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Old Jan 11, 2004 | 3:07 am
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RTW4
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Am sitting at LHR . Just flew LHR-CAI on BA 155, then did a turn around to catch LH 589 from FRA-CAI to start a ....forgive me.....STAR RTW. I already am flying two OWE this year. FOR ALL THOSES WHO NEED ASSISTANCE IN CAIRO TURNAROUNDS..it is easy, and all adivse on this board is sensational. In brief..

1.) You will arrive in terminal 2 ( except if you are flying Egypt Air which is terminal 1 )

2.) As you deplane follow the signs to passport control. As you approach the passport control there will be THREE BANKS in a row all who have vendors who are yelling "VISA mister??" Go to any of these banks and pay 10 pounds or 15 dollars. They will give you 2 postage sized stamps. One is orange and the other is blue. PASTE these visa stamps in your passport yourself. Then head to passport control. It takes less than 5 minutes. It is much easier than I though.

3.) After passport control you will be in the arrivals hall. If you have a turn around at the airport DO NOT GO OUTSIDE of the arrivals hall. Turn left before the exit doors and you will see a large sign saying EXIT with some stairs. Walk down these stairs and walk 100 feet to another set of stairs. These stairs go up and voila...you are in the departure area ready to make your turnaround flight.

4.) I decided NOT to go through transit as there were some pretty scary stories on this board of some FT having their passports held until flight time.

Once again thanks to everyone on this board.
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