Originally Posted by tnkngn (Post 27668396)

Welcome to Flyertalk!

I am sure you have browsed the forums a bit and have gotten familiar with how FT (=FlyerTalk) works. Most people start by lurking around the different forums and try to pick up on the lingo and different topics, which does take some time to get familiar with, especially for people (like myself) with English as a second language.

Now to your questions.....

Do you all live in Cairo? Don't think any of the people that are considering to take advantage of the great business & first class fares live in Cairo, most take a flight to position to/from Cairo to take advantage of these fares.

I am based in Singapore and I am thinking about routing my January flight from Frankfurt through Cairo to Singapore instead of going straight from Frankfurt ("home" airport when I am back in Germany) to Singapore.

I could then return to Cairo in say March and take another business or first class flight to another Asian/North or South American or Australian destination.

To sum it up, one could go Cairo - Dubai - Singapore return, then immediately take another flight from Cairo - Dubai - Buenos Aires/New York/ Toronto etc. for work/vacation etc.
To return to my Singapore base, I'd have to buy another CAI-DXB-SIN ticket.
Hope you get the picture.

One would need to commit more time to do the above scenario, rather than take a direct flight (if applicable) however, since all flights would be in business or first class, come at a relatively small price compared to doing the same from other airports around the world.
By taking flights in business or first class, one can accumulate a decent amount of redeemable miles, which then can be used for further free flights for yourself or family & friends.

Or Do you buy separate air tickets to Cairo? Yes, people buy a separate ticket or if a revenue ticket is too expensive, they would go and use their miles & points to get a "free" ticket to Cairo.

I'm very curious - doesn't it cost money/energy/time if you have to travel to Cairo first?? Sure does :) But since you are flying business or first class from Cairo onwards, it is something a lot of the FT members are willing to do or go through. As other forum members have mentioned, the people who post on FT aren't necessarily a good benchmark for questions like "Does this makes sense to do?" ;)

I live in a small town in Northern Europe, so it's a bit expensive and takes time (+10hours!) to fly down there.
Humm. It sure does take time, effort and also quite a bit of money, but it sure gets you to new places like Cairo and the Middle East, that otherwise you likely wouldn't experience (also part of why I am considering to do this, haven't spend any time in Cairo or the Middle East).

Originally Posted by flyrice (Post 27699318)

Thanks for your message! Sorry for a slow response, Christmas and New Year... you know that reason ;)

It's just, the moment when I fly back on Economy class (Cai --> Europe) after First Class experience --- will be unbearable XD

Originally Posted by bison1847 (Post 27667334)

Agreed! Lets play a game to see who can come up with the longest route.

Bonus points for a380 flights. I'm looking at mid February still in the 1800 GBP / 2000 Euro / 2200 USD (+-300) range in FIRST as the target.

I can do the same but with a little less mileage more a380 time.

CAI-DXB-PEK or ICN or SIN and all have a380 on the DXB-whatever leg (watch ICN as it only gets a380 a couple days a week) but are only 5XXX-5700 Miles but that is 1 - a380 Leg

then the return for the same

BKK-HKG-DXB-CAI around 6237 ( a380 on BKK-HKG-DXB legs) 2 - A380 Legs

So a few less miles but I don't think you can get the a380 to HND or NRT so for the extra 1000 miles might be worth a different route.

Any challengers? How much value would you put on the a380 instead of 777? Having flown both I do like the bar on longer trips, as at least you get up and move around a bit, plus the cognac is really nice.

Originally Posted by m3red (Post 27703112)

NRT is going 380 end March apparently.

I'm looking at F to HND but adding stopovers increases the price but still worth it.

Originally Posted by krazieman (Post 27703679)

I live in the US and I'm thinking of going to Cairo to do this run

Originally Posted by lost_in_translation (Post 27703512)

Ah, this would be awesome, although shame it's not possible to do this at HND instead.

Originally Posted by m3red (Post 27713767)

I booked Cai Dxb stop 2 weeks later Dxb Hnd and back to Cai the week after we get back 10k aed each in F.

I will likely go back to Cai and book another

Originally Posted by lost_in_translation (Post 27714076)

Sounds good!

I meant shame it's not possible for EK to operate the A380 to HND instead :)

Originally Posted by jaimevoyager (Post 27723681)

I decided to join in on this party, but opted for business class.

https://www.google.ca/flights/#searc...8-18;tt=m;sc=b

I'll be looking for good flights to Cairo from eastern US/Canada. If fellow members see something, please let me know. This makes up for the pre Xmas Italian Job debacle.

I should also note, flying Saudia to Colombo, through Riyadh and Male, is really tempting:

https://www.google.ca/flights/#searc...017-07-08;sc=b