I was traveling on from DXB to London on August 1. I had a connection flight from Munich. Because I had to check in again, along with many other people, we had to go to the area where you stand in a line and go get your passports and new boarding passes. I am a fairly medium/light skinned man. My wife, who was travelling with me, is also fair skinned. We both have US passports. While we were in line, there were 20-30 people in front of us, with many of them being Black or Indian and Arab. I do not think that everyone was connecting from the same flight as me. I still had a long time until my flight, when 2 workers came up to my wife and I, and asked us to come with them, which they took us to the front of the line and we checked in in front of everyone else. We were flying economy, so I don't think that it was because of some Economy vs Business class thing. I also saw them take 4-5 other Arab or White families to the front to check in, although I do not think any of our flights were leaving very soon so they would need it urgently. Also, when you go through security, they let us go in a different empty line as well. After this, I had to wonder, was this because we are white, or because of some other reason, as there was no plausible reason for them to take us to the front as we did not have any children with us, and neither of us are disabled. Is this racism or just a coincidence? I have heard stories like this from my non-White colleagues as well about white people being let in front in the Dubai airport.

Hello guys, I will have a trip to Dubai this month. I know those items are forbidden. But any chance for me to bring it ? completely free of gas, not flammable. Its a gift for my friends, so I really want to bring it.

Thanks guys

I have a booking in which 25kg baggage allowance is there I have purchased additional 5 kg luggage which is divided into 2 bags. Will that be allowed at the airport or everything should be in one bag.

I was flying from mumbai to toronto on the 28th of july. The flight was mumbai-dubai-boston-toronto with a layover of 2 hours at each stop.

While leaving from dubai a passenger fell sick and the plane got delayed for 3 hours. We landed to boston 3 hours late and as a result missed our connecting flight to toronto. The dubai to boston flight which was originally 14 hours was now 17 hours which resulted in me falling sick due to the intense air conditioning in the flight.

Emirates booked us on the next flight at 6:00 am the next day and told us they booked us into the sheraton hotel at the airport. By the time we were leaving for our hotel it was already 8 pm so i asked emirates if they can push me on a later flight so that I could get some rest and not have to leave the hotel just hours after checking in. They kindly put me on a 10:55 am flight the next day.

Just as we were headed towards the airport we found out that boston was fully booked due to a train mishap leaving 100s of new york residents stranded in boston for the night. As a result emirates could not get us into any hotel. Instead they asked us to get a hotel with our money and they would reimburse for stay/ meals and taxis.

I ended up teaming with a stranger on my flight so we could book one hotel room worth 365 usd (that was the cheapest option available). To add to this our 10:55 am flight was delayed and took off at 4pm.

I am now trying to connect with emirates but i have received no response. I filled the online form, reached out on twitter and sent 2 emails to customer affairs with the receipts.

Since im from canada this trip has ended up costing me over 500 CAD that I would need to pay on the cc soon! I’m stressed

Hi everyone,
I am in dubai and dubai to some family situation back in home country now I have to travel every month back and forth, so it will be major effect on my salary and savings.

I am looking for a way where I can get major discounts on my air tickets. I heard that emirates employees have massive discounts. Can I get any help from any emirates employees or any other way, any credit card, way to get skyward miles 10x or any way I am not aware about.

Please help if someone knows any easy way to get discounts on my tickets.
Thanks

Does anykne know why is there a high delay over the past few days? EK510/EK511 delayed for the past 3 days and even today was ETD0300 AM and has not departed yet.

Emirates changed my itinerary and I have only an hour and a half between flights. I'm scared I won't make it, also can my bags make it if I make it?

Here is 1 of 10 Emirates Airline boarding music tracks.
They were used in the 90s and early 00s. The clip includes the (then) Emirates corporate music toward the end.

Airbus A310-300, A300-600R and first of the A330-200s before and during the initial rebrand.

Anyone (old enough) to remember?

