Originally Posted by
dvs7310
Has anyone attempted a same plane turn around on one of these in CAI?
I'm heading back to CAI in a couple months from one of these but have zero desire to stay there. Most flights leave CAI either super early in the AM or quite late in the day, leaving few good options to get back out without hanging around all day or staying the night. Coming in from BKK gets you into CAI at 8:20am, so the same plane leaving at 9:20am sure could be appealing.
I've read reports in the BA thread about people doing it from BA (Terminal 2) to Star Alliance (Terminal 3) and taking an hour or two but being able to remain airside. Wondering how friendly RJ is to this, if they'll give the ex-CAI boarding pass while in transit earlier in AMM, etc.? Given it's on the ground an hour, going landside and back through isn't really a viable option.
- I completed one of such trips but we ended up with staying 3 nights in Cairo and enjoying it. Hyatt Cairo West was very nice and LeMeridien at the airport was also good. Yes, it could take between 1 to 2 hrs to transfer between Terminal 3 and 2 in CAI while staying all airside. My experience with BA and RJ is that they will not issue you a boarding pass from CAI when you check on-line. I was always asked to go to the counter. My understanding is that you will be arriving to CAI on RJ using one ticket and then checking in for another RJ flight. Then I do not see how, for example, an agent in AMM can check you in for a flight originating CAI.
When you arrive in T2 in CA, you can go to the transfer desk before clearing an immigration. Then an agent will take your passport and get someone to physically walk with you through the boarder to the check-in area, get you to check in for the flight, and walk back. That would be 20-30 min. Note that the checkin could be closed like 1 hr before the flight and then you will be out of luck. Overall, after experiencing a few connections in CAI, I think an 1 hr turnaround on two different tickets is simply too risky.