How Scoring Works

1. XP Overview

Every completed flight earns base XP plus bonuses for new discoveries, long flights, and more. The more you fly, the more you earn.

Streak Multiplier

Fly at least once per calendar week to build a streak. Your multiplier starts at 1.0x and increases by 0.1x for every consecutive week, capped at 2.0x after 10+ weeks. The multiplier applies to all bonuses above.

2. Annual vs Lifetime XP

Annual XP

Resets every January 1, just like airline frequent flyer status. Your annual XP determines your seasonal ranking on the leaderboard. New year, clean slate.

Lifetime XP

Never resets. Lifetime XP represents your total career as a flyer and determines your tier.

3. King of the Route

Fly a route more than anyone else and you become King of that route. It is the ultimate bragging right for frequent flyers.

Annual King

Route kings are calculated using flights from the current calendar year only. King status resets January 1, just like airline status. You have to earn your crown every year.

Lifetime King

All-time flight count across all years. A permanent legacy title that reflects your entire flying career on a route.

Mayor of the Airport

Same concept, but for the most flights through a specific airport. Fly through DFW more than anyone else? You are the Mayor.

• You need at least 2 flights on a route to be eligible for King.
• Private profiles and excluded accounts do not appear in king rankings.
• Only flights that are competitively eligible count toward king standings (see "Which Flights Count" below).

4. Which Flights Count

Why we have these rules

Row1 launched in 2026. We want the leaderboards to reflect real flying, not who can type the fastest. So we require proof that you actually flew.

Current-year flights (2026)

Flights imported from a trusted source count for XP, badges, and king standings:

• Flighty (CSV export)
• MyFlightRadar24 or OpenFlights (CSV export)
• Email confirmations — forward booking emails to your Row1 import address
• Boarding pass scans
• Row1 flight monitoring — flights tracked through the app

Manually entered flights do not earn XP, badges, or king status for the current year. You can still log them for your personal record, but they will not appear on leaderboards or unlock achievements. This prevents anyone from typing in 100 fake flights to dominate the leaderboard on day one.

Pre-join historical flights

Want your flights from before you joined Row1 to count? You have two options:

• Export your flight history from Flighty as a CSV and import it in the app.
• Forward your booking confirmation emails to your Row1 import address.

Manually entered historical flights are logged for your records but do not count competitively.

Going forward (after you join)

• All imported and tracked flights count immediately.
• Flights are verified automatically in the background using multiple signals. Verified flights get a small XP bonus and full competitive eligibility.
• Manual entries are welcome for personal tracking but will not count toward king standings or leaderboards.

5. Flight Verification

Row1 automatically verifies your flights using multiple independent signals. You do not need to do anything — verification happens in the background, even while you use other apps.

How it works

When you track a flight, Row1 collects evidence from several sources to confirm you were on the aircraft:

• Flight data confirmation — We cross-reference live flight data and ADS-B tracking to confirm the flight operated as expected.
• Airport presence — Background location detects when you arrive at the departure airport and when you reach the destination.
• Route plausibility — Sparse background location waypoints confirm your device traveled from origin to destination.
• On-device sensors — When available, barometric pressure and motion data provide additional confidence. These are bonus signals, never required.

Verification levels

• Fully Verified (80+ confidence) — +25 XP bonus
• Verified (60+ confidence) — +20 XP bonus
• Partially Verified (30+ confidence) — +10 XP bonus

A typical monitored flight reaches "Verified" from flight data and airport presence alone — no sensor data required. On-device sensors increase your confidence score when available but missing sensor data will never prevent verification.

Imported flights from trusted sources (Flighty, email confirmations, boarding passes) are automatically considered verified.

6. Badges

There are 304 badges across 4 categories: Original, Unicorn, Loyalist, and Boneyard.

• Badges are earned automatically when you meet specific criteria -- number of flights, airports visited, aircraft types flown, carrier loyalty, and more.
• Each badge awards XP when unlocked (typically 25-1,000 XP depending on difficulty).
• Badge progress is evaluated every time you complete a flight.

7. Streaks

Fly at least once in any calendar week to keep your streak alive. Consistency is rewarded.

• Your streak multiplier increases by 0.1x per consecutive week, up to 2.0x at 10 weeks.
• Miss a week? Your streak resets to 1. But you can earn streak shields (one comes with Elite subscription) that forgive a single missed week.
• Your longest streak is permanently recorded -- it can never go down, even if your current streak resets.

8. Companions ("Flew With")

Tag friends who were on the same flight. When they confirm, both of you earn a companion bonus.

• 50 XP per confirmed companion, up to a maximum of 250 XP per flight (5 companions).
• Your friend gets a copy of the flight in their logbook automatically.
• You must be friends on Row1 to tag someone as a companion.

9. Challenges

Weekly and monthly challenges let you compete against other Row1 members on specific goals.

• Challenges track specific targets: total flights, miles flown, airports visited, and more.
• Challenge XP is awarded when you meet the target during the challenge period.

10. Deleting Flights

Flights that have been recorded as completed can be deleted, but there are limits to prevent abuse.

Cooldown period

After deleting a flight, there is a 24-hour cooldown before you can re-add the same flight. This prevents gaming the system by repeatedly deleting and re-adding flights to manipulate XP.

What happens when you delete a flight

• XP earned from that flight is subtracted from your total.
• Badges that were unlocked by that flight may be revoked if you no longer meet the criteria.
• King standings are recalculated -- you may lose a crown.
• Companion bonuses on that flight are removed for all parties.

Disruptive deletion limit

After 5 disruptive deletions (deletions that affect king standings), your account is flagged for review. This prevents users from strategically deleting and re-adding flights to manipulate leaderboards.

11. Leaderboards

Global leaderboards rank all public profiles by XP, flights, miles, airports, and streak.

• Leaderboard rankings reflect only competitively eligible flights.
• Private profiles are not shown on leaderboards.