Originally Posted by
eternaltransit
If you activate your Skywards card, it will become an e-gate card, which works in both Smartgates at arrival and e-gates on departure.
You won't need a passport photo, but now T3 DNRD won't activate it - you have to go either to the T1 office or DNRD head office.
Wait a minute - do I have this right. T3 is the primary Emirates arrival and departure terminal. And you say that DNRD at T3 will no longer activate the Emirates Skywards card - I have to somehow get to T1, or worse, to DNRD head office somewhjere?? How logical is that?
(I've tried asking Emirates directly on this issue and they just insist that a passport photo is needed and make vague hand-waving noises about where to activate. Not helpful).