BA & Dubai
Aug 15, 2020, 8:04 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver (for now)
Posts: 1,000
BA & Dubai
Anyone been with BA to Dubai since they ‘opened for business’ ?
Considering a trip seeing as France is off the cards and wondered if it’s worth the hassle?
Considering a trip seeing as France is off the cards and wondered if it’s worth the hassle?
Last edited by Will100; Oct 7, 2020 at 1:21 am
Aug 15, 2020, 8:33 am
#2
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: BRS
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 4,986
Outdated information, check before you travel...
Last edited by Schwann; Dec 24, 2020 at 1:12 am
Aug 15, 2020, 10:18 am
#4
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: BA Gold, Avis President
Posts: 436
This isn't going to go away...we really are in trouble...!!
and a vaccine won't solve anything...it'll take years to roll out worldwide and many people (including me) will be highly reticent about taking something that's been rushed through trials...
I had thought that maybe by 4Q things would open up again...but I think its more likely to be 2022 or even 23 before my next long haul trip...
and a vaccine won't solve anything...it'll take years to roll out worldwide and many people (including me) will be highly reticent about taking something that's been rushed through trials...
I had thought that maybe by 4Q things would open up again...but I think its more likely to be 2022 or even 23 before my next long haul trip...
Aug 15, 2020, 1:27 pm
#6
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver (for now)
Posts: 1,000
Aug 15, 2020, 1:48 pm
#8
formerly mattking2000
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: DXB
Programs: BA|AC|AZ|SPG|H|FPC
Posts: 1,184
While I honestly can't recommend coming here before October purely due to the fact that I often can't tell if I'm condensating or evaporating, if you do decide, keep in mind the following:
- you will need to quarantine for 14 days on arrival back in the UK
- do your PCR at an government-approved lab before you come with results within 96 hours of your flight, or you'll spend the first 4 hours of your holiday waiting in a queue in T3 (since T1 is scheduled closed until 2021). If it comes back negative, you won't have to quarantine.
- you will not have access to the Concorde / Galleries lounges on the inbound from DXB due to above point. Not sure what they're using at the moment as my guests only arrived on BA but left on Emirates.
- rules of travel between emirates are changing on a whim -- a few weeks ago we had a colleague head down to Abu Dhabi for the day for meetings, and got stuck there for a good few days because the border between Abu Dhabi and Dubai closed around 3 pm with little advance warning. The northern emirates where all the resorts are (RAK, Fujairah, etc.) are likely to follow suit with Dubai.
- You won't be able to live "the Dubai lifestyle" for a little while, yet -- buffets are banned (table service only), a lot of the higher end hotels are closed (e.g., Park Hyatt, Burj Al Arab, Bab al Shams, Armani Hotel, W Palm).
Aug 15, 2020, 2:27 pm
#9
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Krakow
Programs: BAEC Silver, Miles and More(FTL), IHG(Platinum), Accor, HHonors(Diamond), SPG, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 5,879
is the trip to france off the cards because of the quarantine on return requirement? if so, then the same restriction applies to returning from the UAE
Aug 15, 2020, 2:40 pm
#10
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver (for now)
Posts: 1,000
The 14 day on return is OK, it’s the 14 outbound that has killed it for France.
Aug 16, 2020, 3:25 am
#11
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Krakow
Programs: BAEC Silver, Miles and More(FTL), IHG(Platinum), Accor, HHonors(Diamond), SPG, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 5,879
These is currently no requirement to quarantine when you arrive in France if you arrive from the UK. quarantine is currently only required when you return.
Aug 16, 2020, 3:35 am
#12
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,059
Aug 16, 2020, 3:43 am
#13
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Krakow
Programs: BAEC Silver, Miles and More(FTL), IHG(Platinum), Accor, HHonors(Diamond), SPG, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 5,879
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-requirements
no mention here either
https://uk.ambafrance.org/COVID-19-U...ntine-measures
I know they threatened to introduce a reciprocal measure,
Aug 16, 2020, 5:27 am
#15
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: BA Gold, Avis President
Posts: 436
and since I live in France and want to travel back to the UK next month for a few days it would be best if they held off...
I think that our French friends know that there are enough Brits that want to holiday in France...and are prepared to either take their chances on evading the quarantine on their return or work from home in any case.
So if they hold off it'll be to their advantage to benefit from this trade.
What's happening is utterly insane and instead I've been taking advantage of the low train and hotel prices to travel around Europe. Hotels in the centre of Rome and Amsterdam for £70 or less per night. Basel to Florence on the train for £40.
Chris
I think that our French friends know that there are enough Brits that want to holiday in France...and are prepared to either take their chances on evading the quarantine on their return or work from home in any case.
So if they hold off it'll be to their advantage to benefit from this trade.
What's happening is utterly insane and instead I've been taking advantage of the low train and hotel prices to travel around Europe. Hotels in the centre of Rome and Amsterdam for £70 or less per night. Basel to Florence on the train for £40.
Chris