MightyTravels

- all widebody legs

- books into I

- does not work OW this time

https://www.momondo.com/flightsearch...false&NA=false

raporot

one way 630$, and short stopover.
for position flight its good i think, since you can use many good fares from south asia.

criced

also works to KUL witch gives you 787 insted of 777
IST-JED is in A330

MightyTravels

I think most Saudia SE Asia destinations work for the same price i.e. MNL as well.

MightyTravels

True - I was hoping to see $350 OW

JPFr

I would like to fly the following trip to qualify for Flying Blue platinum by the end of 2017. It yields about 20K level miles. Positioning I do from Amsterdam on an KLM award ticket which gives me about 6h of transfer time in IST.



I realize SV is not the best airliner and their service or transfer facilities are not great. But since the price of the ticket (660eu) via OTA I don’t really care.

I have some question about the trip though:
- I looked into it and I don’t need a transit visa for both JED and CGK. I’m I correct?
- Is 2h transit time in CGK enough? I found that the flights arrive and depart in domestic terminal 3. I only travel with hand luggage.
- I don’t think there is a ST of SV lounge in CGK T3, correct?
- Are there other things I should pay attention to when booking/flying this trip?

Thanks guys!

jiaogulan

CGK T3 has a SkyTeam lounge from Garuda Indonesia.

ermis177

I dont think you need a visa as long as the layover is less than 12 hours.

GetSetJetSet

Is there a minimum stay? How many turns would one have to do to get to FB Plat?

joostf

Hi, I'm doing the same ams-ist with KLM than ist-jed-cgk-jed-ist with a 2hr stopover on the 29th of nov. To get some more miles which I can take with me to next yr I do a ist-ruh-mnl-ruh-ist behind it. As far as I have seen you don't need a visa. I'll let you know how my transfer went in CGK!
@GetSetJetSet there is no minimum stay, my whole ist-jed-cgk-jed-ist-ruh-mnl-ruh-ist trip will give me around 40k level miles and 70k award miles as I still am Gold and need 25k level to become platinum.

Sieto

that lounge is not the greatest, even though it's new... but it should do for a short stay.

Sieto

who can tell me; what are overnight transfers like at JED?

Jaimito Cartero

We had a 4 or so hour connection last month in JED and it was ok.

GetSetJetSet

So if I was gunning for FB status, are these earning 1 FB mile / 1 BIS mile on the itins or what? Trying to figure out if it's worth some quick running to get back FB status since i'm not in France as much these days.

newflyer530

FT is not your personal customer service hotline :-) Your friend google should be happy to help.

In any case, SV earning on FB: https://www.flyingblue.com/earn-and-...-airlines.html