CAI-USA-EZE-USA-CAI J ~2000-2400 4.3cpm AA/BA
Jun 19, 2017, 5:40 pm
#32
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: London. Or a plane.
Programs: "Only" 50,000 TPs until BA GGLfL
Posts: 2,774
They are actually much more interesting to talk to than the usual security automatons! I'd take a 5 min chat with them over the BS AA "security questions" every time... but to reiterate: this isn't for everyone.
Jun 20, 2017, 5:26 pm
#33
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: IC Amb :-(, UA silver, BA Gold, SPG Plat, A-Club Plat, Marriott Plat
Posts: 913
a few datapoints about BA fares ex-CAI to the US (as opposed to EZE)
stopovers are free. ^
fare is pretty much completely flexible. ^
I booked cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-jfk-lax-Ogg(destination, OJ) LIH-LAX(stop)LAX-CLT-DUB(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as one ticket (1200 BAEC TPs)
Cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-phl-mia-slc(destination)slc-lax-mia-phl-dub(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as a second ticket (1000 BAEC TPs)
it costs something like $20 to change the tickets anytime I want - as long as I availability is there I'm golden and I can always rely on AA's schedule changes to allow me whatever re-routing I want inside the US.
(For the AA FF'ers amongst you looking for EQDs every flight except the legs to/from Hawaiian Islands is booked on the BA Prime codes albeit operated by AA)
Fabulous tickets, and an overnight in the Le Meridien in Cairo is entirely stress and risk free. One COULD even overnight in the airport (airside) I understand but I would not recommend it.
Absolutely no raised eyebrows at CBP pre-clearance in Dublin (oh did I mention you arrive in JFK/PHL as a domestic flight :-) )
stopovers are free. ^
fare is pretty much completely flexible. ^
I booked cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-jfk-lax-Ogg(destination, OJ) LIH-LAX(stop)LAX-CLT-DUB(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as one ticket (1200 BAEC TPs)
Cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-phl-mia-slc(destination)slc-lax-mia-phl-dub(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as a second ticket (1000 BAEC TPs)
it costs something like $20 to change the tickets anytime I want - as long as I availability is there I'm golden and I can always rely on AA's schedule changes to allow me whatever re-routing I want inside the US.
(For the AA FF'ers amongst you looking for EQDs every flight except the legs to/from Hawaiian Islands is booked on the BA Prime codes albeit operated by AA)
Fabulous tickets, and an overnight in the Le Meridien in Cairo is entirely stress and risk free. One COULD even overnight in the airport (airside) I understand but I would not recommend it.
Absolutely no raised eyebrows at CBP pre-clearance in Dublin (oh did I mention you arrive in JFK/PHL as a domestic flight :-) )
Last edited by catharsis; Jun 20, 2017 at 5:31 pm
Jun 20, 2017, 5:40 pm
#34
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Missouri
Programs: Priority Gold, UA, DL
Posts: 140
Would you mind sharing your dates?
a few datapoints about BA fares ex-CAI to the US (as opposed to EZE)
stopovers are free. ^
fare is pretty much completely flexible. ^
I booked cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-jfk-lax-Ogg(destination, OJ) LIH-LAX(stop)LAX-CLT-DUB(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as one ticket (1200 BAEC TPs)
Cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-phl-mia-slc(destination)slc-lax-mia-phl-dub(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as a second ticket (1000 BAEC TPs)
it costs something like $20 to change the tickets anytime I want - as long as I availability is there I'm golden and I can always rely on AA's schedule changes to allow me whatever re-routing I want inside the US.
(For the AA FF'ers amongst you looking for EQDs every flight except the legs to/from Hawaiian Islands is booked on the BA Prime codes albeit operated by AA)
Fabulous tickets, and an overnight in the Le Meridien in Cairo is entirely stress and risk free. One COULD even overnight in the airport (airside) I understand but I would not recommend it.
