IAD to Riyadh
Sep 20, 2006 | 11:18 am
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IAD to Riyadh
Hi,
I will be going from IAD to Riyadh in December in C. What is LH service like in C from FRA to Riyadh (I know that LH to Europe in C is not much better than in coach). The alternative would be from IAD to Kuwait on UA in C and then onward on Saudi.
It may not be up to me to decide my itinerary (it is through the State Dept), but in case I do have a choice, it would be nice to have some notions of my options.
I will be going from IAD to Riyadh in December in C. What is LH service like in C from FRA to Riyadh (I know that LH to Europe in C is not much better than in coach). The alternative would be from IAD to Kuwait on UA in C and then onward on Saudi.
It may not be up to me to decide my itinerary (it is through the State Dept), but in case I do have a choice, it would be nice to have some notions of my options.
Sep 20, 2006 | 12:10 pm
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Originally Posted by euslaner
Hi,
I will be going from IAD to Riyadh in December in C. What is LH service like in C from FRA to Riyadh (I know that LH to Europe in C is not much better than in coach). The alternative would be from IAD to Kuwait on UA in C and then onward on Saudi.
It may not be up to me to decide my itinerary (it is through the State Dept), but in case I do have a choice, it would be nice to have some notions of my options.
I will be going from IAD to Riyadh in December in C. What is LH service like in C from FRA to Riyadh (I know that LH to Europe in C is not much better than in coach). The alternative would be from IAD to Kuwait on UA in C and then onward on Saudi.
It may not be up to me to decide my itinerary (it is through the State Dept), but in case I do have a choice, it would be nice to have some notions of my options.
I have also flown LH Y on the same route and sworn I will never do it again. With Y I'd prefer Saudia even without the drinks.
Sep 20, 2006 | 2:02 pm
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I think bmi just started service to Saudi as well. You may want to look into that as their "the business" service is quite good.
Sep 20, 2006 | 5:52 pm
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Originally Posted by euslaner
The alternative would be from IAD to Kuwait on UA in C and then onward on Saudi...
SV C is good too... in fact, for a short flight, it's perfect.
Sep 20, 2006 | 6:23 pm
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Originally Posted by JohnnyP
I think bmi just started service to Saudi as well. You may want to look into that as their "the business" service is quite good.
A 767-300 and I doubt it will have the lie flat seat. Geez BMI can't do anything right.
Sep 20, 2006 | 6:42 pm
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Thanks everyone. I don't think that BMI will be an option (and I don't even know whether I'll have any control over this). But at least the LH flight will be OK if that's what works out. Great help from FT, as usual.
Sep 21, 2006 | 9:12 am
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What's your home program?
I'm guessing if you're based out of IAD, you're a UA MP person. If so, remember that Emirates and Qatar both accrue MP miles.
Unfortunately, neither fly out of IAD and the only one that can book a connecting flight, EK, code shares with DL and CO on their US legs.
Unfortunately, neither fly out of IAD and the only one that can book a connecting flight, EK, code shares with DL and CO on their US legs.
Sep 21, 2006 | 9:30 am
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Originally Posted by mallthus
I'm guessing if you're based out of IAD, you're a UA MP person. If so, remember that Emirates and Qatar both accrue MP miles.
Unfortunately, neither fly out of IAD and the only one that can book a connecting flight, EK, code shares with DL and CO on their US legs.
Unfortunately, neither fly out of IAD and the only one that can book a connecting flight, EK, code shares with DL and CO on their US legs.
Thanks everyone.
Sep 22, 2006 | 12:15 pm
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I will echo the positive reviews of LH FRA-RUH. I would love to try the UA IAD-KWI route, too, but am not sure how to connect from there to RUH. Will UA ever set up any onward code-shares? I doubt it. I wonder if there is any option to check bags all the way through. (I flew RUH-DXB-LHR-IAD on SV-EK-UA and, amazingly, they checked my bags all the way through.) Perhaps this is an issue for a different thread.
Enjoy the Kingdom!
Enjoy the Kingdom!
Oct 4, 2006 | 2:55 pm
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Originally Posted by euslaner
Thanks--but since this is a trip paid for by the State Dept, I must fly a US flag carrier at least from IAD.