Originally Posted by
robin80
i understand that it’s available in Manage My Booking but that is after I make payment. Any idea if the system indicate if this particular itinerary allows Dubai Connect before making payment? This is the tricky part.
I read the T&Cs and understand, there’s 2 criteria
1. for 1st/biz is >6hrs <26hrs and PE/E >10hrs<26hrs and
2. connecting departure to the destination for that day to must be the earliest flight. Example upon arrival at DXB there’s a flight at 1600hrs to X, but chose to take next available flight at 1800hrs to X. This does not qualify. But if take the 1600hrs flight and connecting time from arrival to departure is more then or less then the requirement then I will be eligible.
this is what i understand.
I don’t quite understand your example, but if the time between your arriving and the FIRST available departing flight is more than the minimum AND (not ‘or’) less than the maximum, then you qualify for Dubai Connect. If you choose to take a later departing flight, you DON’T qualify.
Basically, if you have a connection of over 10 (or 6 for J/F) hours, you qualify for DC (but if it’s more than 26 hours you don’t qualify). They look at the FIRST available flight, you can’t game the system by choosing a later one.
Note that there is also a ‘minimum spend’ (I don’t know how much that is), which means that really cheap tickets (like Economy Special) might not qualify.
I don’t think the booking page shows this, but I have never really searched for it. In close to 100 connections in DXB I have only once qualified for and used this service.