Also the OP has also not responded to my query on whether he is an armchair analyst or whether he has travelled on EK via DXB.

Its quite apparant to anyone travelling on EK that a majority of pax are not travelling to DXB but connecting to other flights . (Based on which direction they move i.e immigration /customs for entering DXB or transit)

The OP has been very ignorant in ignoring all the posts with hard facts, only to return with the same "I don't understand it, so it must be a scam".

He hasn't posted *any* facts whatsoever to back up his "analysis".

indeed, pretty sad but it is hard to support an argument with facts when no such supporting facts exist!

This thread did at least bring out some great information and facts from the other side though. The Foreign Policy article was an excellent read.

Is this thread a scam of my time? :rolleyes:

Yes :-). Isn't it wonderfull that even without any content from the OP a thread can go on and on.....

Over 6.6k views in just over a week - not bad for the EK forum!

Seems like the only thing OP has in his head is USA USA USA, and without USA nothing can be done or exist(Typical Americans - no offense)

Would like to thank others in this thread for some great information and insight into the business model that EK is running(especially some of the basic math examples)!
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Stereotyping is not helpful here especially since no other American in this thread agrees with him.

But remember that nationals from all Latin countries (apart from Chile) need visa even to transit in th USA. Even then you need to clear Immigration, security and very often Customs (I think MIA and IAH are the only exceptions as baggage is through checked). Transiting via USA is not something many people would like...

Indeed ..... an impressive view count !

Maybe the secret is to include the word "scam" (even if you have no categorical evidence in support of such a claim) in your title thread ....... :rolleyes:

You're correct. I was gonna do a redemption on US Airways but when I discovered that I would have to apply for a visa just to transit, that idea went out the window. They are really shooting themselves in the foot by making such requirements otherwise they could capture some transit/connecting passengers.

This exactly.

See China, which is doing exactly the opposite, Visa-Free transit up to 72 hours - ie, you can even visit the cities/province during your transit/layover there.

I believe what China does is the much smarter idea to support your country..

More helpfully would be a financial explanation of how, reportedly without gov't subsidy, you could run a business model that has shown repeated failure everywhere else in the world. And then "double down" by flying enormous aircraft to several USA cities without any obvious way of making those routes profitable. While there are plenty of Emirates believers here, there's also 65 years of jet-age transatlantic business history. Nobody has ever made this work. Nobody. The first airline to do it, profitably, will not be from in a mid-sized Middle Eastern city.

Oh lordy lord... My palm keeps hitting my face.. This is hilarious. Others have put up the numbers yet you still don't put up any form of evidence to back yourself or refute their claims.

Is Emirates a financial scam?
 

He must have all of us on the ignore list because we don't agree.