BA & Dubai
#1862
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#1863
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
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#1865
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#1866
Join Date: Apr 2017
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#1867
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Scotland & London
Programs: BA GGL, IHG Diamond Ambassador, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Mucci des Salons Ouvrants
Posts: 2,980
Just to reassure anyone thinking about coming to Dubai post-pandemic - I arrived this morning and it was very easy (and extremely quiet)! No testing required for departure, fill out a quick form on the app, and arrivals was seamless! No threat of testing on arrival - that all seems to have been tidied away since my last visit.
I was in my hotel less than an hour after landing! I cant even say that in London these days.
Regards
aks120
I was in my hotel less than an hour after landing! I cant even say that in London these days.
Regards
aks120
Last edited by aks120; May 14, 2022 at 10:13 am
#1868
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA GfL & GGL, FB Platinum, MB Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,344
Just to reassure anyone thinking about coming to Dubai post-pandemic - I arrived this morning and it was very easy (and extremely quiet)! Not testing required for departure, fill out a quick form on the app, and arrivals was seamless! No threat of testing on arrival - that all seems to have been tidied away since my last visit.
I was in my hotel less than an hour after landing! I cant even say that in London these days.
Regards
aks120
I was in my hotel less than an hour after landing! I cant even say that in London these days.
Regards
aks120
#1869
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: BAEC
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#1870
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Hi
I also thought the Al hosn app.was only requires if going to Abu Dhabi.
Likewise I had no apps or forms to complete when in dubai in early March ( apart from the then required per test prior to departure from lhr)
regards
Tbs
I also thought the Al hosn app.was only requires if going to Abu Dhabi.
Likewise I had no apps or forms to complete when in dubai in early March ( apart from the then required per test prior to departure from lhr)
regards
Tbs
#1871
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Scotland & London
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It was the COVID-19 DXB Smart App - not mandatory but recommended (I think). However the Sherpa website seems to have changed since I filled it in a couple of days ago.
aks120
aks120
#1872
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: The Hague/London
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Just got back from Dubai, nor forms or apps needed. Al Hosn app only required for Abu Dhabi. In Dubai itself nothing is needed, no test before flying.
#1873
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: London
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Given the paucity of BA rotations to Dubai this summer, I was looking at EK on a QF code as an alternative but can't find anything there either (looking on Google flights and the QF website).
I know QF route their own metal via Singapore nowadays but I thought the EK codeshares were still going - am I missing something?
Yea I can just book 'straight' EK but would quite like the OW benefits too...
I know QF route their own metal via Singapore nowadays but I thought the EK codeshares were still going - am I missing something?
Yea I can just book 'straight' EK but would quite like the OW benefits too...
Last edited by ratechaser; May 21, 2022 at 4:36 am
#1874
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Marriott LT Platinum
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I believe you can also skip the Al-Hosn app in Abu Dhabi if having the NHS app and a PCR not older than 14 days - will be equal to Al Hosn then.
#1875
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Back to Dubai
Hi,
Needed to take some time off and London and European hotel prices are high so decided on 10 days in Dubai
Doing EDI-LCY-LHR-DXB then DXB-LHR-EDI but doing EDI-LHR on the outbound raised the price by several 000pounds
F about GBP 300 more than CW each way.
Managed 2K on the 777( 8 F 777s) both ways
Outbound is at 2115 arriving 0730
Return is at 1205 arriving around 16555
Have not been on the 8F 777 before so be interesting to compare it to the A380 F
Regards
TBS
Needed to take some time off and London and European hotel prices are high so decided on 10 days in Dubai
Doing EDI-LCY-LHR-DXB then DXB-LHR-EDI but doing EDI-LHR on the outbound raised the price by several 000pounds
F about GBP 300 more than CW each way.
Managed 2K on the 777( 8 F 777s) both ways
Outbound is at 2115 arriving 0730
Return is at 1205 arriving around 16555
Have not been on the 8F 777 before so be interesting to compare it to the A380 F
Regards
TBS