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Chicago to Nairobi
I need an inexpensive round trip ticket from Chicago to Nairobi, but
have never flown this route. Which airlines and which months of the year are good for this purpose? Thanks for help. |
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Chicago to Nairobi
"Kiran" wrote ...
I need an inexpensive round trip ticket from Chicago to Nairobi, but have never flown this route. Which airlines and which months of the year are good for this purpose? On http://www.travelocity.com you can get an impression about the prices over longer periods of time and non of those seem 'inexpensive', they're from 1445 USD and up. Perhaps a travelagency can give you more insight into which months are the cheaper ones and offer you something. They all involve a connection in either Londen, Amsterdam, Brussels or Zürich. Perhaps via Amsterdam would be comfortable, UA flies to AMS, KLM flies ORD-AMS (747, NW-codeshare) and AMS-NBO (777, KQ-codeshare) with a 2½ hour layover in AMS. KQ also flies AMS-NBO (777, KL-codeshare) about 10 hours later. Other option would be via London, BA, AA and UA fly ORD-LHR, BA and KQ LHR-NBO with again about 2½ hour layover. Timetables can be found at http://www.amadeus.net for The Brussels and Zürch connections aswell. Greetz, *777 kewl!* |
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British Airways and Korean Airlines and November and Decembet are good for this purpose. "Kiran" wrote in message ... I need an inexpensive round trip ticket from Chicago to Nairobi, but have never flown this route. Which airlines and which months of the year are good for this purpose? Thanks for help. |
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cast wrote: Hi: British Airways and Korean Airlines and November and Decembet are good for this purpose. I usually can find better fares to Africa by separating the tickets, like ORD-LHR-ORD and LHR-NBO-LHR.. I cut it down to $1100 off peak. |
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Chicago to Nairobi
Kiran wrote: I need an inexpensive round trip ticket from Chicago to Nairobi, but have never flown this route. Which airlines and which months of the year are good for this purpose? Thanks for help. A whiles back a friend flew this route with El Al via TLV at a pretty good price (with a several - day stop over in TLV) - try a bucket shop.... -- Best Greg |
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Chicago to Nairobi
Gregory Morrow wrote:
A whiles back a friend flew this route with El Al via TLV at a pretty good price (with a several - day stop over in TLV) - try a bucket shop.... Thanks. I'll check with them. My impression of bucket was that they are not interested if you are only making one stop. Even then, do you have a few particularly good bucket shops to recommend? |
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Chicago to Nairobi
mrtravel wrote:
I usually can find better fares to Africa by separating the tickets, like ORD-LHR-ORD and LHR-NBO-LHR.. I cut it down to $1100 off peak. Thanks. You seem experienced, so let me run my larger "optimization" problem by you he I need to visit Istanbul, Nairobi, India (Delhi or Bombay), and Tokyo. However, it has to be divided into two trips, loose dates are 8/25-9/18 and 12/3-1/3. So what combines best with what for the cheapest total cost? If you are in Chicago, which travel agents do you use? Do bucket shops let you buy a muti-city ticket that brings you back to the originating city in the middle? (e.g., CHI-Ist-nbo-CHI-tokyo-delhi-CHI) |
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Chicago to Nairobi
Kiran wrote:
mrtravel wrote: I usually can find better fares to Africa by separating the tickets, like ORD-LHR-ORD and LHR-NBO-LHR.. I cut it down to $1100 off peak. Thanks. You seem experienced, so let me run my larger "optimization" problem by you he Not that experienced.. I don't work in travel, unless Bill gets his wish. The $1100 figure was a simple two ticket purchase calculation via Travelocity with hardly any work required. I need to visit Istanbul, Nairobi, India (Delhi or Bombay), and Tokyo. However, it has to be divided into two trips, loose dates are 8/25-9/18 and 12/3-1/3. So what combines best with what for the cheapest total cost? If you are in Chicago, which travel agents do you use? Shop around, but at least compare prices of agents in the ethnic neighborhoods of countries you want to visit. Sometimes the best deals are from the airline's website, sometimes calling the airline, sometimes another website, sometime's an agent, sometime coupons, etc... I have not found one place that is the cheapest to everywhere at anytime. Do bucket shops let you buy a muti-city ticket that brings you back to the originating city in the middle? (e.g., CHI-Ist-nbo-CHI-tokyo-delhi-CHI) You wouldn't need one ticket for that. You could do it in multiple tickets. Some airlines even let you do that, although you might have trouble with some websites. The last time I did that was LHR-LCA-LHR-AMS-LHR on BA. The fare was about $150 cheaper than booking it as 2 tickets. |
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Chicago to Nairobi
Max Mustermann wrote:
P.S. You should already know this, Mr. Dutta. I was taking you seriously when I noticed this, why are you calling me "Mr Dutta"? |
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Chicago to Nairobi
Hi,
Consider booking a return to Europe, and from there booking separately with a charter airline to Mombasa (Kenya). E.g. check Condor (www.condor.com) or LTU (www.ltu.com) from Germany. Their flights are cheaper if booked lastminute (not more than a month in advance). There can also be similar options from the UK, yet I couldn't find any at the moment. Hope this helps, Robert Kiran wrote in message ... Gregory Morrow wrote: A whiles back a friend flew this route with El Al via TLV at a pretty good price (with a several - day stop over in TLV) - try a bucket shop.... Thanks. I'll check with them. My impression of bucket was that they are not interested if you are only making one stop. Even then, do you have a few particularly good bucket shops to recommend? |
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