Originally Posted by
UAworldwide
You could also book the cheaper fare with a longer stop in Dubai and use the portion to Bangkok at a later time? BRU-DXB-stop over-BKK-DXB-another stop over-BRU? some tickets do have a stop over restriction (some are 2 weeks, some 4 weeks, some unrestricted), but in general this scheme works well.
Yeah I tried that, but I probably won't have time to fly back to Belgium before Christmas, which is too long a stopover for Special / Saver Y fares...