From India to Brazil

Hi,

I've been living in India for a year now and I'm planning a trip back
to Brazil, my home country. My wish is to find a good balance between
cheap prices and 1 or 2 worthwhile stopovers (i have only 10 days
available).

So far, the only feasible option I found is to take an Emirates flight
with a stopover in Dubai. The price for a one-way ticket is around US
$ 900. I tried through the pacific and there are cheap flights until
Australia or New Zealand (For example, Tiger Airways or Jetstar Asia)
but I cannot find any decent flight cheaper than US$ 2000 (one way)
from there to the west coast of South America.

On despegar.com there is a flight for less than US$ 900 from Sydney to
Santiago (Chile) but it goes first all the way up to Canada (it's an
Air Canada flight) and, apart from a really longer trip, I would need
a transit visa for that.

The classical option is to go through Europe but I've done that
already a couple of times. Through South Africa is also very
expensive.

Any other ideas? Do you know any other cheap airlines other than those
that I've mentioned here?

Thanks,
Ricardo

On Apr 10, 6:28 pm, "William Black" <william.bl...@.uk>
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> >>Hi,
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> >>I've been living in India for a year now and I'm planning a trip back
> >>to Brazil, my home country. My wish is to find a good balance between
> >>cheap prices and 1 or 2 worthwhile stopovers (i have only 10 days
> >>available).
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> >>So far, the only feasible option I found is to take an Emirates flight
> >>with a stopover in Dubai.
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> > Dubai is a nice place to visit, but is not cheap.
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> And the India/Dubai flights are invariably packed, the food is dreadful and
> you get a security check 'airside' when you arrive.
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Not my experience!

I've flown Hyderabad - Dubai on Emirates a couple of times, and
everything was fine. The security check at Dubai is standard for all
incoming passengers (before entering the transit area) and it makes no
difference whether you are arriving from London or from India: it is
no big deal.