Originally Posted by
Hugo1975
Hello,
My friend from Turkey has a stop-over issue as well on EK from Istanbul to Rio (via Dubai).
STOPOVERS :
STOPOVERS
4 STOPOVERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT
LIMITED TO 2 FREE AND 2 AT USD 75.00 EACH.
NONE IN DXB.
No stopovers are allowed in Dubai. If he purchases a multi-city ticket forcing the system to create a 3-5 day stopover in Dubai to visit me, the price changes from 1100 to 14000 US$.
Is this a new policy with Emirates?
Fairly recent, but only on certain routes (origins) - they are attempting to reduce the amount of people based in DXB circumventing the high ex-DXB fares by positioning out to easy to access regional ports (see ex-CMB) and having a "stopover" in DXB.
Unfortunately "legitimate" itineraries are ensnared in that, but I suppose EK feel they are rare enough that the revenue protection is worth the cost - after all it's a pretty long backtrack given the connectivity out of IST!