Absolutely no raised eyebrows at CBP pre-clearance in Dublin (oh did I mention you arrive in JFK/PHL as a domestic flight :-) )
stopovers are free. ^
fare is pretty much completely flexible. ^
I booked cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-jfk-lax-Ogg(destination, OJ) LIH-LAX(stop)LAX-CLT-DUB(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as one ticket (1200 BAEC TPs)
Cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-phl-mia-slc(destination)slc-lax-mia-phl-dub(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as a second ticket (1000 BAEC TPs)
it costs something like $20 to change the tickets anytime I want - as long as I availability is there I'm golden and I can always rely on AA's schedule changes to allow me whatever re-routing I want inside the US.
(For the AA FF'ers amongst you looking for EQDs every flight except the legs to/from Hawaiian Islands is booked on the BA Prime codes albeit operated by AA)
Fabulous tickets, and an overnight in the Le Meridien in Cairo is entirely stress and risk free. One COULD even overnight in the airport (airside) I understand but I would not recommend it.
Absolutely no raised eyebrows at CBP pre-clearance in Dublin (oh did I mention you arrive in JFK/PHL as a domestic flight :-) )
Jun 20, 2017, 5:46 pm
#35
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
Jun 20, 2017, 6:56 pm
#37
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: AS MVP Gold, BA Silver, AA Gold, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,619
ime, from three weeks ago, the info on the Global Entry machine showed only the immediate ex-EUR flight taken, with no mention of the initial ex-CAI flight. As far as I could tell, there was no indication whatsoever that I had taken previous flights before the one that landed in the U.S. [That said, we did have a two-day stopover in EUR, and change of carrier.]
Jun 21, 2017, 3:40 am
#39
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 35
Not sure about the MS nonstops, but otherwise, absolutely not.
ime, from three weeks ago, the info on the Global Entry machine showed only the immediate ex-EUR flight taken, with no mention of the initial ex-CAI flight. As far as I could tell, there was no indication whatsoever that I had taken previous flights before the one that landed in the U.S. [That said, we did have a two-day stopover in EUR, and change of carrier.]
ime, from three weeks ago, the info on the Global Entry machine showed only the immediate ex-EUR flight taken, with no mention of the initial ex-CAI flight. As far as I could tell, there was no indication whatsoever that I had taken previous flights before the one that landed in the U.S. [That said, we did have a two-day stopover in EUR, and change of carrier.]
Jun 21, 2017, 3:58 am
#40
Join Date: May 1998
Location: australia
Posts: 5,762
Jun 21, 2017, 5:11 am
#41
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA GfL & GGL, FB Platinum, MB Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,402
Bit of a bummer to hear about secondary/SSSS for having travelled from CAI, even for those with Global Entry.
As others have said there's no point in lying. Always be honest. I have mentioned mileage runs to immigration officers a few times and they smile and think that I'm crazy.
Jun 21, 2017, 10:06 am
#42
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Aspen, CO
Posts: 792
Strange you guys are getting SSSS'd... I work in Egypt and have flown in and out of CAI/HBE at least 30 times this year and have never gotten the secondary screening. The one time I did get SSSS'd was when I flew from Madrid to Boston on Iberia, but that's about it. Literally have 4 full pages of Egypt stamps, as well as a few pages of Doha, Jordan, UAE stamps. I think it just depends on the person... I have GE and TSA Pre if that helps at all. Don't be put off by a few cases of bad luck!
Jun 21, 2017, 4:49 pm
#43
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: IC Amb :-(, UA silver, BA Gold, SPG Plat, A-Club Plat, Marriott Plat
Posts: 913
Seems to be something about this fare which means that anything after october or before mid-april for the LHR-CAI or Vice-versa legs will not price even though BA show I availability.
Also If I recall CaI-LHR seemed easiest to price on a weekend.
Sorry - hadn't realised I left out the fares. something like GBP 1400 for Cai-HNL and about EUR 1550 + for Cai-SLC .
no additional screening IME - presumably because of stopovers.s
I would not expect you to get SSSS as mentioned above.
