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

2012-04-21 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
[Christian PERRIER, 2012-04-21] > Quoting Piotr Ożarowski (pi...@debian.org): > > there's a flight on condor.com from FRA to MGA (outband: 2012-07-05, > > return: 2012-07-14) for 978 EUR, the one from Berlin is for 1158 EUR > > Jump on it, this is a *very good* price. I did, one of last economy o

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

2012-04-20 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Piotr Ożarowski (pi...@debian.org): > there's a flight on condor.com from FRA to MGA (outband: 2012-07-05, > return: 2012-07-14) for 978 EUR, the one from Berlin is for 1158 EUR Jump on it, this is a *very good* price. Is that with a connection? (I already booked my own flights but that

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

2012-04-20 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
> > Looking for flights from Berlin, trying out various dates, but > > settling on these as a definite example: 27th June ... 16th July > > > > Looking on expiedia.de I get offered a KLM flight (Out: 09:15..19:36, check also expedia.com and expedia.co.uk, they offer... different flights for dif

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

2012-04-09 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Christian PERRIER dijo [Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 07:50:42AM +0200]: > 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

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

2012-04-06 Thread Faidon Liambotis
On 04/06/12 07:48, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > 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. Thanks Jimmy, that's very helpful. BTW, there's a rumour that Taca will join Star Al

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

2012-04-06 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi Christian, On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 06:30:00PM +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Do you think that the event period of time could be extended? As a > matter of fact, I personnally plan to travel from July 2nd up to July > 31st and, it, of course, makes impossible to get the specific travel > far

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

2012-04-06 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Jimmy Kaplowitz (ji...@debian.org): > 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 provid

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

2012-04-06 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi Faidon, On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 08:08:03PM +0300, Faidon Liambotis wrote: > Thanks Jimmy, that's very helpful. No problem. If you do find a discount via SkyTeam Global Meetings, it would be nice to have a report of someone other than me (and especially not from the US) getting a discount rathe

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

2012-04-06 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi, On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 02:21:38PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > I recommend http://skyscanner.dk/ offering similarly low deals, and > unlike Expedia compares against nearby travel dates and locations. First off - absolutely don't use the discount if the fare is negative. Fully agreed wit

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

2012-04-06 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 12-04-06 at 11:42am, Philip Hands wrote: > On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 00:48:25 -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz > wrote: ... > > 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. >

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

2012-04-06 Thread Philip Hands
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 00:48:25 -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: ... > 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! Looking for flights fr

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

2012-04-06 Thread Philipp Kern
On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 12:48:25AM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > 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

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 involvi

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

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

2012-04-04 Thread Amaya
Faidon Liambotis wrote: > 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! AFAIK, the strike is still happening. Sorry. -- .''`.The world breaks every

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

2012-04-04 Thread Faidon Liambotis
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 deta

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

2012-03-29 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Ana Guerrero dijo [Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:15:03AM +0200]: > Hi, > > One of the options for going to Nicaragua is using the extensive network > of Iberia from Europe to Latinoamerica. > After ~6 months of failed negotiations, the pilots from Iberia are planning > to strike from April-July and it i

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

2012-03-29 Thread Ana Guerrero
Hi, One of the options for going to Nicaragua is using the extensive network of Iberia from Europe to Latinoamerica. After ~6 months of failed negotiations, the pilots from Iberia are planning to strike from April-July and it is expected to be followed for most of the pilots. [1] In the meantime