Cheers imogenzedder..
I have spotted a fare on skyscanners involving 2 seperate return tickets..
1.. sydney / delhi / sydney via shanghai with china eastern for $1022.85
2.. delhi / amsterdam / delhi via zurich with swissair for $760.46
all up $ 1783.31
The beauty of this fare is that I dont have to backtrack through China to get to Amsterdam, and as you can see the price is very fair too.
The small hiccup Im now trying to sort out is whether my multi entry Indian visa will work for me as I will have to transit / change carriers from Swissair to China Eastern in Delhi, on my way home to Sydney. There is a 5 hour layover in Delhi airport.
FYI..
I have 12 different options in flights available to me for my trip, all around the $2k mark.
The China Southern fare involves...
sydney / guangzhou / delhi... delhi / guangzhou / beijing / amsterdam...
amsterdam / paris / guangzhou / sydney..
This is a good fare at $ 1991 but the backtrack thru China from Delhi to Amsterdam is the killer.
Also, I'm flying to Delhi to meet up with a Dutch mate comming from Amsterdam. We are trying to arrange our flights so we can,
1.. meet up in Delhi airport for the start of our 3 month tour of India.. She arrives very early in the morning, I would like to be there before her as she has never travelled India before, I have and would like to be there waiting for her.
2.. we would like to fly on to Amsterdam together after our time in Indian, or at least leave Delhi around the same time and arrive in Amsterdam around the same time, as I have never been to Amsterdam before.
Your confused, Im confused.... lol.. all good :)
India was never easy..lol
