2017 Year in Travel

Flights

With 113 total flights, this was a record flying year for me—the first year I’ve ever exceeded 100 flights. My work flights alone this year exceeded my total flights last year.

A chart of my flights by year. 2017 shows 113 total flights (103 business, 4 mixed, 6 personal).

Hotels

My hotel nights were pretty consistent with the prior three years; I ended the year with 109 total nights.

A chart of my hotel nights by year. 2017 shows 109 total nights (93 business, 16 personal).

New Airports

I only visited five new airports this year, which puts me at a total of 83 airports visited so far.

#	Code	Airport	First Visit
79	OAJ	Jacksonville North Carolina, United States	9 Jan 2017
80	VPS	Destin/Fort Walton Beach Florida, United States	21 Mar 2017
81	BFL	Bakersfield California, United States	24 Apr 2017
82	TPA	Tampa Florida, United States	6 Jun 2017
83	PIA	Peoria Illinois, United States	3 Aug 2017

Peoria wasn’t a planned visit—we ended up diverting there and deplaning due to weather in Chicago.

New Airlines

Frontier was my only new airline in 2017.

Frequent Traveler Status

I maintained American Platinum and Hilton Diamond this year, and earned Silver status for both United and Marriott.

Trivia

Longest Flights: ORD–SEA and SEA–ORD (1716 miles or 2761 km; flown 5 times in 2017)
Shortest Flight: PIA–ORD (129 miles or 207 km)

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