Originally Posted by
dvs7310
I'm not too excited about having to position to OSL for my next one, but we'll see where things stand at the time. It seems the ex-Japan price increase is about $1000 at current rates, which still may be ok considering the lack of YQ. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but ex-Pakistan is also quite competitive, I've seen one or two people talk about using that one (believe on a UL booking). ex-CMB appears to be decent too if you can't position to Europe cheaply.
Yeah, since my current one ends in November at NRT, repositioning to OSL would not be my first choice, either. OSL is at USD
4956.67 according to EF, and CMB is USD 5372.00 for an IONE3. I use CMB as the western end of my intra-Asian MRs, so I'd have to completely rejig that part of my itineraries (because I would be limited by the one international arrival and one international departure rule).
KHI is cheap enough, listed in EF at USD 4591 for an IONE3. I have a friend here (Thailand) who is from Pakistan, his family still lives there. In the past, he has said that he would not want me to go to KHI even for a transit because it can get really crazy at the airport. He carries a hangun whenever he's in-country, and hired two armed guards for his Thai girlfriend when she visited earlier this year. Just sent him an email to see what his current assessment is.