How to search for a flight when dates and cities are flexible but non-direct flights must not pass through a particular country?
Sometimes when booking a trip you can be very flexible with many factors but any route passing through a certain country cannot be considered.
Say you're going from country A to country B either direct or not, but if not direct must not be via country C. But any city in any airport in both countries is fine, especially when the ticket is cheaper and you don't have a specific itinerary.
For instance if you're from a country where you would need a visa even to pass through one other country who has some of the common hubs between your origin and destination. Say if that country's visa is difficult to obtain given your nationality or something like overstaying in the past, or just having strict requirements you couldn't easily meet. Like if you're from a poor country going to another poor country but an intermediate rich country needs you to prove your finances, employment, etc that your destination is not too bothered with.
I'm not aware of a flight search engine which lets you specify a country or countries not to pass through along the way.
Is there a search engine I don't know about that has this feature? If not, is there another way to search for flights given this constraint using the usual flight search engines along with some trick or method that might not be totally obvious?
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asked Oct 3 '16 at 8:35
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Sometimes when booking a trip you can be very flexible with many factors but any route passing through a certain country cannot be considered.
Say you're going from country A to country B either direct or not, but if not direct must not be via country C. But any city in any airport in both countries is fine, especially when the ticket is cheaper and you don't have a specific itinerary.
For instance if you're from a country where you would need a visa even to pass through one other country who has some of the common hubs between your origin and destination. Say if that country's visa is difficult to obtain given your nationality or something like overstaying in the past, or just having strict requirements you couldn't easily meet. Like if you're from a poor country going to another poor country but an intermediate rich country needs you to prove your finances, employment, etc that your destination is not too bothered with.
I'm not aware of a flight search engine which lets you specify a country or countries not to pass through along the way.
Is there a search engine I don't know about that has this feature? If not, is there another way to search for flights given this constraint using the usual flight search engines along with some trick or method that might not be totally obvious?
air-travel international-travel tips-and-tricks flight-search-engines
asked Oct 3 '16 at 8:35
hippietrailhippietrail
45.9k41209533
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Kayak also offers this. Search flight as usual, then you will see filters on left side. Click more filters, and unselect the layover airports you do not want..
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 9:29
AFAIK, you shouldn't need to prove your finances to a rich country you were transiting through, unless it's the US. In most(?) international hubs you don't even pass through immigration, you just get off your flight, clear security, wait a bit and get on your next one.
– user29850
Oct 3 '16 at 9:45
1
In my case it's the US but I'm sure there are situations other than mine in which people want to not route through a country, even if I couldn't think of so many examples.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 10:52
2
@Davinder: Kayak indeed works great. Previously it was not one of the flight search engines I used. This changes that! It's worth submitting as an answer.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 11:01
4
Some reasons for this might be: If one has a pending/absconded loan/payments in Gulf Countries, one can be arrested even while in transit from any of the gulf airports. Other, Indian Passports don't need transit visa at AMS, but need at LHR/CDG, even if are not entering in Schengen Area/UK. I will add my comment as Answer.
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 12:49
add a comment |
Sometimes when booking a trip you can be very flexible with many factors but any route passing through a certain country cannot be considered.
Say you're going from country A to country B either direct or not, but if not direct must not be via country C. But any city in any airport in both countries is fine, especially when the ticket is cheaper and you don't have a specific itinerary.
For instance if you're from a country where you would need a visa even to pass through one other country who has some of the common hubs between your origin and destination. Say if that country's visa is difficult to obtain given your nationality or something like overstaying in the past, or just having strict requirements you couldn't easily meet. Like if you're from a poor country going to another poor country but an intermediate rich country needs you to prove your finances, employment, etc that your destination is not too bothered with.
I'm not aware of a flight search engine which lets you specify a country or countries not to pass through along the way.
Is there a search engine I don't know about that has this feature? If not, is there another way to search for flights given this constraint using the usual flight search engines along with some trick or method that might not be totally obvious?
air-travel international-travel tips-and-tricks flight-search-engines
asked Oct 3 '16 at 8:35
hippietrailhippietrail
45.9k41209533
Sometimes when booking a trip you can be very flexible with many factors but any route passing through a certain country cannot be considered.
Say you're going from country A to country B either direct or not, but if not direct must not be via country C. But any city in any airport in both countries is fine, especially when the ticket is cheaper and you don't have a specific itinerary.
