Stranded in Dubai Without credit cards

We flew out of DFW in Dallas at 4:00 PM, heading to Dubai, with a stop in Newark,

New Jersey. After a long journey, we finally landed in Dubai at 7:05 PM the next day.

The food on the flight was actually pretty good—especially the cookie. Later,

I found out that cookie is a United Airlines exclusive, and honestly… it lived up to the

hype. Once we arrived, things took a turn. We found out our rental car wasn’t

paid in advance, and the price at the counter was absolutely ridiculous. So instead,

we took a cab to the hotel. That’s when we discovered the hotel also wasn’t paid in advance.

Then it got worse. We quickly realized all of our credit cards had been blocked for fraud by our