Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
I have not heard of this possibility, and it's not reflected in the current US State Department web page regarding Saudi visas:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_p...y_requirements
Assuming you'd be flying on the LHR-RUH BA flight, I fear you might be stopped at the counter at LHR (or at SEA when checking for the positioning flights) when they do the document check. I'd certainly check this out completely before committing to this course of action.
http://www.saudiembassy.net/services/transit_visa.aspx
This states that transit visas are not required for 18 hours or less. Should I expect trouble from BA or Saudi immigration considering I'd be taking the return flight a mere 1:40 later? Is that the kind of thing I should talk to BA about?
Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
Are you planning to use this trip to make AA EXP or BA Gold? If so there might be some tweaks that could lead to more EQP/EQM/Tier Points without taking too much away from your itinerary.
Yes, AA EXP. I would love to hear any advice you have about changes to maximize EQP/EQM, though as of now my route give me ~104k EQP.