airfare from cairo

[FaithfulandTrue 6]

has anyone had this problem... habibi tried to go to the airport and tried to check on flights, but they told him he has to get a roundtrip ticket.. has anyone else had this problem dealing with cairo... i mean come on.. he's not going back... this is crazy... so now what do we do...

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

My Mom is a travel agent and explained to me you can only get round trip tickets for international travel. However, my Husband is always quoting me prices for one way tickets from Cairo to NY so I don't understand it either.

I have read other threads on the topic that have suggested that sometimes it's cheaper to purchase a round trip ticket and dump the return flight. This is what I did when I came back from Norway.

[Cheryl & Medo 3]

I just bought Medo a one way ticket. But were a K3 and the visa is good for 2 years. Maybe this has something to do with it. I dont know how long the K1 visa's are good for. Damn I hope this wont be a problem.

By the way onder congrats

[hopeful... 0]

has anyone had this problem... habibi tried to go to the airport and tried to check on flights, but they told him he has to get a roundtrip ticket.. has anyone else had this problem dealing with cairo... i mean come on.. he's not going back... this is crazy... so now what do we do...

No... my husband flew on a one way ticket in January. And that was cheaper than round trip ($700 versus $1,100). He booked through a local travel agency in Alex. He had to show his visa at the agency, but my husband had noooo problems whatsoever purchasing it.

When I flew from Cairo to Boston (which I did often when I lived there in Egypt), round trip was always around $1,100 on Lufthansa. Last August, when I flew home one way because I was moving back to the states, it was around $750. I purchased all my tickets from travel agents in Egypt.

Good luck!

[Nagishkaw 510]

Would it be possible for me to purchase my fiance's ticket here through my travel agent? Im not overly worried about saving a buck.One way, round trip...it doesnt really matter.

[terrie/kamal 0]

Would it be possible for me to purchase my fiance's ticket here through my travel agent? Im not overly worried about saving a buck.One way, round trip...it doesnt really matter.

i don't see why you can't nagi, my husband's brother (whom lives in the states) bought kamal's ticket for him ( one way). Good luck

[Nagishkaw 510]

Thanks for the heads up, Terrie.

[♥Sora_9_Dam3a♥ 0]

my husband bought a ticket about a month ago...he got a one way ticket--but we have a CR-1 visa...don't know if that makes a difference...i don't know where he got it from, but it was about $500...

good luck!!!

[ss918 0]

Hi!!

Ashraf flew here from Cairo on March 14th with a one way ticket. We are a K1 visa like you. He had no problems at all, but did have to show his visa along with the immigration packet (the one they tell you not to open). A lot of ppl were insisting we needed a 2 way ticket. The travel agency, the man at the airline etc. but once Ashraf was there and showed them his visa and this packet there was NO problem. I purchased this one way ticket on Expedia with my credit card and he was never asked to show this credit card. Congratulations Oneder I am so happy for the two of you!!

Laura

[tenderheartusa79 14]

I'm really kinda still confused about one way or round trip ticket

but i think there is no problem with one way ticket

i think it depends on the travel agent

maybe they don't want their airplane come back empty to Egypt maybe thats why they said round trip ticket .

but i think its not problem at Cairo airport cause there are many people moved to USA on one way ticket .

i was talking about that with my fiancée if you can't find any travel agent in Egypt to give you one way ticket you can use Egyptair site to book one way ticket its so cheap maybe about 500 bucks but it will be just from Cairo to NY (JFK) and you can use something like US airway from NY to another state you can book that online to

and yeah nagi i think you can use some of your travel agent in USA like Expedia but you can't use orbitz or cheaptickets

Edited March 28, 2008 by tenderheart197900

[Nagishkaw 510]

Thanks, Tenderheart. My travel agent here basically caters to Middle Eastern people and I wanted her to handle it. My fiance has special needs that the airlines has to be aware of. ( Mechanical heart valve ).