Tanzania: €198 Open Jaws Milan – Dar Es Salaam – United Kingdom with Saudia (Incl. Checked Bags)

SkyTeam member Saudia has put a very attractive price tag on open jaw flights originating in Italy and ending in the United Kingdom. By booking them on a single ticket, you can get to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania for as little as €198. This fare includes a checked bag up 23 kg and full board service (sans alcoholic beverages, because Saudia is a dry airline).

Here are some examples for less than €300…

• Milan – Dar es Salaam – Manchester at €196
• Milan – Dar es Salaam – London at €198
• Rome – Dar es Salaam – London at €234

…and many more. The cheapest combinations all start in Italy and go to Dar es Salaam before returning to a different European airport.

Feel free to use our Go2 to speed up your search for multiple flight dates. The fares in question show up for departures between January and March 2024:

All itineraries feature a stop in Jeddah each way. While long-haul planes serve the flights from Milan to Jeddah, trips between Saudi-Arabia and Tanzania are Airbus A320 services. These still feature a rather generous seat pitch of 80 cm and personal inflight entertainment.

Search & Book

The fare rules don’t give an expiration date for this fare, but we expect it to be gone rather sooner than later. Availabilities can primarily found in the first four months of 2024.

While Google Flights previews flight dates reliably, its multi-stop search is a tedious way of finding availabilities. Sadly, there is no better way than fooling around with dates and finding the lowest by trial-and-error. While the cheapest tickets are sold by OTAs found in our flight search, Saudia also sells these tickets on its website.

Why is booking with an airline better than with an online travel agency?

More often than not, online travel agencies offer lower fares than airlines do. We still recommend booking with the airlines directly. There are two main reasons for that:

Better Customer Service
In case any problems like delays, cancellations or missed connections arise, you can communicate directly with the airline. The airline has to take care of you because you have a contract with them.

If a travel agency issues your ticket, you may have to reach out to them first. You also depend on your OTA to forward information like flight changes instead of receiving them directly from the airline. In many cases, you may get a prime exhibition of responsibility shifting rather than problem-solving.

This especially applies to premium tickets. You don’t want to spend more than €1,000 to wind up with some budget OTA’s telephone hotline in case anything goes wrong.

Baggage and Other Fees
Economy fares not including hold luggage are industry standard by now. In most cases, travel agencies charge much higher baggage fees than the airlines themselves. If bags are not included in your fare, airlines are often the cheaper alternative.

This also applies to other things like food services, insurances or priority treatment. In almost all cases, you pay less for additional amenities when booking on the airlines’ website.

Mileage

Saudia issues tickets for all segments in booking class T. SkyTeam frequent flyers can earn the following mileage for a trip from Milan to London via Dar es Salaam:

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