Person need to go to Hyderabad(India) ASAP and he is in Calgary. appreciate if anyone has any idea about airlines which fly this route or any travel agent who can help.

If he hurries up, he can catch 6.05 pm flight, probably should buy ticket in airport. dont know if AC lets you buy online ticket 3 hours before departure

$2110.90 in US Dollars
1 adult @ $2110.90
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This ticket is non-refundable.


Airport legend:
YYC: Calgary Int'l
LHR: London Heathrow
BLR: Bangalore Hindustan
HYD: Hyderabad Begumpet
Calgary, Canada to Hyderabad, India: 9680 miles 24 hrs 55 min

Air Canada Flight AC850 on an Airbus A330 (jet) in coach class
(meal, breakfast)
Departs Calgary, Canada (YYC) Thur, Jan 3 6:05p 8 hrs 55 min
Arrives London, United Kingdom (LHR) Fri, Jan 4 10:00a
Layover in London 4 hrs 25 min
British Airways Flight BA119 on a Boeing 747 (jet) in coach class
(meal)
Departs London, United Kingdom (LHR) Fri, Jan 4 2:25p 9 hrs 20 min
Arrives Bangalore, India (BLR) Sat, Jan 5 5:15a
Layover in Bangalore 1 hr 15 min
Kingfisher Airlines Flight IT431 on an Airbus A321 (jet) in coach class
(breakfast)
Departs Bangalore, India (BLR) Sat, Jan 5 6:30a 1 hr 0 min
Arrives Hyderabad, India (HYD) 7:30a
Note: The flight from Calgary (YYC) to London (LHR) is overnight.
Note: The flight from London (LHR) to Bangalore (BLR) is overnight.
Note: You must change terminals in London (LHR).

Is it a one way ticket?

Today will be tough, I think the AC is the best option that Richey recommended - a good deal. If your friend can wait till tomorrow, he can get on the NWA - below is roundtrip routing. I just picked a random return date

Total is $1,909


Outbound Flight 2 Stop flight in Economy Class on Jan 4, 2008 (Friday)

Northwest Airlines
Flight 1540
2:00 pm
Depart from Calgary, AB (YYC)
5:39 pm
Arrives at Minneapolis/St Paul, MN (MSP)
2 hours 39 minutes - 1052 miles - Food for Purchase - Airbus Industrie A319 (Jet)
1 hour 36 minutes layover in Minneapolis/St Paul, MN

Northwest Airlines
Flight 46
7:15 pm
Depart from Minneapolis/St Paul, MN (MSP)
10:25 am
Arrives at Amsterdam, (AMS)
8 hours 10 minutes - 4167 miles - Snack or Brunch - Airbus Industrie A330-300 (Jet)
2 hours layover in Amsterdam,

Northwest Airlines
Flight 8399
12:25 pm
Depart from Amsterdam, (AMS)
1:45 am
Arrives at Hyderabad, (HYD)
8 hours 50 minutes - 4589 miles - Snack or Brunch - McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (Jet)


Return Flight 2 Stop flight in Economy Class on Feb 5, 2008 (Tuesday)


Northwest Airlines
Flight 8444
3:35 am
Depart from Hyderabad, (HYD)
9:10 am
Arrives at Amsterdam, (AMS)
10 hours 05 minutes - 4589 miles - Snack or Brunch - McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (Jet)
1 hour 10 minutes layover in Amsterdam,

Northwest Airlines
Flight 41
10:20 am
Depart from Amsterdam, (AMS)
12:30 pm
Arrives at Minneapolis/St Paul, MN (MSP)
9 hours 10 minutes - 4167 miles - Snack or Brunch - Airbus Industrie A330-300 (Jet)
8 hours 50 minutes layover in Minneapolis/St Paul, MN

Northwest Airlines
Flight 1541
9:20 pm
Depart from Minneapolis/St Paul, MN (MSP)
11:13 pm
Arrives at Calgary, AB (YYC)
2 hours 53 minutes - 1052 miles - Food for Purchase - Airbus Industrie A319 (Jet)

Thanks all for replying and looking for the deals. I forgot to mention some of the *KEY* points.

He can't take any flight which is coming to USA as he doesn't have US visa(right this time).

