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Old Aug 10, 2018, 1:56 pm
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kennycrudup
 
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Originally Posted by JDiver
“It is wholly illegal for any tourist to have any level of alcohol in their blood, even if consumed in flight and provided by Dubai’s own airline. It is illegal to consume alcohol at a bar, a hotel and a restaurant and if breathalysed, that person will be jailed."
Um, what?

I've no experience with the ME (but have heard of their no-alcohol culture) nor with EK, but how is this not, I dunno "entrapment" of a sort? Are you warned on board when ordering alcohol if your destination is to a "dry" country?
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