New Ban to be announced Tues: Forbids any device larger than cellphone on airlines from 13 countries

Fly Delta through Amsterdam (KLM codeshare) or through Paris (Air France codeshare).

 

That search turns up no results for me.

I'm starting my trip home in Male.

 

MLE-VIE-(FRA/MUC)-IAD with OS (or OS/LH if the less direct route turns out cheaper)

 

This. Or try MLE-SVO-JFK-IAD. Tell them (Moscow) Donald sent you. ZING!

 

That's the best bet I've found so far.

That actually saves me some money, but I'm curious if Korean Air > Emirates.

If Emirates is better, it might be worth the extra money and no electronics situation to be on a more comfortable flight for that 14+ hour stretch.

 

Looks like Condor flies every Sunday from Male to Frankfurt. They actually have a flight to BWI from Frankfurt but its the following day so you're stuck in Frankfurt overnight. They're actually not a bad airline (used to be part of Lufthansa now its part of Thomas Cook). But its $350 from Male to Frankfurt.

 

It's definitely worse than Emirates. Also, since you indicated that you're flying in economy, going east via Seoul is a terrible idea, as it's twice distance you have to cover (again, a bigger deal when in economy). Go through Moscow on Aeroflot.

 

Aeroflot only flies on Sundays (and requires an overnight layover) and if you're going to do a Sunday flight, go via FRA on Condor. But Condor takes you to BWI instead of IAD if that's an issue.

 

Thanks for all the help guys.

Unfortunately my travel date is set in stone (June 6).

Using Google Flights trying to get to DC from Male without flying into the US from any of the affected airports (Dubai, Abu Dahbi, Riyadh, Doha, etc) produces nothing but expensive, superlong flight options.

Except for Korean Air, which is already out for a combo of no wifi and being generally a poopy airline.

Spoiler

 

I thought the republican party was the party of low regulations. I enjoy traveling and this ban really sucks. I hope someone sues this ban.

 

I am convinced that if Trump banned AIDS, liberals would find a way to block it and then hold a march for it.

 

Clearly you aren't a frequent international traveler. For those of that do travel internationally for work, checking in our laptops isn't an option. So this effectively means I can't fly on the ME3. And as you can see from DonnyMost's challenges with non ME3 itineraries, this makes traveling really hard.

Also I have no problem with these sorts of things when they're justified. However, not only has the administration provided zero rationale for this but they're also effectively encouraging people to put their electronics in the cargo bay which is even more dangerous.

If you're going to disrupt travel like this, 1) provide a heads up so people can plan for this and 2) provide some sort of justification.

 

CEOS OF DELTA, UNITED AND AMERICAN HOPE TRUMP WILL BLOCK ARAB COMPETITION

 

CNN reporting that intelligence agencies are saying that al-qaeda is close to using laptop batteries for bombs