Originally Posted by
fly747first
A bit more than a year ago, I redeemed my US miles to go to Cairo and it was considered to be in Africa, not the Middle East.
Avoid flying Egyptair long-haul.
Weird. So apparently they don't know themselves.
As for avoiding Egyptair. Surely they couldn't possibly be worse than US? I'll gladly trade some beaten up planes and crappy airports for most of the mean surly US employees.