I guess there was a general price increase last week.

We booked a ticket for my GF from HKG to DXB in September, but her Visa was not processed, so we asked until which day the can hold the booking. The told us, they can hold the booking for one month, but after the 26th of July the price will change (for this ticket around 10 % more) due to a fax they received from from Emirates headoffice regarding a general increase starting that day...