Thanks for the replies.
Ended up booking Abu Dhabi instead of Dubai so a nice change for us. Obviously booked a cash flight. Cheaper flights to AUH than to DXB from ABZ which is very unusual as AUH is normally more expensive.
By the way is anyone else having problems with the emails for thread replied. I have had about 6 today for this topic and another I am subscribed to and clicking the link I keep getting "Website cannot display the page"