Originally Posted by JohnAx
The $700 extra to start from CAI comes with some extra burdens - CAI is one of the places that you can only have one of in your European itinerary, requiring a tedious escape via Spain to avoid
Just to clarify, Syria also fits in that list and you can't get there from anywhere but London. The IB flight is a codeshare with Syrian Air. Also, although I have never taken a BMED flight, I believe someone here has said that it's like fliying in intra-europe biz.