I find it hard to believe that 2019 is more than halfway over. What’s even harder to believe is that I’m done flying to earn elite status. Any day now I should receive American Airlines AAdvantage credit for my most recent flight in Business Class on Cathay Pacific. Once those miles post to my account I’ll have enough Elite Qualifying Dollars and Elite Qualifying Miles to retain Executive Platinum elite status through January 2021!
So far this year I’ve flown an absolute ton. If I continue flying at the rate than I have been I’ll cross close in on 200,000 miles before New Year’s Eve. However, I have no interest in continuing. In fact, for the most part, I’m done flying in 2019. Sure I’ll have a few work trips and maybe a long weekend in Europe before the end of the year, but I’m done going to Asia and I’m done flying for the sake of flying (unless a stellar deal pops up).
Since I’m mostly done flying this year I thought now would be a great time to update my FlightMemory with the last few flights I’ve taken. I last updated my FlightMemory in April 2019 and at that point I had flown more than 70,000 miles and spent just under a week in the air. I’ve flown a bit more since then, but overall there shouldn’t be a huge increase, but I’m curious to see exactly how far I’ve gone this year already.
My Updated FlightMemory
When I logged into FlightMemory to begin adding my most recent flights I had flown 73,000 miles and taken just 28 flights in 2019. However, after entering my flights for May, June, and July those statistics increased a bit more than I expected…
After entering all of the flights I’ve taken since April I ended up with 48 total flown flights. That means I completed about 20 flights in May, June, and July. Additionally, my flown miles grew from just 73,000 miles to 114,825 miles. So, I flew just over 40,000 miles since the last time I added my flights to FlightMemory.
What I love about FlightMemory is that the site also estimates the number of times I’ve circled the globe as well as the estimated number of hours, days, weeks, and months in the air. It’s crazy to think that I’ve spent just under a week in a half of my year in the air. Who knows how much more time I’ve spent in airports, etc.
FlightMemory also shows some pretty cool maps which depict your flying.
As I compared the domestic map for 2019 to 2018 I noticed on big change. That is, the domestic map makes it very clear that I’ve relocated to New York.
My FlightMemory – July 2019
Likewise, it’s interesting to see that I have yet to go East to Europe. Perhaps I’ll need to change that later in the year. In fact, I’ve already begun planning an actual trip to Europe and the Middle East. That trip should take place later this year.
Final Thoughts
I really love the FlightMemory website. It’s very nice to have a central database of your previous flight data. I like having a website were I can log all of my flights and see where I’ve been. What’s really cool is that you can scroll back through the years to see how each year compares. For example, 2018’s world map looks quite different from 2019’s.
It’s also really fun to look back through the data as a way of recalling certain flights. For example, before looking at the above map I forgot all about my Emirates Economy flight between Rio and Buenos Aires. I also forgot how back then I thought a weekend trip to Europe was crazy…