For instance if you're from a country where you would need a visa even to pass through one other country who has some of the common hubs between your origin and destination. Say if that country's visa is difficult to obtain given your nationality or something like overstaying in the past, or just having strict requirements you couldn't easily meet. Like if you're from a poor country going to another poor country but an intermediate rich country needs you to prove your finances, employment, etc that your destination is not too bothered with.
I'm not aware of a flight search engine which lets you specify a country or countries not to pass through along the way.
Is there a search engine I don't know about that has this feature? If not, is there another way to search for flights given this constraint using the usual flight search engines along with some trick or method that might not be totally obvious?
air-travel international-travel tips-and-tricks flight-search-engines
air-travel international-travel tips-and-tricks flight-search-engines
asked Oct 3 '16 at 8:35
hippietrailhippietrail
45.9k41209533
asked Oct 3 '16 at 8:35
hippietrailhippietrail
45.9k41209533
asked Oct 3 '16 at 8:35
hippietrailhippietrail
45.9k41209533
asked Oct 3 '16 at 8:35
hippietrailhippietrail
45.9k41209533
asked Oct 3 '16 at 8:35
hippietrailhippietrail
45.9k41209533
45.9k41209533
4
Kayak also offers this. Search flight as usual, then you will see filters on left side. Click more filters, and unselect the layover airports you do not want..
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 9:29
AFAIK, you shouldn't need to prove your finances to a rich country you were transiting through, unless it's the US. In most(?) international hubs you don't even pass through immigration, you just get off your flight, clear security, wait a bit and get on your next one.
– user29850
Oct 3 '16 at 9:45
1
In my case it's the US but I'm sure there are situations other than mine in which people want to not route through a country, even if I couldn't think of so many examples.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 10:52
2
@Davinder: Kayak indeed works great. Previously it was not one of the flight search engines I used. This changes that! It's worth submitting as an answer.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 11:01
4
Some reasons for this might be: If one has a pending/absconded loan/payments in Gulf Countries, one can be arrested even while in transit from any of the gulf airports. Other, Indian Passports don't need transit visa at AMS, but need at LHR/CDG, even if are not entering in Schengen Area/UK. I will add my comment as Answer.
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 12:49
add a comment |
4
Kayak also offers this. Search flight as usual, then you will see filters on left side. Click more filters, and unselect the layover airports you do not want..
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 9:29
AFAIK, you shouldn't need to prove your finances to a rich country you were transiting through, unless it's the US. In most(?) international hubs you don't even pass through immigration, you just get off your flight, clear security, wait a bit and get on your next one.
– user29850
Oct 3 '16 at 9:45
1
In my case it's the US but I'm sure there are situations other than mine in which people want to not route through a country, even if I couldn't think of so many examples.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 10:52
2
@Davinder: Kayak indeed works great. Previously it was not one of the flight search engines I used. This changes that! It's worth submitting as an answer.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 11:01
4
Some reasons for this might be: If one has a pending/absconded loan/payments in Gulf Countries, one can be arrested even while in transit from any of the gulf airports. Other, Indian Passports don't need transit visa at AMS, but need at LHR/CDG, even if are not entering in Schengen Area/UK. I will add my comment as Answer.
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 12:49
4
4
Kayak also offers this. Search flight as usual, then you will see filters on left side. Click more filters, and unselect the layover airports you do not want..
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 9:29
Kayak also offers this. Search flight as usual, then you will see filters on left side. Click more filters, and unselect the layover airports you do not want..
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 9:29
AFAIK, you shouldn't need to prove your finances to a rich country you were transiting through, unless it's the US. In most(?) international hubs you don't even pass through immigration, you just get off your flight, clear security, wait a bit and get on your next one.
– user29850
Oct 3 '16 at 9:45
AFAIK, you shouldn't need to prove your finances to a rich country you were transiting through, unless it's the US. In most(?) international hubs you don't even pass through immigration, you just get off your flight, clear security, wait a bit and get on your next one.
