Do you mean KQ (Kenya Air) or AF (Air France) since I didn't realize Korean (KE) has flights to SEZ.

NW intra-Africa award is 25K in Y and 50K in J http://www.nwa.com/worldperks/direct...s/africa.shtml

No experience with HM.

For KQ longhaul, 777 seats are very good, much better than KL IMO, but the IFE is a bit of a letdown. Soft product is OK but nothing to write home about. No experience with their 767 but understand that it's an older seat. For NBO-SEZ, seating is similar to domestic first on US carriers. There's no lounge access at SEZ for KQ J pax. If you're flying HM from SEZ, their new lounge seemed quite nice looking (I only got to peek inside).

Shocking that DL intra-Africa is 60k and NW is only 25k!!! I wish I had more points in my NW WP account!

My bad - I meant KQ. I have KE on my mind, since I'll be flying them in a few weeks... :)

Sounds like you need to apply for a NW Visa card then. The current promo offers 25K miles after you spend $500. ;)

I had paper tickets issued for me too which is a huge pain if you change something before travel because you have to go to the airport for them. I thought that paper tickets were a thing of the past?! I also cannot make any DL seat assignments online for some reason. It keeps kicking out my choices. I did go on to AF's web site to make seat assignments for the AF (even HM flight) flights though. Weird DL doesnt recognize my requests for seats, but AF does!

I just received a call that my paper tickets were canceled because DL no longer cooperates with HM because they require paper tickets. They rebooked me luckily (after my prompting) on KQ, but it's a pain. And, they noted that the web site still allows you to book the HM codeshare, but that since May, DL no longer cooperates with them until they offer e-ticketing and you run the risk of being denied boarding by HM. Theyre working on this issue on delta.com, but unfortunately, I got hit with tons of extra nonrefundable hotels now that the dates/flights have changed due to using KQ instead of HM four days before my trip:(

It could be worse. CO requires 80K!

Sorry to hear that. Thanks for the heads up.

On a positive note, KQ award availability is now on nwa.com along with some other carriers which didn't show before ^

It's so ironic! It wasnt showing a few days ago, but now that I really need it...it's there!:)

I recently did CDG-NBO-SEZ on KQ, and when I was in CDG, they had to issue me a paper ticket. It took several agents to figure this out, but was nice because I didn't have to keep track of the paper ticket until they gave it to me at the airport.

I just called Delta and they said my AF codeshare with Air Seychelles appears to be ok. I then reiterated I have a paper ticket, and again they said they did not have any problem with paper tickets on that flight, but if there is a problem when I check in they would "handle it" then.

Is there someone or a particular group you spoke with?

Flyfarfar

This is because you booked prior to the May date when DL created this rule.

Interesting...were you on a DL-issued ticket that included KQ?? Or were you originally booked on HM? I hope this doesnt happen to me. My ticket includes DL, KQ, KL, and NW!!!

I was on a NW issued ticket. For some reason, I could not redeem on the AF/HM flight with NW. My ticket included segments on AF, KQ, KL, and CO.

I flew these flights using FB miles on the codeshare flight nonstop CDG-SEZ operated by HM. Paper ticktets issued. The SEZ are beautiful but don't know if the 12 hour flight on the HM 767 is worth it. Return flight is a day flight to make matters worse. They are upgrading to a new Boeing 787 dreamliner in 2010. I'd wait until then if I could.