From USA to South Africa via Dubai???
Jan 23, 2005, 11:03 am
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From USA to South Africa via Dubai???
Several articles write about flying to several places via Dubai. I was especially thinking if that would be a cost effective way to substantially increase ff miles for mileage run purposes? My starting points could be SFO, LAX, SAN or LAS.
Jan 24, 2005, 3:10 am
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Bear in mind that I think you can only get Q miles on EK's own FF scheme Skywards - for mileage plus for example, you just get the basic miles flown.
Jan 25, 2005, 5:27 pm
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Hey,
I wouldnt recommend US to South Africa via Dubai, because the aircraft used DXB-JNB has a very poor seat pitch (31") and the aircraft just isnt that nice.
However, if your doing it just for the miles, then fly J or F, as you get 50% and 100% bonus respectively, far better than Ive seen with any other FF program.
Hope this helps
I wouldnt recommend US to South Africa via Dubai, because the aircraft used DXB-JNB has a very poor seat pitch (31") and the aircraft just isnt that nice.
However, if your doing it just for the miles, then fly J or F, as you get 50% and 100% bonus respectively, far better than Ive seen with any other FF program.
Hope this helps
Last edited by sadiqhassan; Jan 25, 2005 at 6:51 pm