Hello all!
 

Hi, possibly from summer timetable, BA via its BMED franchise will be serving Djibouti again.

Sorry I have been away. I will be away for a bit more whilst I get a DC 10 accident report off my desk. Back soon, and I hope to get the new CAI fares soon. If I get a day, I will update the sticky.

Happy landings and may the status points be with you.

spottie.

BTW, flights from DXB to KHI are cheap. Including a a few low cost carriers. Some are listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXB

Also potentially useful if you are nesting xONEx tickets and want a cheap way back into Asia from Europe/Middle East.

Assuming prices don't jump I'm quite likely to ticket ex-KHI in early summer. I've already mailed Cathay in KHI and they were able to quote me the same price as listed here/in the spreadsheet.

I've been trying to get the attention of the BMED agent in DAM for a week or so with no results. Seems a reasonable choice for AONE3 if not much else, and not too expensive from CMB via DXB. I guess I'll next see if BMED/London is willing to get into the loop.

Just for a lark, you might contact Blands Travel in Gibraltar. The Blands family owns BMed and they have a full service travel agency at GIB that knows how to issue xONExs. Maybe they know who the handling agent or GSA is in DAM.

Sounds more like golden advice than a lark - I appreciate it very much. BMED lists Sanadiki Travel Services as their Damascus contact.

It seems a little hard to believe that Tonga has gone from one of the cheapest *A rtw to more than double the next most expensive :confused:

Jeff

Egypt fares as confirmed last week:

AONE (US$)
3- 6175
4- 9577
5- 10990
6- 12873

DONE (US$)
3- 4760
4- 6123
5 - 7065
6 - 8321

LONE (US$)
3- 2018
4 - 2371
5 - 2721
6 - 3079

The planners must have been into some mind-altering substances when they came up with those ex-CAI numbers. Nearly half again the price for the fourth continent. Discriminates sharply against the southern-hemisphere destinations since afaik they're all impossible on -3, but access to southern hemisphere shouldn't cost 50% more.

The question for me is - where is the cheapest now?

The cheapest what? You need to specify the class and the number of continents for that to be a meaningful question.

Apologies = a First Class, 5 continents I meant to say.

Examine post no. 1 in this thread carefully.

Thanks for the advice - but I assume that several of them are out of date - as with Egypt? Or am I wrong?

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Can I ask a silly Q? If one buys a RTW ticket in a certain destination (eg., Dubai), does one actually have to commence the journey there/travel through there, or can you buy on site there and start/finish somewhere else?

Apologies if this has been covered earlier/elsewhere...