– user29850
Oct 3 '16 at 9:45
1
1
In my case it's the US but I'm sure there are situations other than mine in which people want to not route through a country, even if I couldn't think of so many examples.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 10:52
In my case it's the US but I'm sure there are situations other than mine in which people want to not route through a country, even if I couldn't think of so many examples.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 10:52
2
2
@Davinder: Kayak indeed works great. Previously it was not one of the flight search engines I used. This changes that! It's worth submitting as an answer.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 11:01
@Davinder: Kayak indeed works great. Previously it was not one of the flight search engines I used. This changes that! It's worth submitting as an answer.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 11:01
4
4
Some reasons for this might be: If one has a pending/absconded loan/payments in Gulf Countries, one can be arrested even while in transit from any of the gulf airports. Other, Indian Passports don't need transit visa at AMS, but need at LHR/CDG, even if are not entering in Schengen Area/UK. I will add my comment as Answer.
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 12:49
Some reasons for this might be: If one has a pending/absconded loan/payments in Gulf Countries, one can be arrested even while in transit from any of the gulf airports. Other, Indian Passports don't need transit visa at AMS, but need at LHR/CDG, even if are not entering in Schengen Area/UK. I will add my comment as Answer.
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 12:49
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Yes, the ITA Matrix supports the undocumented l: syntax in the routing specifier to search by location. You can use l:nXX to search by ISO country code (n for nation), and then add the negation symbol ~ to invert this. Putting it altogether you want ~l:nUS* to mean, possibly transit at any number of points, but none in the United States.
See this thread on FlyerTalk for a little more information.
edited Oct 3 '16 at 9:00
chx
37.4k380186
answered Oct 3 '16 at 8:55
CalchasCalchas
33.4k380136
But thel:nXXsyntax doesn't work for "departing from" and "destination"?
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 9:10
add a comment |
Kayak.com also offers this exact functionality. To search for flight route from A to B, but not transiting through X/Y/Z,
- Search flight as usual.
- Once you are on results page, there are search filters on left of the page.
- Find the filter labeled as Layover Airports (Click more filters if required), and deselect the layover airports you do not want. Good thing is all these layover airports are also grouped by Country. (means all airports in America will be in one group, & etc etc.)
- Uncheck all the airports you do not want to transit through.
- .....
- Profit!!
Some Reasons why this might require:
- USA/Canada treats anybody with Indian Passport asking for transit visa against the same requirements as standard tourist visa. Many flights from Delhi to Trinidad/Panama transits in Canada/US.
- Indian Passport holders, going from non-schengen to non-schengen, but transiting at AMS does not need Holland transit visa, but transiting through CDG needs French transit visa. E.G. Delhi to Panama flights always transit at either/or LHR/AMS/CDG, only AMS allows TVOW (transit Without a Visa, to Holders of Onward Tickets), whereas France/UK does not (some exceptions: Holders of Visa/residency of US/Canada/UK/Ireland etc), .
- If one takes a loan in Gulf Countries, & does not pay it back, & run away; then any time in future he transits through one of the gulf airports, much likely chance is that one will be arrested & prosecuted for that crime.
Edit:
Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf. (Thanks to Mindwin's comment)
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:52
Community♦
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answered Oct 3 '16 at 13:13
DavChanaDavChana
2,6321826
1
Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf.
– Mindwin
Oct 4 '16 at 16:10
1
Google Flights can do this, too. And very easily so, in fact, so easily it does not deserve it's own answer :)
– bers
Oct 5 '16 at 10:51
2
@Mindwin In the west we recognise that some people legitimately can't pay their debts and have procedures (bankruptcy etc) to handle that in a reaonablly humane manner. AIUI that is not the case in the gulf countries.
– Peter Green
Oct 31 '16 at 20:35
1
@PeterGreen but anywhere doing it intentionally is at least frowned upon, if not a felony.
– Mindwin
Nov 1 '16 at 11:36
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Yes, the ITA Matrix supports the undocumented l: syntax in the routing specifier to search by location. You can use l:nXX to search by ISO country code (n for nation), and then add the negation symbol ~ to invert this. Putting it altogether you want ~l:nUS* to mean, possibly transit at any number of points, but none in the United States.
See this thread on FlyerTalk for a little more information.
edited Oct 3 '16 at 9:00
chx
37.4k380186
answered Oct 3 '16 at 8:55
CalchasCalchas
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But thel:nXXsyntax doesn't work for "departing from" and "destination"?
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 9:10
add a comment |
Yes, the ITA Matrix supports the undocumented l: syntax in the routing specifier to search by location. You can use l:nXX to search by ISO country code (n for nation), and then add the negation symbol ~ to invert this. Putting it altogether you want ~l:nUS* to mean, possibly transit at any number of points, but none in the United States.
