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Old Dec 29, 2019 | 5:27 pm
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Originally Posted by kyamnitz
Hi All,
I'm trying to figure out an itinerary exploring several African countries. I can get from Kansas City to Cape Town and out of Uganda (EBB) with United, but most of the flights between the other cities / countries are unavailable with United (or some are just really long). Timing is end of June to mid July.

I have a lot of American Airlines points I'd love to use, but I can't find any availability with any of these airports (i.e. CPT->VFA, VFA->EBB, VFA->JRO, etc.).
I also have a lot of points with Delta, but I'm not finding much there either.
I have some points with Alaska Airlines (which I understand you can find availability with British Airways search), but searching BA, I don't see any availability.
And I have some points with Virgin Atlantic, but I'm guessing there's no way to use them in Africa...

And I have Amex MR I could transfer if needed. I'm transferring a lot of Chase to United to book the main flight, but I'll be getting low on Chase points. Any suggestions on good ways to find availability?? Thanks!
--Kyle

Have you researched which airlines fly those routes non stop or via another (major) airport?
Africa, as a continent, does not have that many internal flights. Lack of demand and politics. Internal flights can be on local airlines. More flights are to an overseas destinations.

AS award chart does not any options Africa to Africa
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...s/award-charts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilima...tional_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasane_Airport
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