I’ve created a simple travel achievement list to collect my travel milestones in one place. Within each category, achievements are sorted by the date of their highest tier, most recent first.
General
Mall Rat
Visit every indoor shopping mall in a U.S. state.
Unlocked 14 Jan 2026
Buckeye Completionist
Visit each of Ohio’s 88 counties.
Unlocked 4 Jul 2016
Hotels and Other Lodging
Hilton Lifetime Diamond
Earn Lifetime Diamond status with 10 years of Diamond and 1000 nights in Hilton hotels.
Unlocked 19 Mar 2024
Lodging Explorer
Stay at 200 different lodging properties.
Unlocked 3 Sep 2016
One of These Nights
Spend 1000 nights away from home.
Unlocked 22 Oct 2015
Season’s Greetings
Receive a Christmas card in the mail from a hotel.
Unlocked 25 Dec 2012
Flights and Airports
Gem City
Fly through Dayton (DAY) 500 times.
Unlocked 23 May 2024
Plane Train
Fly through Atlanta (ATL) 50 times.
Unlocked 6 Jun 2023
Frequent Flyer
Fly on 1000 flights.
Unlocked 27 Aug 2022
Rocking Chairs
Fly through Charlotte (CLT) 50 times.
Unlocked 27 Aug 2022
Airplane Mode
Play the game Airplane Mode on an airplane.
Unlocked 8 May 2022
The City Beautiful
Fly through Orlando (MCO) 50 times.
Unlocked 3 Dec 2021
Water Salute
Fly the inaugural flight of a new airline route.
Unlocked 27 May 2021
Airport Explorer
Unlocked 19 Aug 2019
T-Town
Fly through Tulsa (TUL) 50 times.
Unlocked 14 Mar 2019
Piles of Miles
Fly 500 thousand miles (804k km).
Unlocked 2 Mar 2018
Terminus
Fly to the most distant airline-served airport from home.
Unlocked 12 Feb 2018
No Ketchup
Fly through Chicago O’Hare (ORD) 100 times.
Unlocked 17 Mar 2017
Metroplex
Fly through Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) 100 times.
Unlocked 17 Oct 2016
Zero Feet Above Ground Level
Unexpectedly take an airline “flight” operated by a bus.
Unlocked 23 Oct 2015
NYC Trifecta
Fly through all three major New York City airports (JFK, LGA, and EWR) in a single trip.
Unlocked 14 Apr 2014
Back Again
Fly an airline flight that returns to its origin airport.
Unlocked 15 Feb 2013
Driving
Elevation Extremes
Drive on both the highest and lowest paved roads in North America.
Unlocked 23 Sep 2024
Bring It Back Full
Rent 200 cars.
Unlocked 31 Aug 2019
Going the Distance
Drive 200 thousand miles (322k km).
Unlocked 1 Nov 2017
Lemon
Have a broken-down rental car towed.
Unlocked 26 Jul 2017