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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #300 on: December 19, 2013, 10:52:32 PM »
Ha, I figured you'd guys agree with me. So I have LH and QF F on hold and EK F is available.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #301 on: December 19, 2013, 11:00:29 PM »
Ha, I figured you'd guys agree with me. So I have LH and QF F on hold and EK F is available.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #302 on: December 19, 2013, 11:53:13 PM »
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #304 on: December 20, 2013, 08:51:47 AM »
Seems like it was phantom.
Some said they actually got it booked, though most was phantom.

I know i went a little crazy trying to book. When i thought i had it booked and ticketed, it was pointed out i was booked in J across my flights.

Back to square one.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #305 on: December 21, 2013, 06:03:34 PM »
Anyone ever been to ......South Africa?


After much back and forth, I have the following on hold:

JFK-FRA-JNB in LH F (744 and 388)
JNB-FRA-JFK in LH J and F (388 and 744)

Question -- should I stay in JNB? Go to CPT (Cape Town), or perhaps to Mauritius or Seychelles?

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #306 on: December 21, 2013, 06:08:38 PM »
What about a safari destination and Victoria falls?
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #307 on: December 21, 2013, 06:09:50 PM »
What about a safari destination and Victoria falls?
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they say its amazing, just one issue theres no spg or really branded hotels (if im no mistaken)
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #308 on: December 21, 2013, 06:17:52 PM »
What about a safari destination and Victoria falls?

Well, if I'm arriving in JNB/CPT, how do I get to VF?

From what I hear, it's not very safe to be driving in JNB...
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #309 on: December 21, 2013, 06:18:38 PM »
krueger.

they say its amazing, just one issue theres no spg or really branded hotels (if im no mistaken)

Yeah, it'd be an advantage to have a chain hotel somewhere where I go... but I guess it's not imperative.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #310 on: December 21, 2013, 06:19:51 PM »
Yeah, it'd be an advantage to have a chain hotel somewhere where I go... but I guess it's not imperative.
you can try to get onto a kosher trip, i have the info of the guy who runs it... it runs high though. thats the only reason why i didnt do it yet. after my 4th million, i wont mind spending 5k a person
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #311 on: December 21, 2013, 06:21:29 PM »
Thanks for the info, but I don't think I want to spend $10K on this trip, if I can avoid it :P

Hate planning like this, but when you get a routing like this with UA pre-deval I have to at least try to make it work.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #312 on: December 21, 2013, 06:25:07 PM »
Thanks for the info, but I don't think I want to spend $10K on this trip, if I can avoid it :P

Hate planning like this, but when you get a routing like this with UA pre-deval I have to at least try to make it work.
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you do the whole trip MUCH less if you do chain hotels - maybe in capetown or something. (stay in capetown, and buy all the kosher food there in the grocery)  and hire someone to take you up and drive around at the park.
plenty of jewish tour guides there that would do it for cheap.
5k is a kosher safari.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #313 on: December 21, 2013, 06:27:18 PM »
Yeah, maybe that's what I'll do.

I'll make it JFK-FRA-JNB-CPT and
CPT-JNB-FRA-JFK-----HNL

Then worry about what to do tomorrow...

If anyone has been there, is there kosher food? Enough to do for 5-7 days?
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #314 on: December 21, 2013, 06:29:32 PM »
Yeah, maybe that's what I'll do.

I'll make it JFK-FRA-JNB-CPT and
CPT-JNB-FRA-JFK-----HNL

Then worry about what to do tomorrow...

If anyone has been there, is there kosher food? Enough to do for 5-7 days?
theres a huge frum jewish community.

theres around 5 shuls and a bunch of kosher groceries.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #315 on: December 21, 2013, 06:30:34 PM »
Would love to see TRs from CPT/JNB.
Complete dearth of them here on DDF.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #316 on: December 21, 2013, 06:32:27 PM »
Would love to see TRs from CPT/JNB.
Complete dearth of them here on DDF.
its so sad, bec this is my dream. more than MLE. i would love to go on one of these safari's. (also cant bring kids, bec theyll make noise in the open jeeps, and scare the animals away)

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #317 on: December 21, 2013, 06:33:26 PM »
I'd also love to do it, but without TRs from those who went before me, planning this thing in <24 hours is going to be tough.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #318 on: December 21, 2013, 06:36:50 PM »
I'd also love to do it, but without TRs from those who went before me, planning this thing in <24 hours is going to be tough.

Rots, I'll take whatever you can get.
ok. i will get more info.

i will ask tom. just what specifics, besides kosher would you like to know.

its a couple hr drive upto the park from the jewish area. (ppl do it all the time, as per my south african friends have told me)
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #319 on: December 21, 2013, 06:37:48 PM »
Krieger is where you can see like crazy animals, e.g lions and tigers and bears, oh my!?

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