See this thread on FlyerTalk for a little more information.
edited Oct 3 '16 at 9:00
chx
37.4k380186
answered Oct 3 '16 at 8:55
CalchasCalchas
33.4k380136
But thel:nXXsyntax doesn't work for "departing from" and "destination"?
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 9:10
add a comment |
Yes, the ITA Matrix supports the undocumented l: syntax in the routing specifier to search by location. You can use l:nXX to search by ISO country code (n for nation), and then add the negation symbol ~ to invert this. Putting it altogether you want ~l:nUS* to mean, possibly transit at any number of points, but none in the United States.
See this thread on FlyerTalk for a little more information.
edited Oct 3 '16 at 9:00
chx
37.4k380186
answered Oct 3 '16 at 8:55
CalchasCalchas
33.4k380136
Yes, the ITA Matrix supports the undocumented l: syntax in the routing specifier to search by location. You can use l:nXX to search by ISO country code (n for nation), and then add the negation symbol ~ to invert this. Putting it altogether you want ~l:nUS* to mean, possibly transit at any number of points, but none in the United States.
See this thread on FlyerTalk for a little more information.
edited Oct 3 '16 at 9:00
chx
37.4k380186
answered Oct 3 '16 at 8:55
CalchasCalchas
33.4k380136
edited Oct 3 '16 at 9:00
chx
37.4k380186
edited Oct 3 '16 at 9:00
chx
37.4k380186
edited Oct 3 '16 at 9:00
chx
37.4k380186
37.4k380186
answered Oct 3 '16 at 8:55
CalchasCalchas
33.4k380136
answered Oct 3 '16 at 8:55
CalchasCalchas
33.4k380136
answered Oct 3 '16 at 8:55
CalchasCalchas
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33.4k380136
But thel:nXXsyntax doesn't work for "departing from" and "destination"?
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 9:10
add a comment |
But thel:nXXsyntax doesn't work for "departing from" and "destination"?
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 9:10
But the
l:nXX syntax doesn't work for "departing from" and "destination"?– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 9:10
But the
l:nXX syntax doesn't work for "departing from" and "destination"?– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 9:10
add a comment |
Kayak.com also offers this exact functionality. To search for flight route from A to B, but not transiting through X/Y/Z,
- Search flight as usual.
- Once you are on results page, there are search filters on left of the page.
- Find the filter labeled as Layover Airports (Click more filters if required), and deselect the layover airports you do not want. Good thing is all these layover airports are also grouped by Country. (means all airports in America will be in one group, & etc etc.)
- Uncheck all the airports you do not want to transit through.
- .....
- Profit!!
Some Reasons why this might require:
- USA/Canada treats anybody with Indian Passport asking for transit visa against the same requirements as standard tourist visa. Many flights from Delhi to Trinidad/Panama transits in Canada/US.
- Indian Passport holders, going from non-schengen to non-schengen, but transiting at AMS does not need Holland transit visa, but transiting through CDG needs French transit visa. E.G. Delhi to Panama flights always transit at either/or LHR/AMS/CDG, only AMS allows TVOW (transit Without a Visa, to Holders of Onward Tickets), whereas France/UK does not (some exceptions: Holders of Visa/residency of US/Canada/UK/Ireland etc), .
- If one takes a loan in Gulf Countries, & does not pay it back, & run away; then any time in future he transits through one of the gulf airports, much likely chance is that one will be arrested & prosecuted for that crime.
Edit:
Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf. (Thanks to Mindwin's comment)
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:52
Community♦
1
answered Oct 3 '16 at 13:13
DavChanaDavChana
2,6321826
1
Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf.
– Mindwin
Oct 4 '16 at 16:10
1
Google Flights can do this, too. And very easily so, in fact, so easily it does not deserve it's own answer :)
– bers
Oct 5 '16 at 10:51
2
@Mindwin In the west we recognise that some people legitimately can't pay their debts and have procedures (bankruptcy etc) to handle that in a reaonablly humane manner. AIUI that is not the case in the gulf countries.
– Peter Green
Oct 31 '16 at 20:35
1
@PeterGreen but anywhere doing it intentionally is at least frowned upon, if not a felony.
