Originally Posted by
hserus
If you're in Italy why not just fly LH, BA etc that fly direct into HYD from Europe?
Well, partly is because it's all flights on the wrong alliances ;-) and partly because those flights do not operate daily.
Most of them connect through India anyways.
The EK connection is the only one with 2 legs from Milan, and by taking a Skyteam flight to DXB I can accrue miles for it at the cost of adding 1 connect in Europe.
Oh, and it costs a good 50% less in eco