Showmethefare Welcome to FT. Please stick around and not be a one post wonder
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Showmethefare
I always thought Emirates were ripping me off on the Dublin-Dubai route so I did a check on a way flight flying on 16 July 2016. The cost is 521 Euro yet if I add a leg to Doha it becomes 467 Euro. A small saving but its cheaper to add a whole extra leg!!!!!!! Stop the rip off, play fair not high fare emirates.....
This is common practise with many airlines. Flight to/from an airlines home airport can often be more expensive that with a 2nd flight to another airport.
If you looked at Qatar Airlines pricing I would not be surprised if DUB-DOH was more expensive then DUB-DOH-DXB (no idea if QR fly from DUB:- just a typical example). A lot of at threads on FT hidden city pricing..
Some years on FT was a thread about some people from the same company going long haul to some place. The Germans flew FRA-LHR-xxxx on BA and the British flew LHR-FRA-xxx on LH. All because it was cheaper that using the home airline. The cost saving was significant.