Originally Posted by TrayflowInUK
What a FUN trip report! Sounds like you had an ADVENTURE! Always wanted to go to Muscat.
How hot was it in BAH? 2 hrs w/ no AC? Must have been insufferable.
I enjoyed myself immensly in Oman. If you ever get the chance to visit I'd say go. The hospitality was fantastic, the food is great! There is plenty to see and do. The markets are an excellent place to find inexpensive gold. Unfortunately I was there for work. One of these days I do want to vacation there.
Anyway, I think BAH was about 105 F which was cooler than usual. But it was ridiculously humid. There was some airflow but no AC. The airflow kept it ok and they had some fans on the jet bridge blowing the airport air into the aircraft. It was no picnic though.
Was this all in English or Arabic or Hindi or...?
On the aircraft all the F/A's spoke English and Farsi very well. The pilots not so much though (they were British). It's rather interesting that even though there are a lot of Hindi speaking travellers none of the F/A's spoke it. They used english as the crossover language.
Final question: since you had to dump fuel TWICE then fly to LHR, did they charge you triple the normal fuel surcharge?
Yes, we couldn't get off the plane without giving them our credit card info!!