2012 - Year In Review

2012 was a busy year! I flew 140,595 miles (new high score), 108,115 of them paid with cash (partially financed by my real job).  Inexpensive trans-con trips in February and cheap tickets to San Juan, PR in fall helped me reach and race past 1K status.  Work travel was better than expected and I took advantage of a $300 DEN-SJU fare that allowed two stops in each direction (I never left the airport in SJU on any of my 5 visits) that let me cheaply go from not quite Premier Exec to comfortably 1K.  

Paid Travel in 2012 - http://www.gcmap.com/

All Flights from 2012 - http://www.gcmap.com/

Selected favorites from 2012:

• Helsinki was a great city to visit and a delight to experience.
• The Park Hyatt Tokyo was far and away the best hotel of the year, maybe ever.
• The A340-600 was my favorite new airplane (for me) to fly; it feels special.
• ANA business class was the best of 2012.
• HEL (Helsinki) is my new favorite airport (FRA is a close second).
• "I flew around the world" is a fun new phase I can use (thanks US Airways Dividend Miles Around the World fare).
• Writing this blog, it really is fun.

Thanks for reading this year and I hope you have a great 2013 filled with new adventures.