I still don't get it. Why not just jump on an emirates flight from anywhere in Australia to go anywhere in the world via Dubai. Why go with Qantas anywhere international - especially to Dubai. My common sense says I don't really understand how this makes Qantas any more useful to passengers at all. It just seems that they are giving in to the competition instead. I would have thought they would be better off just pulling the pin all together on international rather than flying around the Bubin hold with Emirates from Australian ports above and below them.