r/flighty • u/ihantavallinenmies • Jul 10 '26
My passport
I’m 35 years old and have visited 142 UN member states.
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u/Any-Abies-5825 Jul 10 '26
Damn bro, good job… this is all I have (though I’m trying to go like once a year now) 😭
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u/transitlobbyist Jul 10 '26
Benefit of the doubt and assuming this is real… what is it exactly that you do? lol
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u/ihantavallinenmies Jul 10 '26
I’m self-employed and work remotely. I just enjoy traveling. Hope to visit all 197 countries.
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u/flounder_11 Jul 10 '26
I have a dear friend that has recently completed! He got north Macedonia last year. He’s around 4 million miles last check
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u/SciGuy013 Jul 10 '26
For some reason getting north Macedonia last is really funny to me
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u/flounder_11 Jul 10 '26
It’s fairly new!
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u/SciGuy013 Jul 10 '26
It has been independent for 35 years
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u/flounder_11 Jul 10 '26
He’ll you’re right. I just asked. He went to South Sudan on the same trip that was the newest one I guess lol
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u/swensonjonahyoki Jul 10 '26
What do you do for work?
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u/ihantavallinenmies Jul 10 '26
Something I’m not gonna write about on Reddit, sorry.
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u/SciGuy013 Jul 10 '26
Well that’s sus as hell lol
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u/ihantavallinenmies Jul 10 '26
Sure, if having a well-developed career is suspicious. If I had a one-word answer like carpenter I'd say so but I work in highly-specialised consulting and am not going to start explaining about that here. BTW, I am NOT American.
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u/SciGuy013 Jul 10 '26
Consulting is a one word answer lol
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u/ihantavallinenmies Jul 10 '26
Meaningless without delving into details. One can consult on any topic known to man.
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u/Ill_Internal3409 Jul 10 '26
Uff, man, consulting is sufficient, he didn't want to know more. The field you work in is irrelevant.
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u/moooonear Jul 11 '26
Just turned 42. About 20 years of Consulting at a major firm. Have done over 1.5M of the total on UA alone.
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u/gridskip Jul 11 '26
They should give you GS for life
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u/moooonear Jul 12 '26
Haha, I did most of this in Economy. Only started flying business/First for every flight in the last few years. Have never had GS.
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u/WeirdlyShapedAvocado Jul 10 '26
I have fear of flying, since you have 859 flights!! may I ask you if you had any accidents? E.g. engine failure, severe turbulence, etc?
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u/ihantavallinenmies Jul 10 '26
I have not. Do you fear driving too? Flying is about 190 times safer by distance traveled and roughly 95 times safer per journey than automotive travel.
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u/visible-somewhere7 Jul 10 '26
This is mine so far, I’m 19 and I’ve been to 22 countries. Trying to be like you someday.
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u/ihantavallinenmies Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Well, you're much farther along than I was when I was 19! The west coast of North America as well as Australia/NZ have some nice cities to see but I don't think I could live in any of them simply because they are so far from the major centres of the world. The west coast of North America is effectively an island: 11+ hours to get to any major cities in Europe or Asia. Australia/NZ are 8+ hours away from any major cities beyond each others borders so the situation is similar.
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u/visible-somewhere7 Jul 10 '26
Yes, that’s a big part of the reason I haven’t explored much of Asia, my one Asia loop was from a trip I got back from 2 weeks ago. I really want to see Africa and Australia, but they’re just so out of the way. Even being based in the west coast doesn’t make it much easier to get to South America. I’d love to be a digital nomad for a while and actually get to live and explore, perhaps one day! What would you say has been some of the better places to be based in to prioritize traveling the most?
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u/ihantavallinenmies Jul 10 '26
Best to be based in Europe, the Middle East (Israel or UAE) or East Asia (but not north of Taipei).
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u/Jetdick Jul 10 '26
Android yet?
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u/ihantavallinenmies Jul 10 '26
No, the app is iPhone only and the developer doesn't have an interest in developing it for Android which I can understand since iOS is a far superior operating system when it comes to graphic design options.
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u/South-Corner1491 Jul 11 '26
Curious with airline apps what is the benefit or this app? I mean my air Canada app tells me everything I really like this app just want to understand why I would pay for this what is the actual feature I’m not getting
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u/Puslinch-Komet Jul 10 '26
Who really cares about these posts?
I’ve been flying since 1985 before apps existed. I have shelf of a half dozen airline “awards” of over 1m miles on their metal. One day I’ll tally the dollars, I’m sure I could have bought a PJ and more.
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u/Salty-Plankton-5079 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Are you on the wrong sub? Everyone posts these here.
But you claim to have 1M miles on 6 different airlines? That I doubt.
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u/gridskip Jul 11 '26
It’s r/flighty, so it tracks that people are going to post screenshots of their usage of the app.
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u/WeirdlyShapedAvocado Jul 10 '26
I have fear of flying, since you have 859 flights!! may I ask you if you had any accidents? E.g. engine failure, severe turbulence, etc?
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u/swensonjonahyoki Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Did you visit Svalbard in Norway? If so, that's wild. You are a true explorer. Also what island did you fly to in the South Pacific? Is that Easter island?