Re: [Debconf-discuss] Going to Nicaragua from Europe: avoid Iberia

2012-04-05 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi Faidon,

On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 07:28:13PM +0300, Faidon Liambotis wrote:
> On 03/30/12 02:26, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> >Also, please hold for a *little little* longer before buying your
> >tickets: We have for the first time managed to get an airline alliance
> >to give us a group discount, which should be specially palatable for
> >people flying from Europe. I don't have the full details, but they
> >should arrive in the next couple of days.
[...]
> Do you have any news about that? I've been waiting for this to book
> my ticket but it's getting late; the cheaper fares are already gone,
> current rates from Athens are more than $2k!

Yes, here's enough information about the discount so that people can use it. A
more proper announcement, as well as stuff on the website about it, is still
pending.

The discount is available for most SkyTeam airlines, and it's their SkyTeam
Global Meetings program. It applies to travel to and from the Managua airport
(MGA) for the purpose of attending DebConf12 from June 27 to July 20. Here's
the text provided by SkyTeam about it:

"The airlines of SkyTeam, Official Alliance Network for our event, offer
attractive airfares for participants.

SKYTEAM comprises 15 leading international airlines: Aeroflot, Aeromexico, Air
Europa, Air France, Alitalia, China Airlines, China Eastern, China Southern,
CSA Czech Airlines, Delta, Kenya Airways, KLM, Korean Air, Tarom and Vietnam
Airlines serving more than 900 destinations in 173 countries with more than
14,500 flights daily.

To benefit from these special offers, visit www.skyteam.com/GlobalMeetings and
enter your Event ID.

Through SkyTeam.com, you can also access the schedules of all SkyTeam partners
to plan your flights on the airline of your choice."

DebConf12's Event ID is 2254S.

Let me know if you have any issues!

- Jimmy Kaplowitz
ji...@debian.org
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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Going to Nicaragua from Europe: avoid Iberia

2012-04-05 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Jimmy Kaplowitz (ji...@debian.org):

> "The airlines of SkyTeam, Official Alliance Network for our event, offer
> attractive airfares for participants.


Yay, these are the most convenient for me, from what I've found up to
now.:-)

Please note that, for Europeans, most combinations involving SkyTeam
for going to Nicaragua will involve a connection in USA (and thus an
Air France, Delta, KLM or Alitalia flight to USA). Often Atlanta
or Houston. This is the consequence of Delta having direct flights to
Managua.

Contrary to appearances, connections involving flights to Mexico are
not so convenient, because of the apparent lack of direct SkyTeam
flights from Mexico to Managua.



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