Looks like the best way to do this: Buy a regular ticket (open jaw) to/from two points in europe. If you use Emirates you can add a stop in Dubai on the way there/back. You could make a sidetrip to CAI from there.
Then use trains (look at eurorail passes) or LCCs to get around in europe.
On many of your city pairs the train is actually faster than flying and you save the expenses to/from the airport. Budapest-Vienna for example is only around 3 hours with at least one train per hour.
Originally Posted by
gandalf7
Hi,
Thank you so much for all your responses.
After much deliberation, I pruned my itinerary to the following destinations.
Bangalore - Dubai - Cairo - Athens - Istanbul - Bucharest - Budapest - Vienna - Salzburg - Zurich - Paris - London - Bangalore
It was a bit of a let down
but I guess it makes sense monetarily. Also I will be able to spend more time at each destination!
Will I have any problems with the above itinerary? I mean...since I would be coming back from London, and crossing over between Asia<-> Europe twice? I was not able to plan this trip on the Star Alliance website because of this issue.
any other suggestions/comments most welcome!