Originally Posted by mallthus
I'm guessing if you're based out of IAD, you're a UA MP person. If so, remember that Emirates and Qatar both accrue MP miles.
Unfortunately, neither fly out of IAD and the only one that can book a connecting flight, EK, code shares with DL and CO on their US legs.
Thanks--but since this is a trip paid for by the State Dept, I must fly a US flag carrier at least from IAD--and this is fine since I like UA's service in C (do it a lot to FRA). The issue was largely whether I go UA to Kuwait or UA to FRA and then onward on LH to Riyadh. Those seem to be the options on the table--well, maybe not, since State will book my ticket and I don't even know if UA to KWI is an option without pressing the issue. Since the LH flight from FRA seems fine, it probably isn't worth my effort to press it.
Thanks everyone.