No, it’s not the balance in my United or American awards account. It’s the miles I’ve flown in small airplanes! In five years I’ve flown over 100,000 miles (statute, converted from nautical). That’s 4 times around planet earth. I’m pretty amazed and proud.
A fun little software package figured this out for me. I use Logbook Pro to mirror my paper logbook – it’s great for a backup, to audit my (sometimes lacking) math skills, and to monitor the various flight ‘currency’ (recency) requirements of being a pilot. Logbook Pro’s “route browser” addon shows you graphically where you have been, and, if you run the cumulative distance report, how far you’ve flown. Pretty darn neat.
My flights around the Western USA |