Round The World and other travels

A frequent flyer's collection of trip diaries

This is: Shanghaied in Tuscany!

Flights

This trip was built by nesting two one-way Diamond Club redemptions inside an open-jaw return to the Mediterranean, purchased in BA's cheapest Club Europe fare bucket. The nested flights were all originally with SWISS, but the withdrawal of its Zurich-Shanghai working on Tuesdays led to re-booking of the outbound journey to China on parent company Lufthansa. Furthermore, a missed connection at Zurich resulted in an increase from eight flights to nine, with the addition of my first Spanair sector.

The cabin mix is two Economy (the UK domestics), five short-haul Business Class and two intercontinental First Class, with a remarkable total of six flights having seat assignment 1F.

  DayDateFlight NoFromDepToArrAircraftCabinSeat
1Thu01-OctBA2945EDI1910LGW2030734Y1F
2Fri02-OctBA2600LGW0805PSA1120319J1F
3Tue06-OctLH4059FLR1005FRA1145AR8J3A
4Tue06-OctLH728FRA1730PVG0955+1744F82A
5Sun11-OctLX189PVG0910ZRH1555343F2K
 Sun11-OctLX2154ZRH1700PMI1845Missed connection
6Sun11-OctLX2032ZRH1755(R)MAD2010(R)321J1F
7Sun11-OctJK5627MAD2130PMI2245320J1F
8Tue13-OctBA2709PMI2150LGW2310734J1F
9Wed14-OctBA2938LGW1200EDI1325734Y1F

Reading the Flight Logs

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First Flight

Route Map
(courtesy Great Circle Mapper)