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Posted on Wednesday, 12 August 2009

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i have been booking online emirate for the past 4 years and i think they are the best flexible.their online booking and fares are clear enough.for a lay man who does not understand the different taxes,the fares at the end of booking may be unclear.but i believe they are fair enough than others.though they need to always update the coversion rate regularly.it sees to have disappeared entirely from the website.

 

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Posted on Monday, 18 May 2009

Emirates Prices



The good thing about Europe in general is that when it comes to fair play, they will drag even the most prestigious company down as they've done with Microsoft and the richest man in the world!

The problem in the Emirates may be that, there is no oversight commitees or perhaps not enough or even worse, no impartial oversight committee. In Europe you have oversight monitoring the oversight, which is good for the customer but arguably too much red tape, but a better system.

Problem in the Emirates, is organisations maybe too afraid to publically scrutinise in a negative way, a government run company. But people are used the way things are here, so I shouldn't think the EU report will shock too many people.

 

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Posted on Sunday, 17 May 2009

Emirates prices



I have no problems with the way Emirates advertise their prices. You get an all in price unlike many other airlines (KLM being one of the worst) that offer AED 700 to London and then you find you have to pay another AED 1400 - 1500 in "taxes." Emirates offer the best flexibility with regards to timing and destinations (at least those that I regularly use).

 

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Misleading prices in print and e-media



As consumer we are often isled by low proces which upon enquiry and booking become pretty close to te prices quoted by travel agents. Almost all carriers are NOT clear in that communication what the amount of "TAXES AND SURCHANGES" apply to these fares. moreover these extras are different for each airline. Why cant consumer standards bodies take the lead in ensuring that this practice stops.

 

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Currency conversion rate



Also, make sure that the currency conversion rate is updated. Once I bought an online ticket from Emirates to find later I had to pay much extra because the conversion rate on Emirates website was outdated.

 

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just to how how they care!



i was reading a review by one of emirates airline business class traveler ( http://www.merating.com/content/emirates-airline ).
for me i have stopped flying them long time ago due to their poor customer service. wining awards of new planes and technologies does not mean you neglect to look at your poor service to your customers.

 

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