2022 Year in Miles

2022 Year in Miles

2022 was the year of “revenge travel” after 2+ years of Covid shutdowns.  Warnings of a system not ready for the pre-pandemic levels of travel came to fruition for some.  My international summer travel ended up reasonably successful and without too much chaos.  I was able to visit eight new countries and try out seven new airlines.

My overall miles flown was down (and a fraction of totals from before Covid which left me at the bottom tier of elite status on Alaska Airlines), yet I still managed to spend about 20% of my year in hotels (and hang on to Hyatt Globalist status).   I may not ever reach my pre-pandemic levels of mileage flown due to a career change; instead I imagine I will take one or two longer trips each year rather than many shorter international trips.

Here is a look back at my 2022 travel in numbers.

2022 Year in Miles

*New airline/country/airport in 2022

Miles Flown: 45,677 (butt in seat)

Nights Spent in Hotels: 70

Number of Flights: 31

Airlines Flown: 11

• Alaska Airlines
• American Airlines
• Air Serbia*
• Azerbaijan Airlines*
• Condor *
• Edelweiss Air*
• Finnair*
• FlyOne*
• Qatar Airways
• Swiss International Air Lines*
• Wizz Air

Countries Visited: 13

• Armenia*
• Azerbaijan*
• Belgium
• Finland
• Georgia*
• Germany
• Jordan*
• Luxembourg*
• Montenegro*
• Netherlands
• Qatar*
• Serbia*
• USA

Number of Unique Airports Visited: 24

• ABQ     Albuquerque [Intl Sunport], New Mexico, US*
• AMM   Amman [Queen Alia Intl], JO*
• AMS    Amsterdam [Schiphol Intl], Noord-Holland, NL
• AQJ      Aqaba [King Hussein Intl], JO*
• AUH     Abu Dhabi [Intl (Nadia Intl)], Abu Dhabi, AE*
• BEG     Belgrade (Beograd) [Belgrade Nikola Tesla (Surcin)], RS*
• DFW    Dallas-Fort Worth [Intl], Texas, US
• DOH    Doha [Hamad Intl (New Doha Intl)], QA
• EVN     Yerevan [Zvartnots Intl (Zapadny)], AM*
• FRA      Frankfurt [Rhein-Main], Hessen, DE
• GYD     Baku (Baki) [Heydar Aliyev Intl (Bina Intl)], Baki, AZ*
• HEL      Helsinki [Vantaa], Uusimaa, FI*
• HNL     Honolulu [Daniel K Inouye Intl], Oahu, Hawaii, US
• KOA     Kailua/Kona [Ellison Onizuka Kona Intl at Keahole], Hawaii, Hawaii, US
• LAS      Las Vegas [Harry Reid Intl (McCarran Intl)], Nevada, US
• LUX      Luxembourg [Luxembourg-Findel Intl], LU*
• PSP      Palm Springs [Intl], California, US
• SAN     San Diego [Intl], California, US
• SEA      Seattle [Seattle-Tacoma Intl], Washington, US
• SFO      San Francisco [Intl], California, US
• SJC       San José [Norman Y. Mineta San José Intl], California, US
• TBS      Tbilisi [Intl (Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi Intl, Novo Alexeyevka Intl, Lochini)], Tbilisi, GE*
• TIV       Tivat [Tivat Airport], ME*
• ZRH     Zürich [Zürich-Kloten], Zürich, CH

Shortest Flight: 109 miles (TBS-EVN)

Longest Flight: 7,412 miles (SEA-DOH)