, similar to last year, mostly UK/Scandinavia to SE Asia or Germany
No new destinations – unless you include Karlsruhe Hbf (KJR) as part of a Lufthansa Air/Rail ticket (LHR/FRA/KJR).
I even got 1000 SAS Eurobonus points each way for the FRA/KJR leg.
Got to experience Qatar’s poor on the ground customer service first hand at Hamad a couple of weeks ago – an extremely painful experience to say the least, completely wiping out any customer service good will created by the onboard experience

[MartynSinclair]

Apart from a minor office tidy up, I am now done for this year. Like most, my sector count was down – mainly due to my business concentrating in the Far East and avoiding Europe and the USA.

Only 1 new airline, Vietjet and one new destination Da Nang.

May I wish everyone a Happy Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice OR of course, if nothing celebrated, a fabulous restful few days.

I hope 2020 will bring us all health, wealth and plenty of happiness.

Thank you BT for continuing to support this fabulous Forum.

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