MillionMilerMan

The pmUA gave IAD-BAH direct miles which caused you to be bit shortchanged because only one flight number. Since integration, though, I've received IAD-KWI miles, plus 500 more for KWI-BAH--even though it's the same flight number. That's the way it's stated in the new rules on the UA website.

linuxchick

I'd be interested but this fare seems to be gone already!

usa18dca

You snooze you lose

glasnost7

It's funny, I can check this forum daily (even hourly) and nothing's new. Then before you know it, tons of deals that are gone within the hour.

maverick17

but I did that a few times recently and UA hasn't refunded me within 10 days. Anyone know how long they usually take to refund? I didn't want another charge sitting on my cc.

rankourabu

The fare is still there. Its just YQ has been adjusted by about $200+.

meister918

Which for the majority of us means it is now dead. Unless if course you would be willing to message me why u am incorrect.

rankourabu

The identical LH and AC fares are still there

CDKing

Not the best deal but i can get it to 4.5CPM out of BOS if i route BOS-IAH-IAD but don't like the 1hr 15 min connect in IAD fro IAD-KWI-BAH

schley

I live in Saudi Arabia and go into Bahrain at least 4-5 times a month. The causeway is bad because of the SAUDI immigration and customs. The Bahrain side is always easier and quicker. Bahrain is tourist friendly as many have stated. Not Dubai by any means but a very poor mans Dubai.

You can get a flight for as low as 125 bucks on Gulf Air, or go flydubai. but usually you can expect around 175-200.

Same, not sure what others are doing, but I did get the 500 min but that was almost 2 years ago I believe.

I would try it out. Bahrain has some malls, some pretty nice restaurants. You can hit the Ritz Carlton and Trader Ric's which is the restaurant there. You can go to the water park, even do F1 racing at the race track. They don't have as much as Dubai obviously but you can find things to do for sure.

I have never done a MR to Bah as I live in KSA right next store, but there is a transit security area and a UA transfer counter right past it. I don't know if you need to clear immigration. I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't.

Well then something is happening different for me and my friends. I have taken this flight 4 RT's since the merger and each time I am NOT given the kwi-bah leg for 500 mile min. It is bah-iad and iad-bah there is no bah-kwi-iad and vice versa. If you price out the flight I haven't even gotten the option for my last 2 purchases of a different option to show separate segments. You get through mileage, without the 500 min.

cbellero

MMM,

I used to live in Bahrain. If you go there that often and are a US citizen, you might want to consider going downtown and getting the multiple-entry visa from immigration. About 5 years ago it cost 5 USD and was valid for 5 years.

usa18dca

It costs $50 right now for the 5Yr Multi-Visa while a Single Entry costs $30 so I can see why it would be beneficial in case. However it's just $13 for a 2 week Tourist Visa if you're in an eligible country.

HeathrowGuy

UN representative sites are notoriously out-of-date when it comes to Visa info. The cost of the 5-year via is now $228 for US citizens, as per the Bahrain Embassy USA website.

rankourabu

Why would you get an actual visa, if you can just pay BD5 on arrival?

There is an exchange booth before immigration, or you can pay in your currency (no change).

They dont have credit card machines for visas like Qatar does.

HeathrowGuy

I'm not going for an actual visa, I'm going for the e-visa, as there have been reports of time-consuming hassle for those going the VOA route. The multi-entry visas were mentioned earlier, and I wanted to note that the cost for that is much higher than posted.