Originally Posted by stephem
With all the anger I've been feeling about the recent introduction of roachchoice, it was nice to feel some goodness again from NW. We finally pulled the trigger on 2 Biz tickets with this routing and I think we found a tremendous value at 120k per ticket that allows us to route thru Egypt on the return trip. Three countries on two continents in about three weeks, this is a lot of travelling.
We booked:
SEA-ATL-EZE on Delta (departing SEA Thurs noon, arriving EZE Fri AM)
Fri/Sat/Sun- free "stopover" in EZE since the next MH flight to JNB is on Sun PM
EZE-JNB on MH (departing EZE Sun PM, arriving JNB Mon around noon)
23 hours layover in JNB
JNB-Nairobi-DAR on KQ (Kenya Airways)
8+ days in Tanzania
DAR-CAI on KQ
5+ days in Egypt
CAI-AMS-SEA on NW/KLM (go the AMS-SEA nonstop no less!)
Now THAT is an impressive use of 120,000 WorldPerks miles. Were you able to get First Class on the EZE->JNB segment on Malaysia Airlines? We were not able to, but C on MH is fine - especially if you are on one of their newly configured aircraft.
Note that on the EZE -> JNB segment you will be stopping in Cape Town for about an hour and a half. You can get off the plane and wander around the terminal. You can also go into the South African Airlines Baobab Club if you want during that time. Its a decent club.
The flight to JNB gets in around noon so it is tough to get a rental car and get to one of the really large game parks that are north and east of the city - but you might have enough time to get to the Pilanesberg National Park. Have fun!