He had NWA tickets bought yesterday online for ~2300 which had the same routing but they didn't allow to board him as the flight wasn't coming as INTL flight to Minneapolis and Immigration didn't (obviously) cleared him at the gate. Luckily he bought the ticket less than 24 hrs so was able to got the full refund.

He is going thru counter to counter at airport and looking for the options. I think he will take one way option either thru Frankfurt as Lufthansa has direct flight to Hyderabad.

While this is useful information to the person who needed it, why post it in MILEAGE RUN DEALS???


MR Deals forums appears among the first forum, but shouldn't be used to post NON MR deal related posts.

The OP should have posted to the Travel Buzz, or other forums

Good luck to your friend - hope he finds something ...

Rather harsh post - it's nice to assist people who need help you know.

1 AC 850 J6 C6 Z3 Y1 M1 U1 B1 /YYC LHR 3 1805 1000+1E0/333
H0 V0 Q0 L0 A0 K0 N0 I3

2 BA 119 F9 A9 J9 C5 D5 R4 I4 /LHR 4 BLR 1425 0515+1E0/744
W9 E9 T8 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 G9

I think for this you would maybe have to go through a TA or try multicity. I will try for you but wanted to post first to show you the availability.

Expensive is that the AC flight only has availability in high booking classes. Still less expensive than LH would chrage you when buying a ticket on day of departure...

Fine, but it wasn't as if the OP couldn't do the research. Furthermore, the OP gave incomplete information so that even a willing FT'er couldn't help.

1 AC 850 J6 C6 Z3 Y1 M1 U1 B1 /YYC LHR 3 1805 1000+
H0 V0 Q0 L0 A0 K0 N0 I3

2 BA 119 F9 A9 J9 C5 D5 R4 I4 /LHR 4 BLR 1425 0515+
W9 E9 T8 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 G9

1 9W 517 C4 J4 Z4 I4 Y9 M9 T9 /BLR HYD 0610 0710
U9 N9 L9 Q9 S9 K9 H9 V9 O9
or

2 9W3541 Y4 M4 T4 U4 N4 L4 Q4 /BLR HYD 1320 1450
I think for this you would maybe have to go through a TA or try multicity. I will try for you but wanted to post first to show you the availability.

Expensive is that the AC flight only has availability in high booking classes. Still less expensive than LH would chrage you when buying a ticket on day of departure...

If he can go tomorrow, he can book himself on a AC/9W combine routed on YYC-YYZ-(BRU)-MAA-HYD for CAD 1,800.

-A.

Or he would fly tomorrow a AC/WS to YVR and then take CX/IT combine for CAD 1,789. Routing would be YYZ-YVR-HKG-DEL-HYD.

You're right on all counts, but I'm glad to see others helped and are helping the guy out.

As the husband of an Indian wife with Canadian landed immigrant status and no US visa, I can relate to the travel panic when you find out travel plans have fallen through. Most likely it was based on bad info from a TA or airline customer service staff. That's been my experience. It's not a good feeling when you find out, we can't let you on the plane or we can let you on, but you can't collect your bags in X transfer city.

Considering the panic and desperation, I would be a little easy on the OP.

It's a testament to the collect knowledge and goodwill here at FT, that desperate people ask us all for help. It's not like he popped in and asked for a MR $0.01 EQM gift wrapped from his home airport on 01/01/2008. He asked for someone in need.

Look at my post count, so what do I know. I do know that I come here every day because people are helpful and can forgive the honest mistakes.

To save you & your friend valuable time, please enlighten us with more *KEY* points:

Passport from what country/countries?
Legal residence in what country/countries?

thank you canadianpilgrim, I'm sure your sentiments echo those of most FT'er. I think that sometimes the diehards take the whole thing (of forums, posts) just a little too seriously. Given some of the trite posts in all forums - most from those with 1000's of posts ... I would recommend a little more compassion for real issues.

As far as certain nationalities requiring visas (not just visa waver forms) even for transit in the US - well I agree with your concerns as well. The US should review it's list of participating countries - India is an excellent example - with a booming economy and a huge middle class - it makes no sense at all. (I could go on about India's own tourist and business visitor visa process -- but this is not the forum for that!!)