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From NYC
Glad that you’re coming. Are you flying into AUH, but departing out of DXB? Is this via AA & 1World? Remember, in order to get the summer promotion rate, you need to spend 3 nights at the same hotel to start things off. If you juggle things and come into AUH on the 13th, I can get you the dollar rate for a night at The Capital Gate, but you won’t get the 20% off food and drink. (Unless we put it on my bill.
) If you then shift to the PH Dubai on the 14th, you’d get the full promo there, as you’d have the 3 nights.
As currently booked, I fly into AUH (on EY) and out of DXB (on CX). The GOAL was to do 1 night in AUH and 3 nights in DXB, but sadly with the award availability as it stands, I only have 3 nights total. I can either do 3 nights in DXB to get the promo or split the stays. It seems silly to not try out AUH since I'm already flying into there (though the EY chauffeur service would drive me to DXB too).
I still have a month to make changes, so I'll be trying to tweak things until the very end. I think I'm set on the AUH arrival date, so as long as it's cancelable I should get your discount rate applied there. Then I only have to modify DXB if the flight changes work out.