V-Flyer

I originally posted this over at FlyerTalk. I figured there wouldn't be much interest in domestic US flights over here at V-Flyer. This may yet prove to be true, but what the heck - ya never know... So, let me know. I can delete it and promise to stick to premium class international stuff in the future.

By the way, the title is Dear Diary: Random Thoughts & Observations From Three Weeks of Flying Around America

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I dont really keep a diary. I never have. Im just staving off potential boredom while spending the next three weeks flying 62,000 miles around America. The majority of the fifty-eight flights required to accomplish this will be flown in Coach Class. Airlines to be flown include Alaska, American, American Eagle, Delta and Horizon. Mileage will be earned.

Yes, Im on a mileage run. A Mega-Mileage Run if you will. Why not knock off the requisite miles to maintain elite status now rather than procrastinate until December and then be forced to issue plaintive bleats for help over at the Mileage Run Forum? Not my style. If it needs to get done, the sooner I get started, the sooner Ill get it done and not have to worry about it. I started searching last summer for fares Im using today. Some of the fares Im working with were only available for a day or two. Thankfully, Ive got the time and enough discretionary income right now to pull this off.

I know, I know... many readers not to mention friends and acquaintances will think Im crazy to even consider such a thing. Im used to that and could care less. Besides, any of you that have read my past trip reports should know by now that I actually enjoy spending substantial amounts of time each year at 36,000 feet above this beautiful bluish-green orb we live upon. Truth be known, Ive always enjoyed just going somewhere. Period. In a car, on a plane, in a boat or on a train, Ive always enjoyed the mechanisms and motion of travel. Some will sniff that I am merely traveling for the sake of travel. As they see it, a monumental waste of time. For them, perhaps. The way I see it however, the miles I earn from excursions like this will allow me to go to and spend time in places I really want to visit later on. Those same miles will occasionally allow me to travel there in style, being wined and dined like a plutocrat while comfortably ensconced in a First Class suite up in the nose of a 747.

Anyway, the next three weeks will see me spending a lot of time on airplanes or hanging out in airline lounges between flights. I could just bring a lot of books along but I feel like writing something, so what the heck here you go. Like the title says, I figure Ill just write a bit about the flights while throwing in a few random thoughts, observations and recollections.

Im just having some fun here, so this report will likely be to Trip Reports what Hostess Twinkies are to proper nutrition. Tasty for some, but of no real consequence otherwise. Any readers hoping to learn about Mileage Runs or gain some knowledge that will help them better go about their lives aloft should definitely hit the back button and check out some of the other trip reports. On the other hand, if you like to fly or just read about flying, then lets board now and get this trip underway.