UAE DUB Dubai 2017JAN10 Airport 001  Soooo .... there was a valid reason why my travel agent wanted me at the airport 3 hours prior to departure. : 2016 - African Adventures, 2017, Airport, Asia, Date, Dubai, Dubai Emirate, January, Month, Places, Trips, United Arab Emirates, Western, Year  UAE DUB Dubai 2017JAN10 Airport 002  Brisbane flight us overbooked by 10 passengers and guess who doesn't look to have a seat, when the music stops.   Lucky I don't have to be back at work until Monday. : 2016 - African Adventures, 2017, Airport, Asia, Date, Dubai, Dubai Emirate, January, Month, Places, Trips, United Arab Emirates, Western, Year  UAE DUB Dubai 2017JAN10 Airport 003 : 2016 - African Adventures, 2017, Airport, Asia, Date, Dubai, Dubai Emirate, January, Month, Places, Trips, United Arab Emirates, Western, Year  UAE DUB Dubai 2017JAN10 Airport 004  So ..... managed to negotiate (a) a stay at the Samara with limo transfers and meals, (b) confirmed exit row seating all the way to Brisbane and (c) return economy flights from Brisbane to Casablanca or equivalent sectors - basically anywhere Emirates fly to.   I'd say that's a win/win. : 2016 - African Adventures, 2017, Airport, Asia, Date, Dubai, Dubai Emirate, January, Month, Places, Trips, United Arab Emirates, Western, Year  UAE DUB Dubai 2017JAN10 Airport 005  The music has stopped ..... and it's buh-bye to Emirates flight EK434 to Brisbane ... without me. : 2016 - African Adventures, 2017, Airport, Asia, Date, Dubai, Dubai Emirate, January, Month, Places, Trips, United Arab Emirates, Western, Year  UAE DUB Dubai 2017JAN10 Airport 006 : 2016 - African Adventures, 2017, Airport, Asia, Date, Dubai, Dubai Emirate, January, Month, Places, Trips, United Arab Emirates, Western, Year 
UAE DUB Dubai 2017JAN10 Airport 007  Looks like my ride is not going to be a tram, bus, or scooter : 2016 - African Adventures, 2017, Airport, Asia, Date, Dubai, Dubai Emirate, January, Month, Places, Trips, United Arab Emirates, Western, Year