One of American’s lesser known partner airlines is Gulf Air, which I recently flew in business class between London and Bahrain. The ticket between Europe and the Middle East cost just 30,000 miles one-way in business class, which is quite a good deal.
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Bahrain has been known to deny visas to people with certain Shia Muslim names without providing explanations, regardless of nationality. Just a heads up for anyone hoping to take a short stopover.
They will also often make you wait while they literally run a Google search on your name to make sure you are not a human rights journalist or activist -- be forewarned if you wrote a paper in college that might seem pro-democracy that was published online.
Paul Says: "They will also often make you wait while they literally run a Google search on your name to make sure you are not a human rights journalist or activist — be forewarned if you wrote a paper in college that might seem pro-democracy that was published online."
If that were even half true I'm sure Lucky would have warned us about it. He takes human rights very seriously and doesn't waste his time promoting anti-freedom cultures or glossing over governments that ban or punish people arbitrarily.
Hi Lucky
Just found this post and was wondering if it still possible to book flights on Gulf Air?Just phoned London office and they had no idea about it.Many thanks for your time and wonderful blog
Lucky, do you know if Gulf Air flights can earn American Miles? Flying Cairo to Bahrain on Gulf Air, very nice A321 bus class service. The dates are a nice touch.
Looking for Qatar embargo options in and out of Cairo.