Originally Posted by
thijsseh
If, after selecting your flights, you click on the “View Summary “ box in the right top corner it will show you “This itinerary qualifies for Dubai Connect” (or something like that). I discovered this by accident a few days ago.
this is good info!
an example of an itinerary that is likely to qualify is Sialkot - Copenhagen.
there is one flight per day sialkot - dubai, dubai-copenhange, and a 9 hour stop over qualifies.
what doesn't qualify is e.g.,
jakarta - istanbul
flights are:
jakarta - dubai 00:15 arrive 05:30; 17:35 arr. 23:00
dubai - istanbul 09:15 arrive 13:20; 12:10 arr. 16:15
in this case the 17:35 flight costs $200 ('saver') and the 00:15 $1000 ('flex plus'). that doesn't matter. the availability of the 3:45 connection on the 00:15 means the neither the 00:15 nor the 17:15 qualify.
and if you buy the $1000 flex plus fare for the 17:35 flight, it won't qualify you. there needs to be no suitable connection at all, the price doesn't appear to be particularly important.