Preamble: So as what appears to become a vacation time eating trend, this trip has its beginnings in a mistake fare, specifically the Skyteam mishap late last year to many destinations in Africa. This trip was booked for a shade over $400/pp. I had originally booked this trip with my mom, but as with all best laid plans, about a week before the trip, Mom found out that she couldn’t go with me. We were both pretty bummed about the situation, but I already had the vacation time approved and really didn’t want to not take the trip, so I began making changes.

Instead of making the short trip from Cairo to Alexandria, I swapped in Luxor. [Preview: since I felt bad that we weren’t going to see each other, I decided to plan a trip for us to NYC for a long weekend over Mother’s Day next month!]

As for the hotels, I booked 3 nights at the Hilton Pyramids Resort in Cairo with points, two nights of hotels were made unnecessary due to taking the overnight sleeper train to/from Luxor, and in Luxor I stayed at the Sheraton on a pretty cheap prepaid rate.

This report also makes for a head to head comparison of Air France and KLM, two airlines I’d never flown before.

Sections

IAH, AF 639 to Paris, CDG - the French revenge, and AF 508 to Cairo
Cairo and Hilton Pyramids Golf Resort
Luxor, sleeper train, and Sheraton Luxor Resort
Cairo, airport adventures, KL 554 CAI-AMS, and KL 661 AMS-IAH

My prior TRs

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...n-mnl-hkt.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...mirates-y.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...-week-nyc.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...d-combo-y.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...els-tiger.html