Dec’18 – Jan’19: India, Jordan and UAE Trip – Introduction

December is here and so is the time for my family trip again. I will be visiting India and my wife will be following me in a couple of weeks. After our trip in India, we along with my parents will go on a 10 day trip to Jordan and UAE. We will be visiting Amman, Petra and Dead Sea in Jordan and Dubai and Abu Dhabi in UAE. I have been wanting to check off Dead Sea, Petra, Burj Khalifa from my bucket list and covering the 2 countries will cross all these off 🙂

There will be a lot of trip reports, airline reviews and hotel reviews following this trip.

Cost (Total for 4 travelers):

Airfare:

$276 for 4 one-way coach tickets from Kolkata to Mumbai
$1112 for 4 one way coach tickets from Mumbai to Amman
$452 for 2 one way coach tickets from Amman to Abu Dhabi
$581 for 2 one way coach tickets from Amman to Abu Dhabi (stop) to New Delhi
$78 for 2 one way coach ticket from New Delhi to Kolkata

Hotel:

$212 for 2 rooms (1 night) for Nirvanta Transit Hotel, Mumbai Airport
$175 for 2 rooms (1 night) for Holiday Inn Resort, Dead Sea
$300 for 2 rooms (1 night) at Petra Guest House, Petra
$700 for 2 rooms (3 nights) at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Residences Dubai Al Barsha
$65 for 2 rooms (1 night) for cash portion of cash + miles booking at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Residences Dubai Al Barsha
$160 for 2 rooms (1 night) at Holiday Inn Abu Dhabi

Miles/Points/Certificates Redeemed:

70,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles for 1 one-way First Class ticket from Los Angeles to Bangkok
85,000 United Airlines Mileage Plus miles for 1 one-way Business Class ticket from Los Angeles to Kolkata
140,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles for 2 one-way Business Class tickets from Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles
40,000 IHG Rewards Club points for 1 night (2 rooms) at Crowne Plaza Amman
15,000 Iberia Avios miles for miles portion of cash + miles booking for 1 night (2 rooms) at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Residences Dubai Al Barsha