Clandestino:
If I understood it correctly: 12 000 Dirham allowance is paid no matter what your rent is?
Correct.
That said, some will need to factor-in that rents in Dubai are typically paid in large tranches upfront, i.e. it's customary to pay ones rent in either yearly, half-yearly, third yearly, or quarterly amounts (
wherein monthly arrangements are almost unheard of) and a prospective tenant therein needs to be able to stump up the cash in advance.
Tenants will likely also need to fund a 'deposit', it typically being 5% of your annual rental.
If you don't have that kind of money readily to hand then you can apply for an 'advance' on your accommodation allowance from flydubai (
up to a maximum of 6 months worth of rental, or which ever payment period you and your landlord have agreed upon, whichever is less); though before providing you with an advance, flydubai will want to see a copy of your tenancy contract.
If an accommodation allowance advance has been made, flydubai will then deduct the amount of that advance, as fast as possible, i.e. deduct the maximum amount from your monthly accommodation allowance, until the amount advanced matches what would have been paid via ones normal monthly accommodation allowance, following which normal payments for your accommodation allowance will then be paid into your bank account (
always assuming you don't then need another advance to cover the next instalment of your rent?!)
Nb. FlyDubai's accommodation advance will
not cover your deposit or any 'agency fees' (
the latter being what you will pay to the accommodation agency / agent whom helps find your des-res in the desert).
On top of ones rent, one also needs to factor in the compulsory
DEWA 'capacity' fee (
which is paid monthly), this being 5% (
based upon ones annual rental amount) plus a deposit (
for DEWA), on top of which are additional monthly charges for the amount of water & electricity that are consumed. Likewise community-based air-conditioning is extra (
with availability based upon location). Amounts for these will
not be covered by the accommodation allowance advance provided by flydubai.
Do the math!
