Your upcoming trips, Biz or Fun

I haven't been on the forums in a while.. how's everybody? =)

I am finally taking my first trip to Europe to spend time with my cousins who live in the south of France. While there for my three weeks, we plan on taking a train and spending 4 days in Paris.

I searched Air France/Delta (~1450 USD), Lufthansa (~2000 USD) and Alitalia (~1600 USD). Fares with KLM (1253 USD) were lowest, however I'm not so sure about the airline quality =!

11 July 2008
KLM642 (JFK-AMS)
Boeing 747
Seat 44-A (wing/flap view!!)

12 July 2008
KLM1403 (AMS-MRS)
Fokker 100

30 July 2008
KLM1404 (MRS-AMS)
Fokker 100

30 July 2008
KLM643 (AMS-JFK)
Boeing 74M
Seat 22-K (engine view!!)

I have never flown on any of these aircraft; I am looking forward to this trip, especially onboard a 747!

8 June
Delta
DAB-ATL-SWF

17 June
Delta
SWF-ATL-DAB

Going to Cancun in late June :D
First time flying AA and I'm looking forward to it.

6/23
AA#1671
A300-600
KJFK-MMUN

6/29
AA #2186
737-800
MMUN-KMIA

AA#1812
A300-600
KMIA-KJFK

working vacation in cali again:

09 July
AWE400 JFK-PHX 0600L A320
ASH2783 PHX-MRY 1003L CRJ900
21 July
ASH2798 MRY-PHX 0615L CRJ200
AWE12 PHX-JFK 0857L B757


overnight trip to BOS for a redsox game:

30 July
USA2128 LGA-BOS 1300L A319
31 July
USA2133 BOS-LGA 1500L A319

After looking at all the information on Alaska, etc, we decided that we'd really like a long weekend so we decided as a family to endure some cold weather (we do enjoy it) and head to Anchorage...

Thursday Sept 4, 2008

CO 2367 ERJ-145 PBI-IAH
CO 667 B753 IAH-ANC

Monday Sept 8, 2008
CO 233 B753 ANC-SEA
CO 1580 B738 SEA-EWR
CO 1854 B738 EWR-PBI

All that for just 25,000 miles (and $10) per person!! Really looking forward to it!

July 26th

Great Lakes
B1900D
MWA-STL

AA
STL-SEA
Boeing 757

AS/Horizon Air
SEA-PSC
Q400

August 2nd

AS/Horizon Air
PSC-SEA
Q400

AA
SEA-STL
Boeing 757

Great Lakes
STL-MWA
B1900D

Alex

I have last minute trip to Oakland. I'm actually flying in 10 hours.

May 27
DCA - PHX
US Airways B757

PHX - OAK
US Airways Express CRJ-900

May 30
OAK - PHX
US Airways Express CRJ-900

PHX - DCA
US Airways A319

Not looking forward to this trip...

Rafal

Just completed Dothan, Alabama for Memorial Day weekend (fun)
JFK-ATL DAL17 B752 N704X (ex-TWA)
ATL-DHN ASA4597 CRJ N840AS
DHN-ATL ASA4297 CRJ N977EV
ATL-JFK DAL57 B763 N1613B (in BizElite which was sweeeet)


coming up: Toronto (for work)
Week of June 8
JFK-CVG DAL95 B752 (ex-TWA)
CVG-YYZ COM5786 CRJ
YYZ-CVG COM5252 CR7
CVG-JFK COM5486 CRJ

Week of June 15
JFK-CVG DAL95 B752 (ex-TWA)
CVG-YYZ COM5786 CRJ
YYZ-CVG ASA4251 CRJ
CVG-JFK DAL136 B752 (ex-TWA)

Yes I know what you're thinking - why connect in CVG when there are RJ direct flights? So I can fly on an int'l converted ex-TWA 757 and get upgraded into the BizElite section. I'm anxious to see how an int'l configured 757 is on the inside and also to get some pics. (For those of you who don't know, DL is running an int'l ex-TWA 752 from JFK-CVG-AMS-CVG-JFK to feed the AMS flight from CVG).

Off to the Blue Grass state.

6/24
American/American Eagle
JFK-ORD AA1217
ORD-SDF AE4329

6/26
American Eagle
SDF-RDU-JFK AE4549

Be nice to see RDU again on the AA side.

