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DavidGordon10 DATE
Sept 20, 21:44
TRAVEL WITHIN, AND TO, IRAN As many more members of the online forum are likely (I guess) to travel to Iran in the next year or two, here are some observations from a recent visit. The FCO website is pretty negative about internal air travel, but is not explicit about any particular airline. We took three internal flights. Mahan Air, from Tehran to Mashhad, was in an elderly B747 – it was interesting to be in such a beast for a relatively short hop, but it was a perfectly acceptable flight. The return to Tehran was by Iran Aseman Airlines in a very old (and very late) B727 – it was quite nostalgic and, again, a perfectly acceptable fight with decent seats and food. We also took a flight to Isfahan was with Iran Air on board a fairly modern A319 – not that different to any similar flight in Western Europe.
stevescoots Sept 21, 02:23
Interesting post. Iran is somewhere we are considering looking at for future growth in our business – we just have to work out where to start…
POST MrMichael Sept 21, 07:37
Thanks for the tip. With the easing of restrictions on doing business with Iran, my company is in talks with the Iranian transport ministry. I feared the worst, but your post has made me consider that Iran might not be the shortest straw after all.
PeterCoultas Sept 22, 17:47
Thanks for the information. I read about taking minders in one of the Sunday papers but, given your experiences, I will go ahead with a planned visit.
tomyam42 Sept 23, 01:10
I spent five of my 74 years in Iran and they were the best years of my life. I managed to travel all over the country. The people, the country and its history were all superb.
POST Bath_VIP DATE
Sept 14, 11:14
WHICH IS THE BEST SKYTEAM FFP? My wife and I have the following travel itinerary coming up: Dallas to San Francisco (SFO) with Virgin America; SFO to Honolulu and back with Hawaiian Airlines, and finally SFO to Los Angeles and New Orleans with Delta. All flights would earn miles with Virgin Atlantic (I am a Flying Club cardholder). Given that our future travel is likely to
involve two trips a year from the UK to Texas or Louisiana, travel via Atlanta makes sense to us and, with this being a Delta/Virgin hub, it makes sense to take out a Skyteam or Virgin frequent flyer programme (FFP) card. Whichever FFP we take, it would need to encompass our scheduled itinerary, UK-US travel and US domestic travel. Which airline card do you recommend?
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Str8Talking Oct 1, 08:22
DerekVH DATE
Sept 30, 11:06
TominScotland Sept 14, 12:28
Bath_VIP, given your location, why not go with KLM and make use of their Bristol to Amsterdam service for connections to the US with Delta/KLM?
AhmadAR Sept 14, 17:14
At the moment the best programme for status holders with non-Skyteam FFPs appears to be Alitalia. Its status match is available until the end of the year.
Bath_VIP Sept 15, 06:38
Thank you for the suggestions of KLM and Alitalia. I did look at these but, as far as I can tell, neither will credit miles for the Virgin and Hawaiian Airline flights I am about to take.
TimFitzgeraldTC Sept 15, 11:56
If you want a Skyteam card that will also get points with Virgin-operated flights, then the Delta scheme is really the only one that will allow this.
TRANSFERRING AT KUALA LUMPUR I would appreciate any advice regarding transferring flights at KUL. I am arriving on BA and departing on Malaysia Airlines to Bangkok. Despite being Oneworld partners, BA says it cannot guarantee my luggage can be checked through to Bangkok. Both airlines operate from the main terminal, but does anyone know if I can simply collect my luggage and go to a transfer desk, or would I need to exit through customs and then check in again with Malaysia Airlines?
TominScotland Sept 30, 11:30
It will be a case of out and then in again via immigration and customs, I am afraid. It will be a bit of a pain as it means taking the connector train to the main terminal and returning after check-in with Malaysia Airlines. But immigration is generally fast at KUL.
As long as all flights are operated by either BA, Oneworld partners or a mixture, then they will through-check your baggage. You might just need to politely guide the check-in agent if they are not aware of the policy. [Editor’s note: Although it can be possible to through-check on separate tickets, passengers should check with the airline on each occasion, as it varies depending on factors such as ticket type, airline, airport, alliance and the country of origin.]
peterraven Oct 1, 10:31
Last year, I flew Singapore-Hong Kong- London with Singapore Airlines [Star Alliance] and BA [Oneworld]. Singapore Airlines could check my bags all the way – but, on the return flight, BA refused and made me collect my bags in Hong Kong and check them in again.
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