[PREM FARE GONE] Scandinavia - Irkutsk,Russia. Return via TLV/IST. SkyTeam, 710 EUR
Oct 18, 2017, 1:45 am
#331
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: NL
Posts: 29
Not right now, but I'm planning to be in Irkutsk somewhere in the last two weeks of March, anyone else around then? I would love to do a 2 night trip to Olkhon Island in Lake Baikal but all of the tour companies only do private tours, and they don't take solo travelers (well, they do, but it will cost around $750 and more people = more fun!).
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Oct 18, 2017, 5:09 am
#332
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: MUC
Programs: TK Elite, FB Gold
Posts: 315
Not right now, but I'm planning to be in Irkutsk somewhere in the last two weeks of March, anyone else around then? I would love to do a 2 night trip to Olkhon Island in Lake Baikal but all of the tour companies only do private tours, and they don't take solo travelers (well, they do, but it will cost around $750 and more people = more fun!).
Oct 18, 2017, 5:31 am
#333
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Norway
Programs: KLM. Elite Plus, SK Silver
Posts: 61
i'm planning to use a this as part of a RTW route for next year,
ex, AES,NOR - IKT - IST - TUN
Hop on the AF/CZ fare in TUN, TUN-CDG-CAN-SGN, try the AF 787 new J class.
Get a cheap tkt SGN-CRK/MNL, stop there a few days.
Then onwards on the MU deal, CRK-PVG-JFK
Cheap ticket from NY back to Norway and return,
Get back to NY after a few months home and fly the return JFK-PVG-CRK on MU
And, eventually return back to TUN from SGN, and home from TUN with this fare...
Should be possible, but if speculations are true about Flying blue going revenue based the points earned indeed will make this less attractive,
But should be a good trip though. :-)
ex, AES,NOR - IKT - IST - TUN
Hop on the AF/CZ fare in TUN, TUN-CDG-CAN-SGN, try the AF 787 new J class.
Get a cheap tkt SGN-CRK/MNL, stop there a few days.
Then onwards on the MU deal, CRK-PVG-JFK
Cheap ticket from NY back to Norway and return,
Get back to NY after a few months home and fly the return JFK-PVG-CRK on MU
And, eventually return back to TUN from SGN, and home from TUN with this fare...
Should be possible, but if speculations are true about Flying blue going revenue based the points earned indeed will make this less attractive,
But should be a good trip though. :-)
Oct 18, 2017, 9:20 am
#334
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: HAG
Programs: Der 5* FTL
Posts: 8,065
For me, it would make the trip lose its purpose, which would be to get gold if at all possible, with secondary aim to add some already expected trips in there (if I could get a practicable stopover on both the outbound and inbound fare, the whole ticket is practically half paid off)
Need to go play on Matrix... (and, as for that matter, try and find out if there is a way to put in more than 6 legs in some multicity finder)
Need to go play on Matrix... (and, as for that matter, try and find out if there is a way to put in more than 6 legs in some multicity finder)
Oct 18, 2017, 11:39 am
#335
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 210
Not right now, but I'm planning to be in Irkutsk somewhere in the last two weeks of March, anyone else around then? I would love to do a 2 night trip to Olkhon Island in Lake Baikal but all of the tour companies only do private tours, and they don't take solo travelers (well, they do, but it will cost around $750 and more people = more fun!).
This is something I could find for the transportation for instance: http://olkhon-transfer.com/?page_id=59&lang=en
Oct 18, 2017, 2:50 pm
#336
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 1
Hey everyone,
my first post here, came here through german "Vielfliegertreff" and read all pages to build up a really nice routing, which was bookable through Delta. So a big thanks to everyone who was helping with good information and tips in this thread, really loved to play with the fare and all the nice options. My trip will start in March and end in May: BGO-AMS-CDG-SVO-IKT//stopover//IKT-SVO//stopover//SVO-CDG-HAM//stopover in my hometown till May//
HAM-CDG-TLV//stopover//TLV-CDG//stopover//CDG-INV (793,-€ all-in)
Positioning to BGO is quite easy and cheap via OSL and famous Bergensbanen (scenic railway line I definitely recommend) and I always wanted to fly to INV one day Repositioning to Hamburg with a Scotrail-Trip and some cheap flight options via EDI or MAN is quite easy though.
Will be in IKT from 13/03-21/03, so if anyone is around there, let me know
my first post here, came here through german "Vielfliegertreff" and read all pages to build up a really nice routing, which was bookable through Delta. So a big thanks to everyone who was helping with good information and tips in this thread, really loved to play with the fare and all the nice options. My trip will start in March and end in May: BGO-AMS-CDG-SVO-IKT//stopover//IKT-SVO//stopover//SVO-CDG-HAM//stopover in my hometown till May//
HAM-CDG-TLV//stopover//TLV-CDG//stopover//CDG-INV (793,-€ all-in)
Positioning to BGO is quite easy and cheap via OSL and famous Bergensbanen (scenic railway line I definitely recommend) and I always wanted to fly to INV one day
Repositioning to Hamburg with a Scotrail-Trip and some cheap flight options via EDI or MAN is quite easy though.
Oct 19, 2017, 1:22 am
#337
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: NL
Posts: 29
I have set aside 4 nights for Irkutsk, will definitely look into the bus schedule and fire up a Russion language learning app! I'm still in doubt if a leave from work is ok in March but I'm hoping to book an itinerary this weekend - fingers crossed the fare will stick around. Will post my Irkutsk dates here for a possible meet up - a couple of people speaking terrible Russian is better than one. ;-)
Props Ben-V for getting the SVO stopover in there, that is a tough one!
Props Ben-V for getting the SVO stopover in there, that is a tough one!
Oct 19, 2017, 10:12 am
#339
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: WORLD
Programs: Bonvoy Titanium, Flying Blue (KLM) Platinum, Oneworld (BA) Sapphire, *A (Aegean) Gold, IHG Spire RA,
Posts: 555
Okee.... I lost one ticket due to "non payment". But it was paid also on creditcard statement. No money back. It was fixed again and tickets are back. I found out with popup on klm app said "something went wrong" and suddenly flight was gone few days back. Today i was called TO ME by the airline about payments they had and i said it was for those tickets. They re-instated all.
**WEIRD**
UPDATE **more weird**
I had DL etix before; my etix are now AF.
the PNR has now also a new PNR allthough it's accesible through the old too still.
**WEIRD**
UPDATE **more weird**
I had DL etix before; my etix are now AF.
the PNR has now also a new PNR allthough it's accesible through the old too still.
Last edited by christravelblog; Oct 19, 2017 at 10:56 am
Oct 19, 2017, 11:53 am
#340
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: London
Programs: SK Gold, ITA Executive, Sixt Diamond, Hertz PC, Avis PC, IHG Platinum
Posts: 5,163
Extra SU YQ will apply for SU marketed flights.
Oct 20, 2017, 8:13 am
#343
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: London
Programs: SK Gold, ITA Executive, Sixt Diamond, Hertz PC, Avis PC, IHG Platinum
Posts: 5,163