Routing to Baku, Azerbaijan
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Nothing wrong at all with connecting through SVO, especially with the new airport (although not so new anymore). Actually, it's a pleasure compared to CDG.
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Aeroflot is a perfectly good option. No issues with them. From ATL, looks like DL wants you to fly ATL-AMS-SVO-GYD both ways. The other option is to create your own ST routing from JFK, going JFK-SVO-GYD, if you want one less stop overseas.
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Depending on your travel policy and/or budget, this could be a fun trip.
You could fly Delta or another Sky Team airline to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, Doha, Prague, Berlin, Milan, London, Paris and Barcelona before connecting on Azerbaijan's flag-carrier for the flight to Baku.
I spent 5 minutes on Matrix and found business-class airfares for $5763; ATL-JFK-SVO-GYD (and vice versa). I was also to copy-and-paste and use BookWithMatrix.com to buy through Delta.com.
I'm sure there's a whizz with Matrix and/or Google Flights who could put together an even better routing.
You could fly Delta or another Sky Team airline to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, Doha, Prague, Berlin, Milan, London, Paris and Barcelona before connecting on Azerbaijan's flag-carrier for the flight to Baku.
I spent 5 minutes on Matrix and found business-class airfares for $5763; ATL-JFK-SVO-GYD (and vice versa). I was also to copy-and-paste and use BookWithMatrix.com to buy through Delta.com.
I'm sure there's a whizz with Matrix and/or Google Flights who could put together an even better routing.
Last edited by hockeyinsider; Aug 15, 2017 at 6:59 am
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Nothing wrong with Flying the 'Flot these days. I used to do it a lot to have the long flight with decent sleep and then bounce back into Europe in a legit business class.
It would seem that your more "conventional" options would be Aeroflot, Lufthansa, Turkish and Qatar, based on how important Skyteam is to you, and what your secondary alliance is. All things being equal, I'd probably choose between 'Flot and Turkish, with Turkish coming out ahead if we eliminated MQMs as a consideration. As spudley007 pointed out, navigating the new, er, "more modern" version of SVO isn't difficult at all.
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It would seem that your more "conventional" options would be Aeroflot, Lufthansa, Turkish and Qatar, based on how important Skyteam is to you, and what your secondary alliance is. All things being equal, I'd probably choose between 'Flot and Turkish, with Turkish coming out ahead if we eliminated MQMs as a consideration. As spudley007 pointed out, navigating the new, er, "more modern" version of SVO isn't difficult at all.
O/H
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Nothing wrong with Flying the 'Flot these days. I used to do it a lot to have the long flight with decent sleep and then bounce back into Europe in a legit business class.
It would seem that your more "conventional" options would be Aeroflot, Lufthansa, Turkish and Qatar, based on how important Skyteam is to you, and what your secondary alliance is. All things being equal, I'd probably choose between 'Flot and Turkish, with Turkish coming out ahead if we eliminated MQMs as a consideration. As spudley007 pointed out, navigating the new, er, "more modern" version of SVO isn't difficult at all.
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It would seem that your more "conventional" options would be Aeroflot, Lufthansa, Turkish and Qatar, based on how important Skyteam is to you, and what your secondary alliance is. All things being equal, I'd probably choose between 'Flot and Turkish, with Turkish coming out ahead if we eliminated MQMs as a consideration. As spudley007 pointed out, navigating the new, er, "more modern" version of SVO isn't difficult at all.
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Not knowing your budget, I also found Atlanta-Madrid on Delta and Madrid-Paris on Air France in business-class on random dates in October for $6500. For Paris-Baku, business-class is between $1300 and $1500 round-trip, depending on the airline.
Depending on your budget and flexibility, it might be worth exploring one-ways or multiple tickets.
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As an example, this year, I know I will hit Diamond based on planned business travel, and, while the extra rollover MQMs would be nice I am unwilling to pay more than a small premium for them, as well as some other bennies (ability to use CLEAR at JFK at T2 (thus for both T2 and T4 flights), dealing with familiar staff, etc.) when I can keep another $1-2K in my pocket and enjoy a similar (and sometimes better) product as well as more sleep on the outbound.
Not knowing your budget, I also found Atlanta-Madrid on Delta and Madrid-Paris on Air France in business-class on random dates in October for $6500. For Paris-Baku, business-class is between $1300 and $1500 round-trip, depending on the airline.
Depending on your budget and flexibility, it might be worth exploring one-ways or multiple tickets.
Depending on your budget and flexibility, it might be worth exploring one-ways or multiple tickets.
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While I prefer to utilize Delta and its partners, the reality is that loyalty isn't rewarded in the way it used to be and if my choice is blind loyalty to DL vs. comparable (or better) amenities and service on another carrier, then, when the latter is favorably priced - and I've seen Skyteam at 2x to 3.5x the price to destinations I favor - it's hard to argue that one should always fly Skyteam.
Yes, sorry.
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