Much better connections than ATH, although of course shorter flight and non-lie flat 320s...
Seems only BOM ex-ATH is attractive, most other cities both India and SE Asia over 1100

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ATH is still the cheapest to SE Asia ex-EU as far as I can tell...
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Abu Dhabi and sometimes Dubai are worth looking at for some destinations. Tunis crops up occasionally, too. For some, UAE can be easier, and cheaper, to get to than Amman.

Airline schedules seem a little flakey at the moment, so feel safer with an overnight incorporated with positioning.

Not sure what the fuss is about no flat-bed on three-hour daytime flight :)

Thanks. I don't think its a regular caching issue with google flights since it has been like that for 3 days now, cashing issues generally are gone within a few hours.
Couldn't find it bookable on any OTA so far, any OTA anyone would recommend to check ? I wonder if the ticket might only sell in a specific country or so.

gf is weird. The link directly to SV site is usually busted. Get your desired date, manually enter it in SV site search, usually the results will populate.

Thanks, I have tried that, unfortunately its not showing any result on the SV site.

Is transit without problems possible? Do you need any visa for the RUH transit?

I did a transit in RUH back in 2018. It was quite interesting. Possible without visa for us (European) at the time.
We were about 5 people doing a transit there. We had to wait infront of a "wall" before entering the transit area while they took our passports and disappeared for some minutes. Then they came back and scanned our bags multiple times. They did not talk to the females but instead were just snipping with their fingers towards the females and pointing them to a door. In that room there was a woman in a burka doing the security checks for the females. After the security checks they escorted us to the gate and let us walk around freely afterwards. It was way too early to be at the gate so we went to the lounge. The lounge was quite nice and the staff in the lounge was very friendly. There are showers but no towels available.
Overall I would do it again if the price is right.

That explains dressing up in bath robes. ;)

If transit is below 12 hours you will not need a visa with an EU passport. Others I dont know

Hi good folks - I am tempted to try this deal out, and had a few questions:
I Understand JED has the shiny new lounge -is terminal 1 where it's located? How bad is RUH lounge for a 10hr layover?
ATH-SIN has two stopovers, incl short one at MLE. Could I extend this to a couple of days?

Thanks in advance!

JED lounge is in new terminal , it's large and great but has severely strong AC. Far superior to RUH lounge in all aspects apart from the AC.

RUH is small and gets packed.

Decided to book this to KUL in a few weeks. As I understand correctly, Malaysia doesn't impose any Covid entry restrictions for vaccinated people, so no PCR required.
For Jeddah, I will stay in transit so covid rules don't seem to apply too. Will have to spend 7 hours in their new lounge.

I am tempted too given the price, but I would be travellng with my wife and 2yo daughter. I presume that transiting (landside) snd spending the night at some airport hotel should be ok.

If you apply for a Visa before travel. EVisa should be work too.

You can stay airside for up tp 12 hours. I've no idea if the regulation is enforced, if Saudia will insist on evidence of a visa for longer transfers. Although the lounge is fine, a long stay airside wouldn't be much fun for a family.

eVisa is quite straightforward online at £100+ a pop. I've no idea if the visa on arrival has surfaced again - but Saudi can advise you on that. Jeddah's OK for a stay, but it's not geared for tourism (apart from umrah and haj): there's a Holiday Inn close to the airport, and some (probably cheaper) non-chain local establishments.

With visa and hotel costs, plus whatever additional expenditure is required for positioning to Athens, I'm not sure this is a family-friendly and pocket-friendly route.