I need help getting from IAH departing on September 18, to DYU, for work. I want to go to Kuala Lumpur from DYU for my layover instead of what's usually Dubai, because I wanted to do something for the recent victims of MH flights. I'm paying for this leg of the flight myself, so I need the most efficient $ leg there. Then, I need to get back home to IAH. I was hoping for a 12-24 hour layover in Kuala Lumpur, then home to IAH. or... everyone else is leaving the 25th of sept from DYU to IAH. If I can delay my flight home on the 25th from DYU, and just get the leg to KL and back to DYU, maybe that would be best! HELP PLEASE!

As this is not a trip report I shall move it on over to the Information Desk.

Moomba
Moderator: Trip Reports

Welcome to FT!

Do I understand correctly that you would like to fly something like this itinerary:

IAH-DYU 18 Sep
DYU-KUL 25 Sep
KUL-IAH 26/27 Sep

All possibly with stops?

This is going to be extremely expensive and I suspect the cheapest way to do it is to buy a RTW (Round the World) ticket, either with Star Alliance (probably best) or OneWorld. I expect you would pay ca $5,000.

Update...I just did a dummy booking for you, and the total comes to $3,012 with all taxes. I think this is pretty much the cheapest you are going to get.

By the way, you're going to be on a plane for a looooong time!

Here is the routing:

Itinerary

Houston (IAH) to Dushanbe (DYU) - Thu, Sep 18
Turkish Airlines Inc. Houston (IAH) to Istanbul (IST) - Thu, Sep 18
Turkish Airlines Inc. 34 Dep: 8:00PM Arr: 3:45PM 11h 45m Boeing 777 Economy (H)
Layover in IST Fri, Sep 19 53h 25m

Turkish Airlines Inc. Istanbul (IST) to Dushanbe (DYU) - Sun, Sep 21
Turkish Airlines Inc. 254 Dep: 9:10PM Arr: 3:45AM 4h 35m Airbus A321 Economy (H)
Mon, Sep 22

Dushanbe (DYU) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) - Thu, Sep 25
Turkish Airlines Inc. Dushanbe (DYU) to Istanbul (IST) - Thu, Sep 25
Turkish Airlines Inc. 255 Dep: 5:40AM Arr: 9:05AM 5h 25m Airbus A321 Economy (V)
Layover in IST 16h 10m

Turkish Airlines Inc. Istanbul (IST) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) - Fri, Sep 26
Turkish Airlines Inc. 60 Dep: 1:15AM Arr: 4:50PM 10h 35m Airbus A330 Economy (S)

Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Houston (IAH) - Sun, Sep 28
Turkish Airlines Inc. Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Istanbul (IST) - Sun, Sep 28
Turkish Airlines Inc. 61 Dep: 11:15PM Arr: 5:35AM 11h 20m Airbus A330 Economy (T)
Layover in IST Mon, Sep 29 7h 30m

Turkish Airlines Inc. Istanbul (IST) to Houston (IAH) - Mon, Sep 29
Turkish Airlines Inc. 33 Dep: 1:05PM Arr: 6:05PM 13h 0m Boeing 777 Economy (T)

Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $3,012.00
Total cost for 1 passenger $3,012.00

And here is the fare construction that you should give to your travel agent:

Fare 1: Carrier TK HLV3XPX HOU to DYU (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code H
Covers IAH-IST (Economy), IST-DYU (Economy)
$1,039.00
Fare 2: Carrier TK VXPX2YY DYU to IST (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code V
Covers DYU-IST (Economy)
$278.77
Fare 3: Carrier TK ST2XEX IST to KUL (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code S
Covers IST-KUL (Economy)
$482.74
Fare 4: Carrier TK TLV3XPC KUL to HOU (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code T
Covers KUL-IST (Economy), IST-IAH (Economy)
$282.50
Turkish Int'l Airport Service Charge (TR) $28.60
TK YR surcharge (YR) $818.80
US International Departure Tax (US) $17.50
US September 11th Security Fee (AY) $5.60
US Passenger Facility Charge (XF) $3.00
USDA APHIS Fee (XA) $5.00
US Immigration Fee (XY) $7.00
US Customs Fee (YC) $5.50
US International Arrival Tax (US) $17.50
Malaysia Passenger Service & Security Charge (MY) $20.50

Subtotal per passenger $3,012.00
Number of passengers x1

TOTAL AIRFARE & TAXES $3,012.00

This ticket is non-refundable.
Changes to this ticket will incur a penalty fee.

Fare construction:

HOU TK IST TK DYU 1039.00HLV3XPX TK X/IST 278.76VXPX2YY TK KUL 482.74ST2XEX TK X/IST TK HOU 282.50TLV3XPC NUC 2083.00 END ROE 1.00 XT 5.50YC 7.00XY 5.00XA 35.00US 5.60AY 28.60TR 20.50MY 818.80YR 3.00XF IAH3.00

On reflection, that routing has you in IST for a couple of days, as the DYU flights are not daily. When do you actually need to be there?

Thats a very nice thing to do for this newcomer. Well done.

Cheers. We try to be helpful around here!

Agreed. Very thoughtful and very helpful.

One further thought: Would any of these flights on Turkish Airlines qualify for miles on United?

You'd have to check, but I believe H V S T are all earning classes.

You are awesome!!!!!!!!! ❤️ I can't thank you enough. I'm gonna look into this one!

Look closely, because you're stuck in IST for a few days. If you give me the dates you need to be in DYU I can build you a better itinerary.

If you want to live dangerously and go two different tickets plus airport change, Hipmunk says open jaw this:

Thurs, Sept. 18
IAH-DME on Singapore Air Singapore (SQ) 61
Marketed by Transaero (UN) 7061

Layover in Moscow for 9 hours and get to the next airport-
VKO-DYU UTair (UT) 801
in Coach on a UTair 321

Sat September 27-
KUL-DXB Emirates (EK) 347
in Coach on a Boeing 777-300 3-Class

10 hour layover in Dubai

DXB-IAH Emirates (EK) 211
in Coach on a Boeing 777-300 3-Class

for $1708 on Flight Hub ($1713 CheapoAir)

Then a one way ticket depart Thursday, Sept 25

DYU-SVX Ural (U6) 2954
in Coach on a Ural 320

10 hour layover in SVX

SVX-DUB Flydubai (FZ) 902
in Coach on a Flydubai 73H

DXB-KUL- Emirates (EK) 346
in Coach on a Boeing 777-300 3-Class

for $823 on Vayarama

Total $2531

This gets you into KUL at 3:05 on Friday with your KUL outbound at 7:30pm on Saturday, which is hopefully long enough for your needs. The choke point seems to be getting you out of DYU and pointed correctly eastward, with longer layovers likely no matter how much you pay.

Istanbul is not a bad place to be stuck. I would actually welcome a stopover there.

+1 ^

True, certainly preferable to Moscow/DME!