Yearly review – 2015

Yearly review

 

Highlights

It was a good year for travelers looking for a good bargain, especially in business class. The oil prices are low, and airline profits are high. In this aspect, many carriers are having premium class sales from many cities. From Europe, you can many times per year catch a great bargain to USA from Dublin with Oneworld and Skyteam. On the other side, Qatar Airways has nice deals from Scandinavia, Cairo or Casablanca to all around the world in premium classes. I managed to book a Qatar premium class fare from Casablanca to Nashville, and the highlight for me was trying the Qatar business product, especially their new 787’s. I was really excited about trying it, and I have to say Qatar has raised the bar with their 787 business class. My review about their 787 business class is here.

Of course, this year too I managed to visit my family in India, USA and Hungary a few times. Apart from the family visits, the highlight this year was my trip to Cairo, which was on the top of my to-do-list for quite some time. A couple of years ago, I had to cancel my trip there, but this year I did manage to get there.

 

 

1. Flight activity for 2015 is mapped below

 

2. Traveled around 77465 miles = 124667 km

Flights for 2015 are listed below

From		To				Distance
40 segment path:						77,465 mi
AMS		LHR				231 mi
LHR		SIN				6,765 mi
SIN		KUL				184 mi
KUL		ICN				2,859 mi
ICN		DFW				6,841 mi
DFW		BNA				631 mi
BNA		DFW				631 mi
DFW		LHR				4,750 mi
LHR		AMS				231 mi
AMS		BUD				728 mi
BUD		AMS				728 mi
AMS		FRA				228 mi
FRA		CAI				1,816 mi
CAI		LHR				2,197 mi
LHR		AMS				231 mi
AMS		LHR				231 mi
LHR		ORD				3,953 mi
ORD		MSP				334 mi
MSP		CLT				930 mi
CLT		BNA				328 mi
BNA		ORD				409 mi
ORD		LHR				3,953 mi
LHR		AMS				231 mi
AMS		BRU				98 mi
BRU		MAD				816 mi
MAD		CMN				539 mi
CMN		DOH				3,570 mi
DOH		DFW				7,932 mi
DFW		BNA				631 mi
BNA		DFW				631 mi
DFW		DOH				7,932 mi
DOH		CMN				3,570 mi
CMN		MAD				539 mi
MAD		AMS				907 mi
AMS		LHR				231 mi
LHR		BOM				4,487 mi
BOM		LHR				4,487 mi
LHR		RTM				213 mi
RTM		BUD				732 mi
BUD		RTM				732 mi
Total:						77,465 mi

 

 

3. Countries visited for the first time = 4

In 2015, I managed to visit 4 new countries for the first time – Egypt, Morocco, Qatar and Slovakia. Slovakia does not show on the map above, as I drove there from Hungary.

Trip reports about these destinations can be found here

Trip to Cairo, and the spectacular Giza pyramids
Surprising Slovakia – Trnava
Relax Airport Hotel – Casablanca, Morocco Review
1 day in Casablanca, Morocco – transit report
Qatar Airways STPC – Transit hotel and transit tour in Doha
1 day in Doha, Qatar – transit report