Originally Posted by
danger
My apologies. I am aware of visas available to tourist groups, just not as an individual. But my post was misleading; poor form on my part.
Perhaps my post was too sharp. My understanding is that the tour companies can help you "find a group" and then set up the visa for you. If you still want to visit.
Originally Posted by
danger
The only information I could find on Saudi transit visas was for a maximum of eight hours. But I'll check out the trip report forum and see what information I can find. The Saudi Embassy in Canberra has been completely and totally unhelpful, ignoring my email for well over a month.
There is definitely a 72 hour transit visa available, which permits you to leave the airport. An Australian shouldn't have any problem getting such a visa, at least no more than anyone else (except for the Israeli stamp—don't they do those on detachable paper now?).
Originally Posted by
danger
Buggered again. I do indeed have an Israeli stamp.
Look it might be a problem, or it might not. However, Oman is also a great place to visit and it won't be a problem there.
Originally Posted by
danger
Well that doesn't sound so great. It would mean I'd have to wait until four days before departure - the date of arrival into LHR - before booking the new sector. I'll have to really suss the AA RTW desk out on this one, particularly considering it will be Christmas when I travel.
Thank you for the info. More research for me, it seems.
I'm not sure what you mean. You can change the ticket at any time, you don't have to wait in between flown sectors. Unless you paid UK Air Passenger Duty or airport service fees before they went up last year and you want to avoid paying the difference?
However, others here think that only the changed coupons—not the entire fare component—will be recalculated, so I might be wrong on that score anyway.