Salaam guys,
We need to book a ticket for someone from Dubai to Islamabad at the beginning of Jan till the end of Jan 2004.
Are there any online booking, where we can do this, or should we ask someone in Dubai to buy a ticket and send it to us in Europe ?
Any information appreciated. 
w'salam Saadia baji, i'm sure your local travel agent can do that too? that would be your best option i think in terms of convenience as well as cost.
sukrriah irem,
we asked the travel agent over here and he said that it will be expensive if we get those tickets from here, the best is to buy direct in dubai, will cost less, the tickets are for someone who is getting tickets from vienna to dubai and has to buy from dubai to islamabad, so i was thinking of doing it online with visa payments ect.., will be convenient also, or if there are no online services availble, so we'll ask for the relatives in dubai to buy from there and send it here to us, if possible.
we asked my father in law in pakistan for a price quote and foudn that booking online with emirates.com really didn't have a huge price difference BUT these tickets were booked about about 2 months ago.
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sukrriah irem,
we asked the travel agent over here and he said that it will be expensive if we get those tickets from here, the best is to buy direct in dubai, will cost less, the tickets are for someone who is getting tickets from vienna to dubai and has to buy from dubai to islamabad, so i was thinking of doing it online with visa payments ect.., will be convenient also, or if there are no online services availble, so we'll ask for the relatives in dubai to buy from there and send it here to us, if possible.
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Which travel agent did you ask?
i needed tickets for dubai to islamabad and i got a friend to buy them in dubai for me.
it is cheaper.
your travel agent can advis of a agent to use in dubai. but if u got family in dubai then get them to but it for you.
hope this helps