Originally Posted by
tommy777
-- Middle eastern DO -- security and visa issues and even if the cities involved are exciting we won't take a guided tour of Istanbul or Cairo and neither of the two airlines do any maintenance in the scale like CO, LH, UA and SK. They are also small carriers who have close to no members on FT in their programs and have very little interest to many.
Depending upon which Middle Eastern countries: There is also the issue of those of us who have "Israel" stamped in our passports may need to apply for new passports.