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Old Dec 11, 2019 | 1:48 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2017
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Originally Posted by lacoca
so countdown has started, within a month we will check in to the WA! few practical questions as could not find any reference on the post.

our flight from Muscat will land at MLE at 06:00 AM ... anyone had this flight and do you know if they will pick us up and take with the boat straight to the resort so early ? have they opened the temporary lounge ? anyone with early check in experience can share ?

shall we expect an email from the resort at some point ? do they usually contact guest in advance or best to contact them ?
In our situation, the resort inquired about our flight information about a week out, and they assured us everything will be taken care of.

In summary, I would rate our pickup experience average. Once we landed, the WA employees were waiting outside of the luggage pickup area, and took us to a coffee shop, provided wifi information and nothing else. There was no lounge...the couple we were with had to wait around 30 more minutes or so for 2 more couples before we head to the yacht. It's okay if we don't need to wait, but for a luxury resort with high expectations, I feel they need to do better than that.
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