January 2016: US Passport + OneWorld Miles
Nov 22, 2015, 9:10 am
#1
formerly known as Tad's Broiled Steaks
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January 2016: US Passport + OneWorld Miles
Hi there, FT
With the requirements that all flights are with QR/BA/IB and that you think it's possible to get a visa in time for an early JAN2016 departure, I'm looking to go from Philadelphia to any of the following cities (listed in descending order of interest):
Khartoum
Cairo/Luxor (only if it would be "easier" to get a Sudanese visa in Cairo/at the border)
Algiers
Maputo
Zanzibar
Windhoek (is Comair a OneWorld member?)
Consulate-hopping in Manhattan wouldn't be a problem; the processing time is.
Also, priorities include local delicacies, architecture and otherworldly natural landscapes.
Thanks for your help,
BmB
With the requirements that all flights are with QR/BA/IB and that you think it's possible to get a visa in time for an early JAN2016 departure, I'm looking to go from Philadelphia to any of the following cities (listed in descending order of interest):
Khartoum
Cairo/Luxor (only if it would be "easier" to get a Sudanese visa in Cairo/at the border)
Algiers
Maputo
Zanzibar
Windhoek (is Comair a OneWorld member?)
Consulate-hopping in Manhattan wouldn't be a problem; the processing time is.
Also, priorities include local delicacies, architecture and otherworldly natural landscapes.
Thanks for your help,
BmB
Last edited by BuildingMyBento; Nov 22, 2015 at 9:42 am
Nov 24, 2015, 8:36 pm
#2
Join Date: Aug 2010
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You can fly Comair from jnb to Windhoek. .it will be coded as a BA flight. Interesting for a half day or so... some interesting North Korean inspired architecture and go see HEros Acre...but for otherworldly landscapes Soussevlei can't be beat. No visa needed for Namibia
Nov 24, 2015, 10:44 pm
#3
formerly known as Tad's Broiled Steaks
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 6,412
You can fly Comair from jnb to Windhoek. .it will be coded as a BA flight. Interesting for a half day or so... some interesting North Korean inspired architecture and go see HEros Acre...but for otherworldly landscapes Soussevlei can't be beat. No visa needed for Namibia
Oh really, something by Mansudae in Namibia? When I was in Pyongyang, that studio was working on something for the DRC.
Have you visited Maputo and/or Zanzibar too? I don't mean to give the impression that I'm only interested in those specific cities. If Namibia was it, then Skeleton Coast looks good. If Maputo, then...not sure yet, but maybe not Beira.
Last edited by BuildingMyBento; Nov 24, 2015 at 11:46 pm