Originally Posted by mecabq

How does Emirates handle mileage accrual if you skip the last segment (e.g., DXB-CAI in your case)? Since the mileage is based on the full itinerary (e.g., CAI-LGW), would the mileage ever post if you failed to fly one sector? I guess your goal is to save money, so maybe you don't care about that part, but I am curious.

I have often looked for similar opportunities for nested itineraries. For example, KHI-DXB-SFO R/T is often less than half of DXB-SFO, so if I nested the itinerary and flew DXB-KHI-DXB-SFO, I wonder if the mileage would credit correctly, or would they only credit me DXB-SFO mileage?

Thanks for the post OP, there are indeed some good ideas out there.