Also If I recall CaI-LHR seemed easiest to price on a weekend.
Sorry - hadn't realised I left out the fares. something like GBP 1400 for Cai-HNL and about EUR 1550 + for Cai-SLC .
Not sure about the MS nonstops, but otherwise, absolutely not.
ime, from three weeks ago, the info on the Global Entry machine showed only the immediate ex-EUR flight taken, with no mention of the initial ex-CAI flight. As far as I could tell, there was no indication whatsoever that I had taken previous flights before the one that landed in the U.S. [That said, we did have a two-day stopover in EUR, and change of carrier.]
ime, from three weeks ago, the info on the Global Entry machine showed only the immediate ex-EUR flight taken, with no mention of the initial ex-CAI flight. As far as I could tell, there was no indication whatsoever that I had taken previous flights before the one that landed in the U.S. [That said, we did have a two-day stopover in EUR, and change of carrier.]
I'm doing CAI-LHR-JFK-MIA-LAX-HNL-LAX-JFK-LHR-CAI in a few months and will be breaking up each sector with an overnight to help keep hotel status while earning TP/Avios for BA status.
Bit of a bummer to hear about secondary/SSSS for having travelled from CAI, even for those with Global Entry.
As others have said there's no point in lying. Always be honest. I have mentioned mileage runs to immigration officers a few times and they smile and think that I'm crazy.
Bit of a bummer to hear about secondary/SSSS for having travelled from CAI, even for those with Global Entry.
As others have said there's no point in lying. Always be honest. I have mentioned mileage runs to immigration officers a few times and they smile and think that I'm crazy.
Jun 24, 2017, 6:57 am
#44
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 4
a few datapoints about BA fares ex-CAI to the US (as opposed to EZE)
stopovers are free. ^
fare is pretty much completely flexible. ^
I booked cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-jfk-lax-Ogg(destination, OJ) LIH-LAX(stop)LAX-CLT-DUB(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as one ticket (1200 BAEC TPs)
Cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-phl-mia-slc(destination)slc-lax-mia-phl-dub(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as a second ticket (1000 BAEC TPs)
it costs something like $20 to change the tickets anytime I want - as long as I availability is there I'm golden and I can always rely on AA's schedule changes to allow me whatever re-routing I want inside the US.
(For the AA FF'ers amongst you looking for EQDs every flight except the legs to/from Hawaiian Islands is booked on the BA Prime codes albeit operated by AA)
Fabulous tickets, and an overnight in the Le Meridien in Cairo is entirely stress and risk free. One COULD even overnight in the airport (airside) I understand but I would not recommend it.
Absolutely no raised eyebrows at CBP pre-clearance in Dublin (oh did I mention you arrive in JFK/PHL as a domestic flight :-) )
stopovers are free. ^
fare is pretty much completely flexible. ^
I booked cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-jfk-lax-Ogg(destination, OJ) LIH-LAX(stop)LAX-CLT-DUB(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as one ticket (1200 BAEC TPs)
Cai-lhr-dub(stop)dub-phl-mia-slc(destination)slc-lax-mia-phl-dub(stop)Dub-lhr-cai as a second ticket (1000 BAEC TPs)
it costs something like $20 to change the tickets anytime I want - as long as I availability is there I'm golden and I can always rely on AA's schedule changes to allow me whatever re-routing I want inside the US.
(For the AA FF'ers amongst you looking for EQDs every flight except the legs to/from Hawaiian Islands is booked on the BA Prime codes albeit operated by AA)
Fabulous tickets, and an overnight in the Le Meridien in Cairo is entirely stress and risk free. One COULD even overnight in the airport (airside) I understand but I would not recommend it.
Absolutely no raised eyebrows at CBP pre-clearance in Dublin (oh did I mention you arrive in JFK/PHL as a domestic flight :-) )