– Mindwin
Nov 1 '16 at 11:36
add a comment |
Kayak.com also offers this exact functionality. To search for flight route from A to B, but not transiting through X/Y/Z,
- Search flight as usual.
- Once you are on results page, there are search filters on left of the page.
- Find the filter labeled as Layover Airports (Click more filters if required), and deselect the layover airports you do not want. Good thing is all these layover airports are also grouped by Country. (means all airports in America will be in one group, & etc etc.)
- Uncheck all the airports you do not want to transit through.
- .....
- Profit!!
Some Reasons why this might require:
- USA/Canada treats anybody with Indian Passport asking for transit visa against the same requirements as standard tourist visa. Many flights from Delhi to Trinidad/Panama transits in Canada/US.
- Indian Passport holders, going from non-schengen to non-schengen, but transiting at AMS does not need Holland transit visa, but transiting through CDG needs French transit visa. E.G. Delhi to Panama flights always transit at either/or LHR/AMS/CDG, only AMS allows TVOW (transit Without a Visa, to Holders of Onward Tickets), whereas France/UK does not (some exceptions: Holders of Visa/residency of US/Canada/UK/Ireland etc), .
- If one takes a loan in Gulf Countries, & does not pay it back, & run away; then any time in future he transits through one of the gulf airports, much likely chance is that one will be arrested & prosecuted for that crime.
Edit:
Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf. (Thanks to Mindwin's comment)
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:52
Community♦
1
answered Oct 3 '16 at 13:13
DavChanaDavChana
2,6321826
1
Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf.
– Mindwin
Oct 4 '16 at 16:10
1
Google Flights can do this, too. And very easily so, in fact, so easily it does not deserve it's own answer :)
– bers
Oct 5 '16 at 10:51
2
@Mindwin In the west we recognise that some people legitimately can't pay their debts and have procedures (bankruptcy etc) to handle that in a reaonablly humane manner. AIUI that is not the case in the gulf countries.
– Peter Green
Oct 31 '16 at 20:35
1
@PeterGreen but anywhere doing it intentionally is at least frowned upon, if not a felony.
– Mindwin
Nov 1 '16 at 11:36
add a comment |
Kayak.com also offers this exact functionality. To search for flight route from A to B, but not transiting through X/Y/Z,
- Search flight as usual.
- Once you are on results page, there are search filters on left of the page.
- Find the filter labeled as Layover Airports (Click more filters if required), and deselect the layover airports you do not want. Good thing is all these layover airports are also grouped by Country. (means all airports in America will be in one group, & etc etc.)
- Uncheck all the airports you do not want to transit through.
- .....
- Profit!!
Some Reasons why this might require:
- USA/Canada treats anybody with Indian Passport asking for transit visa against the same requirements as standard tourist visa. Many flights from Delhi to Trinidad/Panama transits in Canada/US.
- Indian Passport holders, going from non-schengen to non-schengen, but transiting at AMS does not need Holland transit visa, but transiting through CDG needs French transit visa. E.G. Delhi to Panama flights always transit at either/or LHR/AMS/CDG, only AMS allows TVOW (transit Without a Visa, to Holders of Onward Tickets), whereas France/UK does not (some exceptions: Holders of Visa/residency of US/Canada/UK/Ireland etc), .
- If one takes a loan in Gulf Countries, & does not pay it back, & run away; then any time in future he transits through one of the gulf airports, much likely chance is that one will be arrested & prosecuted for that crime.
Edit:
Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf. (Thanks to Mindwin's comment)
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:52
Community♦
1
answered Oct 3 '16 at 13:13
DavChanaDavChana
2,6321826
Kayak.com also offers this exact functionality. To search for flight route from A to B, but not transiting through X/Y/Z,
- Search flight as usual.
- Once you are on results page, there are search filters on left of the page.
- Find the filter labeled as Layover Airports (Click more filters if required), and deselect the layover airports you do not want. Good thing is all these layover airports are also grouped by Country. (means all airports in America will be in one group, & etc etc.)
- Uncheck all the airports you do not want to transit through.
- .....
- Profit!!
Some Reasons why this might require:
- USA/Canada treats anybody with Indian Passport asking for transit visa against the same requirements as standard tourist visa. Many flights from Delhi to Trinidad/Panama transits in Canada/US.