Just booked my fathers portion of the trip to come join my mother and myself in Europe:

June 25
Continental EWR-LGW 757-200

June 26
Easyjet LGW-MAD A319

July 22
Continental LHR-EWR 777-200

Just booked my one day trip to Mississippi. I'm doing:

June 7
DCA - ATL
Boeing 757-200 Delta

ATL - JAN
CRJ-200 Delta Connection (ASA)

JAN - ATL
CRJ-700 Delta Connection (ASA)

ATL - DCA
MD-88 Delta

Departing in the morning coming back late in the evening. I'll be driving from Jackson MS to Greenwood MS to catch birds at that graveyard, then back to Jackson to catch my flight back.
Expect some pictures when I return :)

Rafal

Alaska vacation:

August 18th:
JFK-SLC-YVR
Delta

August 25th:
ANC-SEA-JFK
ASA/Delta

You will have a great time! Alaska is amazing!

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Originally Posted by JetBlueAirwaysFan

You will have a great time! Alaska is amazing!

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Thanks, we are really looking forward to going!

Booked my next spotting trip.
Leaving on June 12 coming back June 15.

June 12
DCA - BTV
EMB-170 US Airways Express (Republic)

June 15
DCA - BTV
EMB-170 US Airways Express (Republic)

Rafal

Almost done with booking flights for my European portion of summer 2008:

July 2
Vueling A320 MAD-BCN

Booked my next spotting trip.

Departing IAD going to ATL for two days.

June 21
IAD - ATL
CRJ-900 Delta Connection (Freedom Arilines)

June 22
ATL - IAD
B757-200 Delta Air Lines


Rafal

Driving into Canada for my first visit to the country. Out on 7/3 via Plattsburgh to Montreal, and maybe as far as Ottawa. 7/4 to YYZ for 2 days, back via YHM, IAG, BUF, ROC, SYR, RME and ALB!

Anyone wanting to join me is more than welcome. Leaving from just off Exit 91 of the Garden State Parkway.

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Originally Posted by MarkLawrence

Monday Sept 8, 2008
CO 233 B753 ANC-SEA
CO 1580 B738 SEA-EWR
CO 1854 B738 EWR-PBI

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Because of the cuts in the Continental schedule, we've now been changed to Delta on the way back...

DL1138 B752 ANC-SLC
DL130 B764 SLC-ANC (glad to be back on the B764 - we had great trips to and from South Africa on this)
DL1653 B752 ATL-PBI

I think you ment SLC - ATL on B764 :)
Have fun in Alaska.

Rafal

LOL...yes - thanks Rafal -SLC-ATL.

I've booked my flight to Florida

July 14
DCA - CLT
US Airways A319

CLT - PNS
US Airways Express (PSA) CRJ-700

July 18
PNS - CLT
US Airways Express (Republic) EMB-175

CLT - DCA
US Airways A319

If I will experience the slighthest problem on any of my legs, this will put and end to flying with US Airways. Mark my word :)

Rafal

02 July

day trip for lunch to ACK:

CJC4803 LGA-ACK 1155L
CJC4879 ACK-LGA 1534L

Thanksgiving New Itinerary:
11/26-12/01
JetBlue 395 LGA-MCO
JetBlue 396 MCO-LGA

Heading to New Mexico! This will be a first for me so good to check it off my list of cities and states visited!

8/3
AA1847/AA369
JFK-DFW-ABQ
MD-80

8/6
AA1272/476
ABQ-DFW-JFK
MD-80

Off to Poland! Plan to do some spotting at Gdansk Airport
Too bad I'll miss the A380 arrival :(

7/30
Lufthansa #411 A340-600 JFK-MUN
Lufthansa #3164 CRJ-700 MUN-GDK

8/4
Lufthansa #2239 (LOT E-170) GDK-MUN
Lufthansa #410 A340-600 MUN-JFK

I booked my Grandmother on B6 for 7/13-7/20.

