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allouratoms
Dec 18, 2015
I'm a dumb, naive 20-something year old Australian travelling to the US just after Christmas. My most affordable ticket options include a short stopover in Dubai International airport. I have no idea what to expect, and my girlfriend is vehement that I should book a more expensive flight that bypasses non-American stopovers (ie. Australia to Los Angeles or Houston). I really don't see a problem with Dubai, but I don't want to spend 3 weeks with an angry girlfriend during what should be an amazing trip.

Basically, any insight into the airport itself, yes/no opinions on whether or not to change the stopover?

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allouratoms
Dec 18, 2015
Yeah, spending New Year's in Massachusetts with my girlfriend and the in-laws. I'm looking at 30-odd hours of travel each way so an overnight probably wouldn't be too bad, but my girlfriend's almost certain that I'm going to get stolen because it's a huge place and I am a 120 pound white girl travelling across the world, on my own for the first time

allouratoms
Dec 18, 2015

Notahippie posted:

I kinda think a woman might be concerned about her girlfriend spending any extended period of time in a country where homosexuality is punished by jail time or the death penalty.

That said, the Dubai airport is great and for transit you don't have anything to worry about.

This exactly.
Anyways, plans have changed and I'm no longer going through Dubai but thank you all for you input.

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