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No airport, and no airport nearby:

Andorra
Pitcairn Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Saint Helena (airport under construction)
Tristan da Cunha (British Overseas Territory)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Tokelau (New Zealand)

No airport, but airport nearby:

San Marino
Vatican City
Liechtenstein
Monaco

Has airport, but unreachable on Miles:

Somalia (Kenya used to fly to Hargeisa but no longer)
Nauru
Tuvalu
Antarctica (some airports but no commercial flights)
Ascension Island (British Overseas Territory)
Greenland
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Countries Unreachable on Miles

Old Aug 9, 2011, 12:06 pm
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What about the Lost Continent of Atlantis?
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Old Aug 9, 2011, 1:15 pm
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How about anywhere Delta flies?

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Old Aug 9, 2011, 1:47 pm
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Originally Posted by kevincure
I'll ... focus only on the 193 UN member states.
I thought there were 192. Ok, South Sudan joined.
Anyway, I find it interesting that there are far fewer members of the U.N. than the 321 "countries" listed by the
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http://www.travelerscenturyclub.org/countries.html
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Old Aug 9, 2011, 1:53 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
How about anywhere Delta flies?

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Beat me to it.
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Old Aug 9, 2011, 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by sosafan
I thought there were 192. Ok, South Sudan joined.
Anyway, I find it interesting that there are far fewer members of the U.N. than the 321 "countries" listed by the
Traveler's Century Club.
http://www.travelerscenturyclub.org/countries.html
What an odd list. According to their definition of a country Alaska is one. And there are seven of them in Antarctica. Who knew?
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Old Aug 9, 2011, 2:50 pm
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TCC defines its "countries" a little more liberally. If only 192 counted too many of us would just blow past the number.

Originally Posted by sosafan
I thought there were 192. Ok, South Sudan joined.
Anyway, I find it interesting that there are far fewer members of the U.N. than the 321 "countries" listed by the
Traveler's Century Club.
http://www.travelerscenturyclub.org/countries.html
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Old Aug 9, 2011, 3:23 pm
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Regarding Western Sahara, Royal Air Maroc flies there, and one can use Delta miles for a partner award on Royal Air Maroc.
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Old Aug 9, 2011, 4:49 pm
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The French side of St. Martin has an airport but no airlines with miles serve it. The Dutch side is where the main airport is.
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Old Aug 9, 2011, 8:48 pm
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Originally Posted by highman123
What about Antartica and Greenland? Can you go there with miles?
Nope and nope. SAS used to fly a flight to Greenland but no longer.
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Old Aug 10, 2011, 12:36 am
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Originally Posted by drbobguy
While by no means unreachable it always amazes me how hard it is to get to places in the former Soviet Union using miles (besides Moscow/Petersburg). Even places like Minsk and Kharkov are a real challenge, and they're medium-sized European cities.
Even bigger cities in former USSR are not reachable with miles. Good thing that at least Lufthansa flies to city I need to go!
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Old Aug 10, 2011, 4:57 am
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Sao Tome is flown by TAP mainline and not a subsidiary IIRC
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Old Aug 11, 2011, 4:00 am
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Originally Posted by drbobguy
While by no means unreachable it always amazes me how hard it is to get to places in the former Soviet Union using miles (besides Moscow/Petersburg). Even places like Minsk and Kharkov are a real challenge, and they're medium-sized European cities.
Lufthansa and a number of other carriers fly to Minsk, plus Aeroflot is in SkyTeam
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Old Aug 11, 2011, 4:06 am
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San Marino
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Old Aug 11, 2011, 2:36 pm
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Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet
San Marino
Already mentioned in the very first post that started this thread!

As already discussed, lots of "micro countries" in Europe don't have their own airport, but are very close to a signficant airport in an adjacent country.
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Old Aug 11, 2011, 4:41 pm
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Originally Posted by AlohaDaveKennedy
Cuba is reachable using United miles on occasion.
Ha! You're funny!
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