Dune hello again,
My situation is a little bit different. My wife lived in Dubai for many years with her parents and she has good friends and memories back there, and I am in a position to come back to the UK should it not be what we want. As far as not waiting for the hours, it would be another three years waiting, not for the Command time but for the Total time so, we decided to take it now and wait and see how it all pans out. No guarantees that Emirates will be taking DEC in three years time