I showed EK personnel my Qatar ID. So what (was the obvious response). My letter to Tim Clark showed my contempt for EK entrapping me and being vacillatory in their application of "obscure" and not self-evident rules - that were/are NOT evident when booking.

The obscure CoC are irrelevant to me. I am NOT a lawyer and I DO NOT knowingly flaunt any rules imposed by countries/airlines. Any court of law would IMHO understand that - in spite of the "ignorance of the law is no an acceptable defense". IMHO, Few airline pax understand all the nuances of respective CoC.

I despise entrapment, AND inconsistent application of obscure rules as much as I despise confiscatory approaches to NOT allowing me to access MY baggage at a transit point. I do not care what the opines are of the initial contributors. Fair is fair! Otherwise there is misinformation and scamming. Make sure that everyone knows "what the rules are" PRIOR to booking. Then apply the "rules" consistently.

Those last 2 statements are the essence of my complaint letter to Tim Clark.

OTOH, what is done is done, and I have a sour taste in my mouth wrt EK and it's treatment of me. I await Mr.Clark's response. No matter, my life with spending discretional income will continue. Onward. From my perspective EK and the Emirate of Dubai will lose my ,onies, AND I will make every effort to tell friends of the callous treatment of visitors to Dubai and of EK pax.