s a special courtesy to our passengers, in certain cases where an itinerary calls for a long stopover, Emirates® will cover accommodation, meal, and ground transportation costs.
This service is offered to:
* Economy Class passengers
o If the booking class for the entire outbound or inbound leg of their journey is N, M, W, or Y.
o If the connection time until the first available flight is more than 8 hours and less than 24 hours.
* Business and First Class passengers
o If the booking class for the entire outbound or inbound leg of their journey is D, C, J, Z, A, or F.
o If the connection time until the first available flight is more than 6 hours and less than 24 hours.
Long stopover expenses may also be covered in other cases, and other rules may apply, so please check with your local Emirates® office at the time of booking or prior to commencement of travel.
Although not comprehensive, and quite strict, I think it will help many frustrated travellers argue their case to an EK agent.
For example, I will be travelling from LHR to KHI on EK 002 connecting to EK 600 (08:30 layover.) I am hoping for a hotel even though I could be travelling EK 004 connecting to EK 600 (01:30 layover.)
An interesting thing to note is that it says "available" flight. Does this mean that you can claim STPC if you have a long layover because the earlier connecting flight is full?? ^ to EK if this is the case
Cheers,