Mileage Run Part II: Sri Lanka to New York

Getting through the airport was hectic. Due to the attacks a month prior the airport was fairly locked down. The majority of flights occur at nighttime due to it being cheaper to low cost destinations, so it was packed. Add on top of that the plethora of security checks, it took quite a while to…

Mileage Run Part 1: To Sri Lanka

As you’ve seen previously, I am utterly obsessed with flying. I find any excuse I can to go somewhere, and it was no different when I found a hugely discounted fare from Sri Lanka to New York, return. This gave me the opportunity to fly Singapore Airlines longest flight in the world, New York to…

Mileage Run by the Numbers

My 29,702 mile mileage run is over, and the numbers are in. In this post I am going to detail why I did this mileage run, how I found the flights that I did, and generally the logic behind the reasons for buying certain fares, how many points I actually collected, etc. I will also…