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Buying Your Plane Ticket

  • MISTI will reimburse you up to $1,200 on economy class. You will be responsible for any amount over $1,200.
  • You may fly from anywhere, on any route, barring MIT High Risk Countries. This includes connections.
    • For example, if you are going home to California before flying to Bahrain, your R/T ticket may be: California to Bahrain to Boston
  • To be fully reimbursed, you must complete the google that the Program Coordinator will send the group. 
  • You may buy your ticket from any website (Kayak, hipmunk, Google flights, airline sites, etc.)
  • Flights should land at Bahrain International Airport (BAH)
  • Remember: Try to land in the morning/afternoon, in order to get to your lodging before business hours end in Bahrain (unless you have relatives/friends you are staying with, etc.)
  • Once you book your flight you must enter all the flight information in the MIT Travel Registry. If you changed your flight you must update the information accordingly.