SV INDIA-EUROPE eg:DEL-CDG r/t biz from USD$800
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SV INDIA-EUROPE eg:DEL-CDG r/t biz from USD$800
1. SV is a dry airline. no alcohol
2. It's very restrictive and kinda silly fare. I don't fully understand it but somehow the start date and end date of the entire journey has to be around 2 days including traveling and transit time. So it's quite possible you could be spending more time on the plane and at the airport than on European soil. So, it's not very flexible at all.. I cant think of many people who would be interested in this fare.
3. I can't see anything stated in the fare rules that state there is a maximum stay of two days? Anyone can find a way to make this fare to be more flexible and traveler friendly? Not to mention SV's very long layovers.
4. It should work from other Indian airports like DEL BOM and to other European airports like LHR, CDG, FCO, FRA, MUC etc... price might vary

Saudia (SV) IE6MIN DEL to RUH
2. It's very restrictive and kinda silly fare. I don't fully understand it but somehow the start date and end date of the entire journey has to be around 2 days including traveling and transit time. So it's quite possible you could be spending more time on the plane and at the airport than on European soil. So, it's not very flexible at all.. I cant think of many people who would be interested in this fare.
3. I can't see anything stated in the fare rules that state there is a maximum stay of two days? Anyone can find a way to make this fare to be more flexible and traveler friendly? Not to mention SV's very long layovers.
4. It should work from other Indian airports like DEL BOM and to other European airports like LHR, CDG, FCO, FRA, MUC etc... price might vary

Saudia (SV) IE6MIN DEL to RUH
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#2
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You know the reason why it only allows two days? Because you are connecting in Paris (24 hours max) to get from Delhi to Riyadh.
Fare 1: Carrier SV IE6MIN DEL to RUH
Fare 2: Carrier SV IE6MIN RUH to DEL
It only allows stopover in Saudi Arabia.
Silly fare and routing confirgurations indeed.
Fare 1: Carrier SV IE6MIN DEL to RUH
Fare 2: Carrier SV IE6MIN RUH to DEL
It only allows stopover in Saudi Arabia.
Silly fare and routing confirgurations indeed.
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Knowing SV, I honestly think this silly fare rule is unintentional from their part. However, one obvious way to get around this silly fare rules is something like this... but I think this section of the forum forbids me for saying the word and going into any further details. I will just post a screenshot here.

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Knowing SV, I honestly think this silly fare rule is unintentional from their part. However, one obvious way to get around this silly fare rules is something like this... but I think this section of the forum forbids me for saying the word and going into any further details. I will just post a screenshot here.
It's a replay of a similar glitch a few months' back. Sooner or later, probably sooner, it will get corrected. In the meantime it's a neat way to get from Delhi to London in comfort.
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Sometime you need to do a bit of work yourself on Google/Matrix to find out about availability etc. That way you might find out you can get a fiendishly complicated round-trip DEL CDG(etc) … with a holiday in beautiful Riyadh on the way (

Last edited by IAN-UK; Sep 29, 22 at 5:37 am
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Knowing SV, I honestly think this silly fare rule is unintentional from their part. However, one obvious way to get around this silly fare rules is something like this... but I think this section of the forum forbids me for saying the word and going into any further details. I will just post a screenshot here.


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Honestly, Google Flights Multicity works well for these... Sends to an OTA at $524 versus $485. This is a sample just before Christmas... Luggage could be an issue since I suppose it would be tagged to London or would it be tagged JED-LHR-RUH?
Google Flights

You would need a multiple entry visa, since it's a brutal layover on the way to London and of course your destination was RUH... Funny thing they operate two LHR-RUH flights with 40 min between them on 12/25. Is LHR-RUH that popular? 🧐🤨
A few months ago there was a AUH-NYC-RUH but I think they plugged that one in ...
Google Flights

You would need a multiple entry visa, since it's a brutal layover on the way to London and of course your destination was RUH... Funny thing they operate two LHR-RUH flights with 40 min between them on 12/25. Is LHR-RUH that popular? 🧐🤨
A few months ago there was a AUH-NYC-RUH but I think they plugged that one in ...
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Honestly, Google Flights Multicity works well for these... Sends to an OTA at $524 versus $485. This is a sample just before Christmas... Luggage could be an issue since I suppose it would be tagged to London or would it be tagged JED-LHR-RUH?
Google Flights

You would need a multiple entry visa, since it's a brutal layover on the way to London and of course your destination was RUH... Funny thing they operate two LHR-RUH flights with 40 min between them on 12/25. Is LHR-RUH that popular? 🧐🤨
A few months ago there was a AUH-NYC-RUH but I think they plugged that one in ...
Google Flights

You would need a multiple entry visa, since it's a brutal layover on the way to London and of course your destination was RUH... Funny thing they operate two LHR-RUH flights with 40 min between them on 12/25. Is LHR-RUH that popular? 🧐🤨
A few months ago there was a AUH-NYC-RUH but I think they plugged that one in ...
And yes, the LHR-RUH route is extremely popular. LHR is a really popular holiday spot for the Saudis.
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Category 31: Voluntary changes FOR TICKETING ON/AFTER 04DEC 19 IN THE EVENT OF CHANGES TO TICKETED FLIGHTS ANYTIME WITHIN TKT VALIDITY CHARGE SAR 350.00 FOR REISSUE OR HIGHEST FEE OF ALL CHANGED FARE COMPONENTS - CATEGORY 19 DISCOUNTS APPLY AND
Does this means this fare and routing has been around since 2019 and SV has not realized it ?
Last edited by Bleuprince16; Sep 30, 22 at 6:47 pm
#13
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I saw this from the fare rules
Category 31: Voluntary changes FOR TICKETING ON/AFTER 04DEC 19 IN THE EVENT OF CHANGES TO TICKETED FLIGHTS ANYTIME WITHIN TKT VALIDITY CHARGE SAR 350.00 FOR REISSUE OR HIGHEST FEE OF ALL CHANGED FARE COMPONENTS - CATEGORY 19 DISCOUNTS APPLY AND
Does this means this fare and routing has been around since 2019 and SV has not realized it ?
Category 31: Voluntary changes FOR TICKETING ON/AFTER 04DEC 19 IN THE EVENT OF CHANGES TO TICKETED FLIGHTS ANYTIME WITHIN TKT VALIDITY CHARGE SAR 350.00 FOR REISSUE OR HIGHEST FEE OF ALL CHANGED FARE COMPONENTS - CATEGORY 19 DISCOUNTS APPLY AND
Does this means this fare and routing has been around since 2019 and SV has not realized it ?
This is from expertflyer routing.
In this case they might have copied it from another fare. Unless this fare was around pre-covid and they revived it.
As mentioned before SV has done this before.
This is what it used for routingPUBLISHED RTG DEL-RUH/SV1 /TAR-MERG EF-01OCT22 DIS-INDEF
/WITHIN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE/
SV ONLY
Basically, any SV flight. With only a few limits
THE FARE COMPONENT MUST NOT BE ON
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
SV FLIGHTS 4000 THROUGH 6999 OPERATED BY SV
SV FLIGHTS 4000 THROUGH 6999.
AND
THE FARE COMPONENT MUST BE ON
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
ANY SV FLIGHT.
On the not of the exclusions I can't find any of the SV4000 - SV6999 flights
Last edited by NextWhiteDeath; Sep 30, 22 at 7:29 pm Reason: more info