XP Run: CAI to RUH via ICN from $750 and earn 108 XPs!
Jan 6, 23, 2:08 am
#1
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XP Run: CAI to RUH via ICN from $750 and earn 108 XPs!
Want to obtain FlyingBlue XPs for cheap? Don't mind flying for the sake of flying? You would need a Saudi visa for many of these trips.
At it's core this is a Cairo to Riyadh ticket that lets call it has some serious flexibility... From Cairo to Seoul Korea and then immediately back to Saudia Arabia.
Delta flyers would obtain 12644 MQMs and 2529 MQDs or a 3.37 MQD Ratio on this ticket.
FlyingBlue members would obtain 36 XPs for JED-ICN and 15 XPs for JED-CAI-RUH and 6 XPs for JED-RUH for a grand total of 108 XPs Round-trip or instant FlyingBlue Silver status...
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If you are so inclined you can add additional segments within Saudia Arabia adding 6 XPs per intra-country segment. Here is a 114 XP example. This example was found on ITA Matrix and bookable on Priceline via BookWithMatrix.
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Priceline Sample Booking
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At it's core this is a Cairo to Riyadh ticket that lets call it has some serious flexibility... From Cairo to Seoul Korea and then immediately back to Saudia Arabia.
Delta flyers would obtain 12644 MQMs and 2529 MQDs or a 3.37 MQD Ratio on this ticket.
FlyingBlue members would obtain 36 XPs for JED-ICN and 15 XPs for JED-CAI-RUH and 6 XPs for JED-RUH for a grand total of 108 XPs Round-trip or instant FlyingBlue Silver status...
Book Flights Here!
If you are so inclined you can add additional segments within Saudia Arabia adding 6 XPs per intra-country segment. Here is a 114 XP example. This example was found on ITA Matrix and bookable on Priceline via BookWithMatrix.
Priceline Sample Booking
Full Fare Rules
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Jan 6, 23, 2:16 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2017
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Maybe.
Sometimes.
Deal breaker.
Still, great find! ...utterly bonkers, but a great find.
Sometimes.
Deal breaker.
Still, great find! ...utterly bonkers, but a great find.
Jan 6, 23, 2:28 am
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In the past there were some India to London/ Paris... You needed to find the combo JED/RUH since this is a fare to RUH at the end of the day, similar to I think pre-Covid you could go to JFK from AUH and back to RUH but not sure if it was bookable. I got it to Priceline via BookWithMatrix so seems bookable... Pure madness of course, but that's why we are on FlyerTalk haha
Jan 6, 23, 2:48 am
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Jan 6, 23, 3:45 am
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Join Date: May 2022
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Anyone with experience with transit in Incheon? Do you need to re-clear security like LHR or CDG? Is 2 hrs enough and can Saudia issue boarding pass all the way as you won't have time to go through border control and check in again (possible complications for online check in for those international trips?)
Jan 6, 23, 4:04 am
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Jan 6, 23, 6:10 am
#11
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that routing rule "via the Eastern hemisphere" reminds me of the legendary AZ fares via the Eastern hemisphere as far as SYD on a FLR-LHR oneway 
[PREM FARE GONE] FLR-HKG/ICN/NRT-DUS from 770 / J
[PREM FARE GONE] FLR-HKG/ICN/NRT-DUS from 770 / J
Jan 6, 23, 6:56 am
#12
Join Date: Oct 2019
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This is also bookable via gotogate.co.uk (terrible OTA) and, more interestingly, Amex Travel!
You need to book it like this:
Which will give you prices like below (UK638.90 is US$757.35 at current rates)
Amex shows me 26 sets of flights under US$785 (UK661)
You need to book it like this:
Which will give you prices like below (UK638.90 is US$757.35 at current rates)
Amex shows me 26 sets of flights under US$785 (UK661)
Jan 6, 23, 9:13 am
#13
Join Date: Oct 2019
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108XP (I think), and the same price, to MNL
- short layovers
- time for dinner and sleep before you return
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...j5FyNKNGbnzx9A
- short layovers
- time for dinner and sleep before you return
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...j5FyNKNGbnzx9A
Jan 6, 23, 12:51 pm
#14
Join Date: May 2016
Programs: BA Gold, Hyatt Explorist, MGM Gold
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that routing rule "via the Eastern hemisphere" reminds me of the legendary AZ fares via the Eastern hemisphere as far as SYD on a FLR-LHR oneway
[PREM FARE GONE] FLR-HKG/ICN/NRT-DUS from 770 / J
[PREM FARE GONE] FLR-HKG/ICN/NRT-DUS from 770 / J
Jan 6, 23, 1:41 pm
#15
Join Date: Sep 2012
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I've transited ICN several times in 2022. Yes, you reclear security but it's a dedicated line for transfer pax, really easy to get through. 2 hours is plenty of time, IME, the longest part is the walk from the arrival gate to the transit security clearance area.
I can't speak to the experience with a Saudia boarding pass, but I've had no issues with OZ, UA, and KL passes.
I can't speak to the experience with a Saudia boarding pass, but I've had no issues with OZ, UA, and KL passes.
Anyone with experience with transit in Incheon? Do you need to re-clear security like LHR or CDG? Is 2 hrs enough and can Saudia issue boarding pass all the way as you won't have time to go through border control and check in again (possible complications for online check in for those international trips?)
Last edited by ChuckieB; Jan 6, 23 at 1:44 pm Reason: add. info
