I have an Air Arabia flight next week from Luxor (LXR) to Bangalore (BLR) via Sharjah with a layover of 16 hours (6:30am to 22:00). I wanted to exit the airport and spend the day in Dubai. My questions are:

- I am assuming my bag will be checked through to BLR even though the layover is very long (i've never before had this much time difference between flights).

- As far as I've read there is a bus from Sharjah airport to the Dubai metro stop Al Rashidiya? What is the frequency and does this bus also run the other way? Any inter-emirate travel restrictions?

Thanks much!