Originally Posted by
LovetoTravel83
I don't think that's correct. I have previously emailed Emirates about a flight from RUH to SFO and this is what I got:
"Kindly note that if your travelling with EK818 from Riyadh to Dubai in Economy class and EK225 from Dubai to San Francisco in Business in one ticket, will consider as business class ticket, and baggage allowance will be 2pieces of 32kgs."
That probably has to do with it being a US bound flight and the piece system applies hence they allow it for the short RUH hop.