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Old Sep 22, 2017 | 7:08 am
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Originally Posted by jman8888
I'm trying to get to Conakry using Chase UR to visit my sister in the Peace Corps!

Aim is to get leave ATL around Dec 25.

We want to somehow get ourselves back to Los Angeles, leave Conakry around Jan 5-6.

Any tips? I'm struggling with availability...
I took a quick look and it seems there are daily flights between CKY (Conakry) and DKR (Dakar). If you are using Chase UR points, you will need a fair amount to go from LAX to DKR. Assuming you convert them to United miles it will be about 80K miles per person for a round trip coach ticket. If you find award flights you would then need to buy tickets to/form CKY out of pocket as I doubt if any of the carriers are bookable with UA miles.

If you have the points/mile you will need to aggressively search for flights ASAP. I totally agree with Yoshi212 about when to search and the likely dearth of availability.
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