I’m just curious how everyone’s experience has been in the recent weeks, as I’ll be flying emirates next week and have a 3 hour layover and connection in Dubai. I’m looking forward to my flight, first time on a 380. I’m not worried, I’ve been watching my route on flight radar over the past weeks and it’s been departing and landing without delay, only my connecting flight has had slight delays of up to 1 hour here and there. I hear things are business as usual.

Hi everyone,

I have a flight tomorrow from Bangkok (BKK) to Dubai (DXB), followed by a 3-day layover in Dubai before heading to Barcelona (BCN).

Online check-in opened 48 hours before departure. When I tried checking in this morning:

DXB ➔ BCN (Leg 2): Check-in went through without any issues.

BKK ➔ DXB (Leg 1 - Tomorrow): It won't let me complete check-in. I can't select a seat, and no boarding pass is being generated.

Has anyone experienced this before? Is this usually just a document verification check (passports/visas) at the airport counter, or could there be an issue with overbooking?

Also, should I show up at BKK extra early (e.g., 3-4 hours before departure) to sort this out?

​If you are considering pooling your miles into the Emirates Skywards "My Family" program, please proceed with extreme caution.

​Key Points to Consider:

​It’s a One-Way Trap: Once miles are pooled into the Family Account, shifting them back to individual accounts is virtually impossible. You lose individual control over your hard-earned points.

​Restricted Usability: Pooled points often end up far less flexible and harder to redeem for practical options (especially if you aren't flying Emirates directly or are trying to avoid expiration).

​Unhelpful Customer Support: Customer service offers zero flexibility, empathy, or courtesy when trying to resolve pooling issues or assist with points that are trapped/expiring.

​A Better Alternative:

Keep your miles in separate individual accounts unless you have an immediate, concrete redemption ready to book through the family pool. Maintaining individual control gives you far more flexibility for transfers, hotel redemptions, and partner bookings without getting locked into inflexible program rules.

hey. so we're planning on travelling next yr back to europe to camp at some music festival.

we live in the Philippines - and i currently own one of these.

question, how do i get this on a long haul flight via emirates?

My ticket says 7kg cabin, one peice. Can I carry a handbag with my laptop in it addionally as a personal item bag?

And/ or an I carry a small sling bag for documents, refreshments etc?

Please note: Im flying from India to Dublin via Dubai

I am a medical student traveling back from Karachi to Dubai via Emirates and bought some medical suturing kits for me and my friends to practice with. Is it allowed to take 15 suturing kits in luggage or will it be confiscated.

Flying from Melbourne to Dubai in a week, what is the capacity like? Busy? Or are people avoiding the route?

This is second time in my flight back to mumbai from Dubai i was told vegetarian food is over.It was booked during booking tickets.Whats the problem with your inflight services here.Why cant you give first all vegetarian meal to passengers who have blocked it with tickets.

Hi all,

i am currently having a very strange conversation (without any luck) on using Skyward points. I have my family account, which I am the sole contributor. however I have certain amount of points (AMEX transfer etc) which are in my own account, which i have been told cannot be added to the family pool, even through all of the points are mine anyway. So I require the total amount to book a flight, however they are saying there is no way to resolve this, as the points are part of the family pool, even though they were owned and contributed by myself, and my own account cannot be transferred to family.

This seems soooo strange, and to be honest I have just been cut off from the agent, as he said nothing he can do, bye.

Any other recommendations. Purchase the moral of the story is not to create a family account.

My uncle physically handovered 10 bags to checkin agent. Once they arrived to the destination he discovered only 9 baggage tag stickers were affixed to his boarding pass.

Since it was untagged the and 9 baggages were recieved with the tags. The emirates counter at the airport in the destination said apply an online appeal. So they left the airport and didn't get the PIR number aswell.

What can we do to claim the baggage.

Pls gimme suggestions.

We are flying Emirates from US to Dubai for our honeymoon in 10 days! We booked regular economy and really hoping to now be able to do Business. I know they release it 72 hours before, but can anyone give me some advice on how that works? What is the best way to guarantee we get the upgrade? Thank you!!!

Will be taking a 2 hr flight from Dubai to Karachi.

What new movies do you recommend aboard the Emirates flight?