DL: JFK -> SVO $379 rt
Mar 15, 2015, 5:20 pm
#16
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 40
Got my visa for $263, mailed out. Invite was about $15 USD. Photo requirements are 35x45mm, NOT 2"x2". Lots of conflicting information.
That organization is the straight-from-consulate group.
Mar 15, 2015, 7:09 pm
#17
Join Date: Dec 2005
Programs: DL Diamond. LT SkyClub, AGR, passport
Posts: 742
booked a couple for $344 ORD-JFK-SVO-JFK-MSP-MDW going to book an onward ticket from SVO to either Stockholm or Copenhagen (or other cheap flight destination) so I do not have to get a Russian Visa (been there, done that) $52 base fare rest is taxes and fees nice MQMs 11,832 but only 2000 redeemable
Mar 17, 2015, 10:53 pm
#18
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
Most hotels in Moscow have a Russian citizen employee who can issue the visa invitation letter for a fee.
Mar 18, 2015, 12:08 am
#19
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: Delta DM, SPG Plat 100 (LT Gold), IHG Spire, Hyatt Diamond, HH Gold, National EE, Hertz Prez Circle
Posts: 473
Mar 18, 2015, 2:14 am
#20
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: New Jersey
Programs: Delta P, SPG G, Marriott S, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,007
booked a couple for $344 ORD-JFK-SVO-JFK-MSP-MDW going to book an onward ticket from SVO to either Stockholm or Copenhagen (or other cheap flight destination) so I do not have to get a Russian Visa (been there, done that) $52 base fare rest is taxes and fees nice MQMs 11,832 but only 2000 redeemable
The gate agent at JFK did not let my buddy do that, he was merely going there and back same day, not leaving airport.
Mar 18, 2015, 2:15 am
#21
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: New Jersey
Programs: Delta P, SPG G, Marriott S, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,007
Basically as a tourist, you need a sponsor who is responsible for you. You then register your visa with them when you are there.
As a Marriott Platinum, I still paid it, even though I was there on a private visa with my wife who holds Russian citizenship.
Mar 25, 2015, 8:18 am
#22
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Kansas City, MO; Formerly Doha, Qatar
Programs: I got to play AA Executive Platinum for a year due to a fluke promotion.
Posts: 4
Looks like these fares finally dried up over night. Yesterday there were plenty of date options for $335, now the cheapest I see on ITA is $649.