Originally Posted by
tmac100
and not self-evident rules - that were/are NOT evident when booking.
I find the rules for short-checking and through checking pretty evident.
Originally Posted by
tmac100
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 doubt that. While consumer protection law prohibits certain clauses in contracts concluded between professionals and consumers, that doesn't void the CoC. Pretty sure that you clicked "I have read and accept the EK T&C as well as the Contract of carriage rules" when booking the tickets.
Originally Posted by
tmac100
inconsistent application of obscure rules as much as I despise confiscatory approaches to NOT allowing me to access MY baggage at a transit point.
The reason why you were allowed to pick up your bags in DXB on the outbound is because the risk of you not showing up for the next leg were 0 as nobody in their right mind would book a DOH-DXB-ATH return purely to fly oneway DOH-DXB.
On the way back, chances are that you wouldn't show up for the last leg to DOH and that you booked the trip only to circumvent more expensive fares on DXB-ATH.
Originally Posted by
tmac100
Make sure that everyone knows "what the rules are" PRIOR to booking. Then apply the "rules" consistently.
Again, I do believe that you confirmed during the booking process that you've read and agreed to the terms and conditions. Unless you manage to claim application of extremely consumer friendly laws, I don't see how EK did something wrong.
Originally Posted by
tmac100
I will make every effort to tell friends of the callous treatment of visitors to Dubai and of EK pax.
You make it sound like if EK locked you away in their torture chamber and mistreated you there. How about calming down a little and taking a step back.
Originally Posted by
tmac100
We can dance on a pin about the rules, but the point now has become that I won't fly with EK through their hub.
And I'm sure EK now goes the way of AZ given that you no longer fly them. Don't take this as an insult, but with over 50 million passenger per year, I doubt that Clark will reply you. What's the point? You told EK that they have lost you. Better spend their time on the 49.999.999 other passengers.
Originally Posted by
tmac100
Folks vote with their feet and wallets in many different ways - as in the old saying states: "the customer is always right".
That statement has been wrong plenty of times and reveals a strong sense of entitlement. Maybe it's time to realize that you're not everyone's center of attention?
BTW: Regarding your boycott of EK, I'm giving it a couple of months before you have similar experiences on QR/EY/SV/GF/WY/... I doubt that any airline would've acted differently.
PS: You sound very similar to aceboy