JFK to Johannesburg - which airline?
May 31, 2006, 3:44 pm
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JFK to Johannesburg - which airline?
Does anyone have a preference of Northwest/KLM or Emirates to Johannesburg? If so, why?
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May 31, 2006, 3:46 pm
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Seeing as you are CO silver, I would go with AF/KL. If miles are unimportant, I would go with EK as they use their best aicraft to/from JFK and JNB. Which class will you be flying?
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May 31, 2006, 3:56 pm
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In that case I'd go with EK. The legroom is excellent (seats a little tight on DXB-JNB-DXB sector) and IFE in unbeatable. (Also - I just remembered that you can still get nonstatus CO miles.)
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May 31, 2006, 4:28 pm
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You may wish to consider the DL coded flight on South African JFK-JNB with one stop through service. I believe that you can earn CO miles as long as you buy the ticket from DL with a DL flight number (7796). I would confirm this however.
Jun 1, 2006, 7:54 am
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Originally Posted by RobertS975
You may wish to consider the DL coded flight on South African JFK-JNB with one stop through service. I believe that you can earn CO miles as long as you buy the ticket from DL with a DL flight number (7796). I would confirm this however.
Depending on when you are planning to fly, DL has announced their own service from ATL-JNB, with a technical stop somewhere, to begin later this year.