In 2011 I went on a short 14 day trip to United States of America with the chief reason to visit the remote region of Alaska something I had wanted to do for a long time.  The first few days I was traveling with my mother around Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco then it was onto the frontier that is Alaska 🙂

This trip had 5 legs and 8 flights across 3 airlines (QANTAS, American Airlines and Alaska Airlines).  I traveled 33,996 km during my flights and 43 hours 10 minutes.

Leg 1
12,748 km Melbourne to Los Angeles – 14 hours 25 minutes (QANTAS Economy)
Transit time: 4 hours
380 km Los Angeles to Las Vegas – 1 hours 10 minutes (American Airlines Economy)

 Leg 2
380 km Las Vegas to Los Angeles – 1 hours 10 minutes (American Airlines Economy)
Transit time: 1 hour 30 minutes
543 km Los Angeles to San Francisco – 1 hour 25 minutes (American Airlines Economy)

 Leg 3
1,092 km San Francisco to Seattle – 2 hours 10 minutes (Alaska Airlines Economy)
Transit time: 4 hours
2,331 km Seattle to Anchorage – 3 hours 10 minutes (Alaska Airlines Economy)

 Leg 4
3,774 km Anchorage to Los Angeles – 5 hours 15 minutes (Alaska Airlines Economy)

 Leg 5
12,748 km Los Angeles to Melbourne – 14 hours 25 minutes (QANTAS Economy)

Total: 33,996 km