JFK-PBI

PBI-JFK

I've booked my flights to Poland too!!!! :) Can't wait. This will include 2 days of spotting at WAW airport. 8 days of spotting at my home town airport RZE, plus I will take spotting trip somewhere in Europe. That will put me in the range of 12 days of spotting :) Thats what I call real vacations :)

September 27, 2008

IAD - MUC Lufthansa A330-300

September 28, 2008

MUC - WAW Lufthansa Cityline AVRO RJ85
WAW - RZE EuroLOT ATR-72

Then flights to some airport in Europe (dont know where yet)

October 10, 2008

RZE - WAW EuroLOT ATR-72
Full day of spotting at WAW

October 11, 2008

WAW - CPH SAS MD-87
CPH - IAD SAS A330-300


Spotting!!!! Spotting!!!! More Spotting!!!!!!!!

Take care,
Rafal

Since I am in the mood to book flights I've got me another one :)

July 27, 2008

DCA - PHX US Airways A319
PHX - OAK US Airways A319

August 1, 2008

OAK - LAS US Airways B737-300
LAS - DCA US Airways B757-200

I have 18 flights to take between this coming Monday and first part of October. I'm addicted to flying!!! :)

Take care,
Rafal

Heading down to Vernon, Alabama for a client next week...

DAL247 JFK-ATL B757 (ex-TWA)
DAL2001 ATL-BHM CR9

DAL824 BHM-ATL MD88
DAL926 ATL-LGA B757

Going to Colorado for the girlfriend's post-Bar Exam trip...

Aug 5 - F9 Flight 511 LGA->DEN
Aug 12 - B6 Flight 160 DEN->JFK

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Originally Posted by kc2aqg

Heading down to Vernon, Alabama for a client next week...

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Wow, who did you piss off to get that gig? :)

Hi everyone!

Having just returned from South Africa/Mozambique, I needed to act quickly and book some travel which I should've done earlier. Pretty soon it'll be time for me to make my way back to NYC after spending the summer retreating here in L.A...Soon the days of 85F, blue skies, and a Pacific breeze will be gone :cry:

returning to the East Coast...

August 29, 2008:

AA #4 (aka Josh May Express :P )
LAX-JFK
B767-200


Thanksgiving holiday...

November 23, 2008:

AA #119
EWR-LAX
B757-200


December 2, 2008:

AA #4
LAX-JFK
B767-200

Didn't know you'd been in SA Josh - got lots of pics to show????

As promissed, I've booked my intra-europe spotting trip. :)
I will land at the airport which was a site to the worst air disaster ever (1977 Pan Am and KLM 747 colision)

Oct 1, 2008

RZE - WAW EuroLOT ATR-72
WAW - MAD LOT B737-400
MAD - TCI Spanair MD-82 (Tenerife North - Canary Island)

Oct 4, 2008

TCI - MAD Spanair A320

Oct 5, 2008

MAD - FRA Lufthansa A321
FRA - WAW LOT B737-400
WAW - RZE EuroLOT ATR-72

All in Business Class :) Can't wait :)

Take care,
Rafal

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Originally Posted by MarkLawrence

Didn't know you'd been in SA Josh - got lots of pics to show????

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Hi Mark,

It is true! I was over there just 3 days ago. Unfortunately, I haven't got too much to share since I did no spotting. It was mainly a work-related trip, similar to my adventure this past March in Romania. I've only taken boring in-flight shots :|

Man do I hate you guys sometimes LOL

Even when I worked at WN I could only manage about 2 flights a week.

Looking at some of you all, man!!!

Nothing planned after my PSC trip coming in exactly a week.

Perhaps a fall mileage run could be in order somewhere.

Alex

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Originally Posted by SoPictureThis

Hi Mark,

It is true! I was over there just 3 days ago. Unfortunately, I haven't got too much to share since I did no spotting. It was mainly a work-related trip, similar to my adventure this past March in Romania. I've only taken boring in-flight shots :|

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Ahh - ok - for some reason I thought it might have been a spotting trip!! :) Hope you had a better experience at Johannesburg International than we did in March!

Took a trip on july 10
LGA - DSM Flight NWA 2850

Returned on the 13th
DSM - LGA Flight NWA 2851

Both flights were wide open less than 10 on each ( which I was non-reving )
The cool thing with 2851 was that It routed far north over the great lakes and over part of canada.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/FLG2 ... /KDSM/KLGA

August 26

US3862
LV: Daytona Beach 7:53 AM
AR: Charlotte 9:20 AM
CRJ-200
Seat: 6A

US1910
LV: Charlotte 9:55 PM
AR: New York-LaGuardia 11:53 AM
A320
Seat: 16A