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Possible routings to MLE and costs:

JFK-AUH-MLE (EY) -- 45/67.5/90 AA
JFK-DOH-MLE (QR) -- 45/67.5/90 AA
JFK-FRA-SIN-MLE (SQ) -- East Coast: (Including 15% off booking online) 46,750/91,375/116,875; West Coast: 89,250/144,500/229,500
JFK-DXB-MLE (EK) -- 42.5/82.5/150 AS
JFK-IST-MLE (TK) -- 42.5/70/90 UA (United routing allows a stopover in TLV)
JFK-VIE-MLE (OS) -- 42.5/80 UA
JFK-LGW-MLE (BA) -- 45/90/135 BA
JFK-ICN-CMB-MLE (KE) -- 60/107.5/137.5 KE
JFK-HKG-MLE (CX) -- 57.5/85/112.5 AA
JFK-HKG-MLE (CX) -- 50/70 AS
TLV-IST-MLE (TK)-- 20/35 UA
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Upgrade from Park Villa to Park Pool Villa $USD 252.56++ per villa per night
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Upgrade from Park Villa to Park Water Sunset Villa $USD 610++ per villa per night ( Villa number 45-51)

Airport transfer fee: $520 RT per person

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Airport transfer fee: $745 RT per person

Author Topic: Maldives Master Thread  (Read 1117290 times)

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2320 on: February 01, 2016, 01:52:11 AM »
Do you know MP?

A TR is coming, I am sure of it. ;)
Where did he go?  :-[

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2321 on: February 01, 2016, 07:08:54 AM »

Where did he go?  :-[

He'll be back, don't worry.
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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2322 on: February 01, 2016, 05:58:46 PM »
We booked 2 days before our trip-so glad we did. MLE is amazing.

This is exactly right. I wish I could have gone for a week but that wasn't in the cards because of work and points balance. For us with the right flight times, 4 nights and 5 pretty much full days was a perfect balance (we arrived into MLE at 10:50am, left at 11:40pm, but remember the hotel transfer takes considerable amount of time from MLE).

Sounds awesome...so cool you were able to pull it all together two days before!  We're gonna do almost same flight times but with 5 nights.  Where did you stay?  Can we convince you to do a little TR?  And if not, wanna just post some details of the trip here?  ;)

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2323 on: February 02, 2016, 03:32:27 AM »

Sounds awesome...so cool you were able to pull it all together two days before!  We're gonna do almost same flight times but with 5 nights.  Where did you stay?  Can we convince you to do a little TR?  And if not, wanna just post some details of the trip here?  ;)

PH

Definitely planning on a TR at some point - when are you headed there?

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2324 on: February 02, 2016, 12:01:09 PM »
PH

Definitely planning on a TR at some point - when are you headed there?

Late August.  I'm you're polar opposite extreme and booked flights basically the first week they came available a year out!

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2325 on: February 02, 2016, 12:31:48 PM »
Late August.  I'm you're polar opposite extreme and booked flights basically the first week they came available a year out!
I just held flights one year out as soon as the calendar opened for Chanukah in the Maldives. Have outbound confirmed JFK-AUH-MLE-AUH in J. Need to wait one more day before the AUH-JFK becomes bookable on AA.

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2326 on: February 02, 2016, 12:38:52 PM »
I just held flights one year out as soon as the calendar opened for Chanukah in the Maldives. Have outbound confirmed JFK-AUH-MLE-AUH in J. Need to wait one more day before the AUH-JFK becomes bookable on AA.

No availability in F for your dates?

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2327 on: February 02, 2016, 12:39:32 PM »
I just held flights one year out as soon as the calendar opened for Chanukah in the Maldives. Have outbound confirmed JFK-AUH-MLE-AUH in J. Need to wait one more day before the AUH-JFK becomes bookable on AA.

Sounds great and glad to know I'm not the only DDFer whose not spontaneous...LOL

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2328 on: February 02, 2016, 01:06:49 PM »
No availability in F for your dates?
...not yet.

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2329 on: February 03, 2016, 07:23:48 AM »
Thinking of a day trip to MLE, worth it? What to do if not staying in a hotel?

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2330 on: February 03, 2016, 08:23:19 AM »
Thinking of a day trip to MLE, worth it? What to do if not staying in a hotel?
Not worth it.
There is nowhere to go if not staying in a hotel...Male is not a place to just hang out

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2331 on: February 03, 2016, 08:58:53 AM »
Not worth it.
There is nowhere to go if not staying in a hotel...Male is not a place to just hang out
I didn't mean specifically MLE, meant Maldives as a whole. And I think I decided for it at the end

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2332 on: February 03, 2016, 09:49:40 AM »
I didn't mean specifically MLE, meant Maldives as a whole. And I think I decided for it at the end
Maybe there are diving trips that you can take straight from MLE...

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2333 on: February 03, 2016, 09:54:26 AM »
Maybe there are diving trips that you can take straight from MLE...
Looking into flying into GAN

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2334 on: February 03, 2016, 09:56:02 AM »
Looking into flying into GAN

I saw on youtube an interesting fish market

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2335 on: February 03, 2016, 09:59:34 AM »
Looking into flying into GAN
You can do that on points? Maldivian Air flights are a fortune...

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2336 on: February 03, 2016, 10:18:15 AM »
You can do that on points? Maldivian Air flights are a fortune...
I (seems wrongly) assumed that there were still flights from CMB to GAN and figured they would be around the $100 that flights to MLE are

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2337 on: February 05, 2016, 12:13:53 AM »
JFK-DXB-MLE-DXB-JFK RT with EK F via JAL is 155k RT + no YQ it seems. 125k SPG gets you a RT with EK F. Cool!

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2338 on: February 05, 2016, 12:40:27 AM »
JFK-DXB-MLE-DXB-JFK RT with EK F via JAL is 155k RT + no YQ it seems. 125k SPG gets you a RT with EK F. Cool!
Wow. Is ow allowed?
What about JFK-DXB-AMN?

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Re: Maldives Master Thread
« Reply #2339 on: February 07, 2016, 01:07:16 PM »
Does the Conrad Maldives charge to heat kosher meals?