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Jun 12, 2017 | 1:59 am

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Originally Posted by tmac100

Yesterday on a DXB-MCT-DOH ticket the WY agent said the UAE authorities required proof of flying out of DOH before I could check in baggage through to DOH and get my boarding passes. I had to fire up my computer at check in, and retrieve my ticket (DOH-elsewhere). The agent took my e-ticket number and entered it into the check-in system and there it was.The boarding pass and baggage were allowed for the DXB-MCT-DOH flight.

Otherwise I would have been "stuck" in the UAE with no way to fly out to DOH....

That said, entering the UAE and leaving (at passport control was easy enough..

That seems to be standard airline procedure, though why UAE authorities require to see that you are leaving DOH may be a misunderstanding on the agent's part? The airlines don't want to assume liability of you arriving at DOH (or any other int'l destination) without a way to leave the country, or a visa that shows you can be there indefinitely. They don't want to take the risk that you get turned away in DOH and this leads to them footing the bill for you to return to DXB.

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