Originally Posted by
travelsbyplane
My understanding about AUH is that it is like some european airports, where you disembark straight into departures. Does anyone know if this is still the case? This would surely make it absolutely fool proof! Also another one I was thinking about is DME because of the tier point earning vs cost. Has anyone tried doing this recently using the method of buying a flexible onward ticket to a third country, and then cancelling at the last minute in order to get around the VISA issue?
No, I don't think it's straight into departures, there is flight connection route on the left, but I think there is a security checkpoint there. But it's near enough fool proof. Doha can be straight into departures, depending the gate used, it's semi random, but if not it's still fairly swift and painless to go through connections.