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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
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
Countries Unreachable on Miles
Jul 1, 2015, 10:21 pm
#91
Join Date: Feb 2009
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I just was in Dili and Garuda was not flying to the airport. You can use Singapore Krisflyer miles to fly Silk Air SIN-DIL. I bought a revenue ticket on Sriwijaya Air from DPS-DIL.
Jul 3, 2015, 6:29 pm
#92
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No you can't. The Silkair flight is chartered as Air Timor and is not available for redemption.
Jul 4, 2015, 12:09 am
#93
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 4,187
INU is only served by ON/RON; it does not have a FF plan nor does it participate in another airlines' plan.
Air North is a Canadian airline (4N/ANT) . You mean Airnorth (TL/ANO) -- there is no space in the Australian name.
Last edited by Indelaware; Jul 4, 2015 at 12:24 am
Jul 4, 2015, 12:15 pm
#95
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Not quite a country but now that F9 is dropping service to Wilmington (ILG), Delaware is now the only US state that has no commercial air service.
Jul 4, 2015, 12:15 pm
#96
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For some reason, UA won't let you redeem on the Airlink flight even though it is SA coded.
Jul 5, 2015, 8:12 am
#101
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Neither does Vatican City, does it? But "reachable" does not require landing in it, just landing close enough to it to get there by reasonable land travel.
I'd say FCO (Rome) is close enough to Vatican City, and either FCO or VCE (Venice) or MXP (Milan) is close enough San Marino.
Similarly, Liechtenstein does not have an airport either, but it's easy enough to get to by ground travel after landing at ZRH (Zurich).
And FCO, VCE, MXP, and ZRH are very reachable on miles (of various kinds).
I'd say FCO (Rome) is close enough to Vatican City, and either FCO or VCE (Venice) or MXP (Milan) is close enough San Marino.
Similarly, Liechtenstein does not have an airport either, but it's easy enough to get to by ground travel after landing at ZRH (Zurich).
And FCO, VCE, MXP, and ZRH are very reachable on miles (of various kinds).
Jul 5, 2015, 5:35 pm
#102
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Live from Mongolia here...was just wondering options using MIAT. I've been on a tour with Russian jeep-van, share taxis, buses, and trains here. A cultural experience but takes a ton of time. It says something on the MIAT site about Air Berlin being a partner, but not on the AB site.
Even with camping a bit Mongolia has been my most expensive country on my year of travel this far. I decided a tour was necessary because otherwise you have to backtrack constantly to UB, buses pretty much only go from regional capitals to the country capital, and only rarely to other cities. It was fun but it would've been good to save some money with miles.
Even with camping a bit Mongolia has been my most expensive country on my year of travel this far. I decided a tour was necessary because otherwise you have to backtrack constantly to UB, buses pretty much only go from regional capitals to the country capital, and only rarely to other cities. It was fun but it would've been good to save some money with miles.
Jul 10, 2015, 1:40 pm
#104
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Sadly, there aren't many flying options (I think just 2) into GRL to begin with.
Jul 15, 2015, 10:54 pm
#105
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Live from Mongolia here...was just wondering options using MIAT. I've been on a tour with Russian jeep-van, share taxis, buses, and trains here. A cultural experience but takes a ton of time. It says something on the MIAT site about Air Berlin being a partner, but not on the AB site.
Even with camping a bit Mongolia has been my most expensive country on my year of travel this far. I decided a tour was necessary because otherwise you have to backtrack constantly to UB, buses pretty much only go from regional capitals to the country capital, and only rarely to other cities. It was fun but it would've been good to save some money with miles.
Even with camping a bit Mongolia has been my most expensive country on my year of travel this far. I decided a tour was necessary because otherwise you have to backtrack constantly to UB, buses pretty much only go from regional capitals to the country capital, and only rarely to other cities. It was fun but it would've been good to save some money with miles.
Alas, timeframes allowed only for Naadam and a few days outside that to places like the Tuul Gol, the national park and that big Genghis Khan statue, so I wished I could put together a bloc to see Lake Khusvugol, the far west or the Gobi but missed the opportunity by about 13 years (the time since I could last clear that much time). Good 4 u for getting there when u did...if Air Asia or someone like that were able to operate seasonal service out of BKK, KUL or SIN it'd open a floodgate, just as happened with Angkor, Luang Prabang, etc.