Originally Posted by
eternaltransit
You say tap on the knuckles, I say EK got the bill from the airport and balked
Depends on the contract, whether it's a flat rate or per-pax. It's probably a flat rate, so EK figured they could get away with it, then either airport told them to stop as they exceeded the assumed quota (possibly even in the contract defined) or as you say sent a bill for excess usage, which EK wouldn't have paid, but would've served the point of getting them to stop