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[Debconf-discuss] Money matters and air travel queries - 1 -2 stops and being in South Africa morning or afternoon.



Hi all,

I made a page with my conversations with Bernelle (sometime ago) which
clears the air somewhat for a prospective traveler coming to South
Africa to not just be for the conference but also have a bit of
holiday with/on her/im and expenses s/he can expect .

https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/Money

This probably needs to be linked to somewhere in Logistics but
probably needs to be cleaned and any duplication or moving around may
be needed. Feel free to do the same.

Now for flights I recently saw  " The Truth About Cheap Flights:
Channel 4 Dispatches "

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/the-truth-about-cheap-flights-channel-4-dispatches

While this is more about UK and a specific company in UK, I *think* it
is similar everywhere and especially in India. I know same/similar
practices which are in vogue in the Railways, esp. in Second Class
reservation (the cheapest way and yet decent way for most people to
move around to large distances > 500 km. for sure), so would try to
also shop around for the cheapest and yet comfortable air travel.

Now I have budgeted at $837 which is around around one and a half
times the cheapest ticket available $587 .

Here's a link to the on-line listing -

http://cheapfaresindia.makemytrip.com/international/raw/index.html?l=exIndia&t=RT&i=PNQ-CPT-D-29Jun2016_CPT-PNQ-D-11Jul2016&p=A-1&c=E&a=MA&userID=80411462463532449#/listing

https://www.ixigo.com/search/result/flight/BOM/CPT/29062016/11072016/1/0/0/e
- far better listing especially for information on layovers (which is
critical) is much more easily known.

Have attached some of the flights which look good/promising but as
there are so many bewildering choices and have no idea which air route
is ideal, hence asking air travelers if they have any tips or ideas
for the same.

My idea is to land in South Africa on 30th morning or evening,
decompress and just be on 1st of July and be available to be part of
debian for noobs.

The cheapest flight on makemy trip is at $629 doesn't work because
both while going as well as coming, there are stops where connection
between flights is around half an hour, so if the flight is late for
some reason or some other issue, it is very easy to miss the
connection.

I have been trying multiple options on both the sites but either the
layovers are too short (between 30 mins to 2 hours) or too long (15
-24 hours)

There are couple of Airports I want/am looking for information on :-

a. I was looking at Johannesburg International Airport as a potential
layover stop but after reading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._R._Tambo_International_Airport
decided to give it a miss as it seems to be a pretty busy airport and
the layovers I was getting were between 1 - 2 hours which isn't enough
in a busy and big airport. I would be having check-in baggage along
with hand-baggage (lappy :) ) . So this doesn't seem to be a right
fit.

b. The other most common layover is Addis Ababa Bole International
Airport of Ethopia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ababa_Bole_International_Airport

This airport also seems to have grown a bit as per the wiki article .

It is really nuts as there are so many combinations and flights, it
makes my head spin, can anyone help ? Have checked around 140 odd
flights, direct would have been lot better and simpler to understand.

Ideally, I would like just 1 stop between the two countries and have a
layover of around 4 hours just in case of delay either at takeoff, bad
weather, landing, baggage collection etc.

Think 4 hours should be the sweet spot, if people think there should
be more of a gap, please chime here.

It would be nicer if one of the cheaper flights makes the cut so
somebody else or it could be used to make debconf more awesome.

In case of a long layover, for budget/economy travelers are there any
budget choices for storage lockers and having bit of sleep, food and
freshening up before the next leg of the journey.

Look forward to learn.
-- 
          Regards,
          Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
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https://www.ixigo.com/search/result/flight/BOM/CPT/29062016/11072016/1/0/0/e

1. Ethiopian Airlines ET611
29 Jun, Wed economy

05:15 Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport 5h 5m

07:50 Addis Ababa Bole

Layover 24h 25m Addis Ababa

Ethiopian Airlines ET847

30 Jun, Thu economy

08:15 Addis Ababa Bole 6h 40m

13:55 Cape Town - Cape Town Intl

CPT - BOM

Ethiopian Airlines ET846

11 Jul, Mon economy

20:45 Cape Town - Cape Town Intl 8h 15m

06:00 Addis Ababa Bole

Layover 15h Addis Ababa

Ethiopian Airlines ET610
12 Jul, Tue economy

21:00 Addis Ababa Bole 4h 50m

04:20 Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport

USD 682 or INR 44707


2.  Ethiopian Airlines ET641

29 Jun, Wed economy

11:15 Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport 5h 20m 

14:05 Addis Ababa Bole

Layover 19h 42m Addis Ababa Bole

ET829

30 Jun, Thu economy

09:47 Addis Ababa Bole 8h 23m 

17:10 Cape Town - Cape Town Intl

Ethiopian Airlines ET846

11 Jul, Mon economy 

20:45 Cape Town - Cape Town Intl 8h 15m

06:00 Addis Ababa Bole

Layover 15h Addis Ababa Bole

Ethiopian Airlines ET610

12 Jul, Tue economy

21:00 Addis Ababa Bole 4h 50m

04:20 Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport

USD 725 or INR 48281


3.  Ethiopian Airlines ET611

29 Jun, Wed economy

05:15 Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport 5h 5m

07:50 Addis Ababa Bole

Layover 24h 25m Addis Ababa 

Ethiopian Airlines ET847

30 Jun, Thu economy

08:15 Addis Ababa Bole

6h 40m

13:55 Cape Town - Cape Town Intl

Emirates EK771

11 Jul, Mon economy

18:05 Cape Town - Cape Town Intl

9h 25m

05:30 Dubai - Dubai International

Layover 4h 5m

Dubai 

Emirates EK506

12 Jul, Tue economy

09:35 Dubai - Dubai International
3h

14:05 Mumbai
Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport

USD 762 or INR 50034

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