Originally Posted by
sadiqhassan
It is a bit surprising since EK publishes fares on much longer out-of-the-way routes (JFK-DXB-LOS, for example- a friend flew them this Christmas and they were the cheapest option in Y).
There are fares from CAI to GRU, so if you want to stick with EK, you could position yourself to CAI and then fly from there.
Maybe because LOS (and CAI) are generally less-served airports with no really appealing alternatives?
As another fun example, Emirates sells MRU-SEZ routings, but not MRU-JNB. You can also go from LOS to CMN or LAD, but apparently not to other west African destinations.
On the other hand, Emirates publishes fares on routes like SFO-ICN or SEA-NRT, which are also monumentally out of the way and on which there are tons of alternatives.
Qatar Airways used to publish, and indeed had promotional fares, on BCN-DOH-GRU, which seemed crazy.