Alcohol in AUH lounge in Ramadan
May 28, 2015, 1:12 am
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Alcohol in AUH lounge in Ramadan
As Ramadan is just three weeks away, I know from previous flights that the AUH Premium Lounge does not serve alcohol between sunrise and sunset. If my memory is correct, it does serve alcohol from sunset to sunrise but I can't be 100% sure. Can anybody confirm this?
May 28, 2015, 3:16 am
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Thank you for contacting us. Please bear with us to check this out with the lounge staff and we will update you soon.
Thank you. *JS
May 28, 2015, 3:41 am
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May 28, 2015, 4:21 am
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We have just confirmed that we will be serving alcohol from sunset to sunrise and no alcohol will be provided during daylight hours.
Please feel free to contact for any further queries and we hope you will have a nice flight! *JS
May 28, 2015, 11:09 am
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It seems to me that alcohol might either not be served at all at any time based on the beliefs of the airline's home country, or it might be served at all times allowing passengers from all over the world to follow their individual beliefs. I wonder what interpretation allows EY lounges to serve alcohol at night during Ramadan, but not during the day. (I know food is forbidden to believers during the day, but why is alcohol forbidden to nonbelievers during the day while food is served?)
I really don't mean to start an off-topic discussion or argument; I am specifically curious about EY's logic for this.
Last edited by SeeBuyFly; May 28, 2015 at 11:33 am
May 28, 2015, 11:17 am
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I wonder how the lounge handles food offerings in daytime during Ramadan. Are guests asked to eat in a special room or curtained off area of the lounge? Alcohol policy could mirror how food is handled during this period.
May 28, 2015, 12:46 pm
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I have not made such an experience. The buffet had the normal spread and passenger could eat everywhere
May 28, 2015, 12:46 pm
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Dear Etihad help...I'm arriving from BKK at 06-30 connecting to LHR at 08-30...what time is sunrise, and also being a gold card holder and having to use the al ream lounge in AUH, do the same rules apply there as well. I remember a few years ago, also during Ramadan, I asked for an alcoholic beverage during daylight hours and he calmly opened the cupboard under the bar and poured me one. Does this discrete practice still carry on ( I hope )
May 29, 2015, 4:28 am
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Dear Etihad help...I'm arriving from BKK at 06-30 connecting to LHR at 08-30...what time is sunrise, and also being a gold card holder and having to use the al ream lounge in AUH, do the same rules apply there as well. I remember a few years ago, also during Ramadan, I asked for an alcoholic beverage during daylight hours and he calmly opened the cupboard under the bar and poured me one. Does this discrete practice still carry on ( I hope )
We have just double checked with our relevant team, as advised earlier. Al Reem lounge, Al Dhabi Lounge and the Premium Lounge will serve alcohol from sunset to sunrise.
Thank you. *JS
May 29, 2015, 9:46 am
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Dear Etihad help...I'm arriving from BKK at 06-30 connecting to LHR at 08-30...what time is sunrise, and also being a gold card holder and having to use the al ream lounge in AUH, do the same rules apply there as well. I remember a few years ago, also during Ramadan, I asked for an alcoholic beverage during daylight hours and he calmly opened the cupboard under the bar and poured me one. Does this discrete practice still carry on ( I hope )
Sunrise is around 5.30am sunset around 7pm.
May 29, 2015, 9:56 am
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Jun 9, 2016, 10:42 pm
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Sitting in the EY Business Lounge in AUH right now.
Sign says: Alcoholic beverages will be available between 19:00 and 03:00. The buffet is open, though, and they serve coffee, water, soft drinks.
Super annoying that Muslim rites are imposed upon me, a non-Muslim (and I am not even sure that there is actually any consistent religious rule behind this).
Sign says: Alcoholic beverages will be available between 19:00 and 03:00. The buffet is open, though, and they serve coffee, water, soft drinks.
Super annoying that Muslim rites are imposed upon me, a non-Muslim (and I am not even sure that there is actually any consistent religious rule behind this).
Jun 9, 2016, 11:45 pm
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Sitting in the EY Business Lounge in AUH right now.
Sign says: Alcoholic beverages will be available between 19:00 and 03:00. The buffet is open, though, and they serve coffee, water, soft drinks.
Super annoying that Muslim rites are imposed upon me, a non-Muslim (and I am not even sure that there is actually any consistent religious rule behind this).
Sign says: Alcoholic beverages will be available between 19:00 and 03:00. The buffet is open, though, and they serve coffee, water, soft drinks.
Super annoying that Muslim rites are imposed upon me, a non-Muslim (and I am not even sure that there is actually any consistent religious rule behind this).