Star Alliance - *A options from DEL to NCL without too many connections!

Only ones that I could find were -

Delhi > Frankfurt > Dusseldorf > Newcastle (LH)

Delhi > Frankfurt > London > Teeside Airport (LH)

Delhi > Zurich > Brussels > Newcastle (Swiss)

Delhi > Bangkok > London > Teeside (Thai)

The Lufthansa fare to LHR is only 250 pounds + Tax where as the fare to NCL is close to 470 + Tax !! :eek:

What would you suggest? Am i missing out on easier connections? Would only consider MME or NCL as final destinations. MAN is too far away.

Need to fly on *A for the status miles and the 20Kg extra luggage allowance!

Thanks in advance for the advice! ^

A couple of other options are:

Delhi > Frankfurt > Copenhagen > Newcastle (LH/SK)

Delhi > Munich > Dusseldorf > Teesside (LH, and about 3hrs quicker than via FRA)

A couple of other options are:

Delhi > Frankfurt > Copenhagen > Newcastle (LH/SK)

Delhi > Munich > Dusseldorf > Teesside (LH, and about 3hrs quicker than via FRA)

Thanks.... I never knew it would be quicker via Munich. Can we have a stayover on the outbound or return for one night (under 24hrs) in Dusseldorf or Frankfurt?

DEL-BOM-LHR-Teeside on bmi....

You can easily buy a cheap one-way DEL-BOM for under £50.

DEL-BOM-LHR-Teeside on bmi....

You can easily buy a cheap one-way DEL-BOM for under £50.
Good one !

Can't seem to be able to find BOM on their website though?

DEL - Europe is serviced on *A airlines AC (ZRH), LH (FRA, MUC) and OS (VIE):

Night flights DEL-Europe:
DEL-ZRH-DUS-NCL on AC/LX/LH
DEL-FRA-DUS-NCL on LH
DEL-FRA-CPH-NCL on LH/SK
DEL-VIE-DUS-NCL on OS/LH
DEL-VIE-CPH-NCL on OS/LH/SK

Day flight DEL-Europe
DEL-MUC-DUS-NCL on LH
DEL-MUC-CPH-NCL on LH/SK

Good one !

Can't seem to be able to find BOM on their website though?
www.flybmi.com

And search for Mumbai not Bombay. ;) It is there currently in the "to" list only, but not in the "from" list.

For a ticket ex. India, I would highly recommend using a TA for the best fares anyways.

P.S.: IIRC, I remember your thread from a while ago in Travelbuzz, about Schengen visas, French embassy etc, so I thought this routing would avoid all those hassles too. :)

www.flybmi.com

And search for Mumbai not Bombay. ;) It is there currently in the "to" list only, but not in the "from" list.

For a ticket ex. India, I would highly recommend using a TA for the best fares anyways.

P.S.: IIRC, I remember your thread from a while ago in Travelbuzz, about Schengen visas, French embassy etc, so I thought this routing would avoid all those hassles too. :)

Yeah I thought as much... Could not find it in the from list.

The problem that time was getting a Visa for the French Polynesia for my wife, which really turned out to be a pain in the *** :( But we got it in the end. It turned out that it wasn't really the consulates fault. More like my TA's for making false bookings at a different hotel just to get the visa. Needless to say that TA is now no longer associated with me.
Thanks for the advice!

On the DEL > FRA > DUS > NCL jouney, would it be possible to break the jouney in DUS for a night?

On the DEL > FRA > DUS > NCL jouney, would it be possible to break the jouney in DUS for a night?
Under 24 hours is fine.

So when you reach FRA at 7am ish, take a 2pm-ish connection to DUS. You can then stay there till the next morning before flying to NCL. Obviously you'll need an intelligent TA to sort this out though!