- Indian Passport holders, going from non-schengen to non-schengen, but transiting at AMS does not need Holland transit visa, but transiting through CDG needs French transit visa. E.G. Delhi to Panama flights always transit at either/or LHR/AMS/CDG, only AMS allows TVOW (transit Without a Visa, to Holders of Onward Tickets), whereas France/UK does not (some exceptions: Holders of Visa/residency of US/Canada/UK/Ireland etc), .
- If one takes a loan in Gulf Countries, & does not pay it back, & run away; then any time in future he transits through one of the gulf airports, much likely chance is that one will be arrested & prosecuted for that crime.
Edit:
Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf. (Thanks to Mindwin's comment)
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:52
Community♦
1
answered Oct 3 '16 at 13:13
DavChanaDavChana
2,6321826
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:52
Community♦
1
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:52
Community♦
1
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:52
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Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf.
– Mindwin
Oct 4 '16 at 16:10
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Google Flights can do this, too. And very easily so, in fact, so easily it does not deserve it's own answer :)
– bers
Oct 5 '16 at 10:51
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@Mindwin In the west we recognise that some people legitimately can't pay their debts and have procedures (bankruptcy etc) to handle that in a reaonablly humane manner. AIUI that is not the case in the gulf countries.
– Peter Green
Oct 31 '16 at 20:35
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@PeterGreen but anywhere doing it intentionally is at least frowned upon, if not a felony.
– Mindwin
Nov 1 '16 at 11:36
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Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf.
– Mindwin
Oct 4 '16 at 16:10
1
Google Flights can do this, too. And very easily so, in fact, so easily it does not deserve it's own answer :)
– bers
Oct 5 '16 at 10:51
2
@Mindwin In the west we recognise that some people legitimately can't pay their debts and have procedures (bankruptcy etc) to handle that in a reaonablly humane manner. AIUI that is not the case in the gulf countries.
– Peter Green
Oct 31 '16 at 20:35
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@PeterGreen but anywhere doing it intentionally is at least frowned upon, if not a felony.
– Mindwin
Nov 1 '16 at 11:36
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1
Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf.
– Mindwin
Oct 4 '16 at 16:10
Reader advised to not default on loans (and then run away) on any country, not only [assumed persian] Gulf.
– Mindwin
Oct 4 '16 at 16:10
1
1
Google Flights can do this, too. And very easily so, in fact, so easily it does not deserve it's own answer :)
– bers
Oct 5 '16 at 10:51
Google Flights can do this, too. And very easily so, in fact, so easily it does not deserve it's own answer :)
– bers
Oct 5 '16 at 10:51
2
2
@Mindwin In the west we recognise that some people legitimately can't pay their debts and have procedures (bankruptcy etc) to handle that in a reaonablly humane manner. AIUI that is not the case in the gulf countries.
– Peter Green
Oct 31 '16 at 20:35
@Mindwin In the west we recognise that some people legitimately can't pay their debts and have procedures (bankruptcy etc) to handle that in a reaonablly humane manner. AIUI that is not the case in the gulf countries.
– Peter Green
Oct 31 '16 at 20:35
1
1
@PeterGreen but anywhere doing it intentionally is at least frowned upon, if not a felony.
– Mindwin
Nov 1 '16 at 11:36
@PeterGreen but anywhere doing it intentionally is at least frowned upon, if not a felony.
– Mindwin
Nov 1 '16 at 11:36
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Kayak also offers this. Search flight as usual, then you will see filters on left side. Click more filters, and unselect the layover airports you do not want..
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 9:29
AFAIK, you shouldn't need to prove your finances to a rich country you were transiting through, unless it's the US. In most(?) international hubs you don't even pass through immigration, you just get off your flight, clear security, wait a bit and get on your next one.
– user29850
Oct 3 '16 at 9:45
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In my case it's the US but I'm sure there are situations other than mine in which people want to not route through a country, even if I couldn't think of so many examples.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 10:52
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@Davinder: Kayak indeed works great. Previously it was not one of the flight search engines I used. This changes that! It's worth submitting as an answer.
– hippietrail
Oct 3 '16 at 11:01
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Some reasons for this might be: If one has a pending/absconded loan/payments in Gulf Countries, one can be arrested even while in transit from any of the gulf airports. Other, Indian Passports don't need transit visa at AMS, but need at LHR/CDG, even if are not entering in Schengen Area/UK. I will add my comment as Answer.
– DavChana
Oct 3 '16 at 12:49