The Dubai DO - June 24-27, 2011
Jun 22, 2011 | 9:19 am
#391
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 3,081
Finally had to make a decision and I'm not going to be able to get there, of all the times for me to get busy with the new biz it's been the past 3 weeks, sods law it's quietened down today.
This was to be my first "do" and I was looking forward to maybe making a few new friends as well as visiting some old ones that live in Dubai. Plus a trip out to the Dragon mall for some cheap stock
Still, there's presumably the annual SIN run next year which I've always missed as well, hopefully by that time I'll have made enough money to travel full time
This was to be my first "do" and I was looking forward to maybe making a few new friends as well as visiting some old ones that live in Dubai. Plus a trip out to the Dragon mall for some cheap stock
Still, there's presumably the annual SIN run next year which I've always missed as well, hopefully by that time I'll have made enough money to travel full time
Jun 22, 2011 | 9:22 am
#392
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: VIENNA VA
Programs: BA emerald, AF rouge ,UA premier executive, SQ,ANA, HYATT,, AMENITI
Posts: 839
Jun 22, 2011 | 10:22 am
#393
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: DXB
Programs: EK Platinum
Posts: 289
For all Twitter Users - what do you think about a Hash-Tag for the Do? I just started using #dubaido
Feel free to join.
https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23dubaido
Feel free to join.
https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23dubaido
Jun 22, 2011 | 10:33 am
#394
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Programs: BA Gold, FB Petroleum Club, HH Gold, A-Club Platinum
Posts: 1,760
For all Twitter Users - what do you think about a Hash-Tag for the Do? I just started using #dubaido
Feel free to join.
https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23dubaido
Feel free to join.
https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23dubaido
Jun 22, 2011 | 10:34 am
#395
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SIN (with a bit of ZRH sprinkled in)
Programs: KrisFlyer Gold
Posts: 9,606
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-n...hol-conviction
Take care
(Actually, are they serious? Drinking alcohol is technically illegal AND they do enforce it in Dubai whenever they want? Confused...)
Take care
(Actually, are they serious? Drinking alcohol is technically illegal AND they do enforce it in Dubai whenever they want? Confused...)
Jun 22, 2011 | 10:49 am
#396
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: OSL
Programs: QR Plat | SK Diamond | A3 Gold
Posts: 4,612
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-n...hol-conviction
Take care
(Actually, are they serious? Drinking alcohol is technically illegal AND they do enforce it in Dubai whenever they want? Confused...)
Take care
(Actually, are they serious? Drinking alcohol is technically illegal AND they do enforce it in Dubai whenever they want? Confused...)
Jun 22, 2011 | 12:53 pm
#398
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: VIENNA VA
Programs: BA emerald, AF rouge ,UA premier executive, SQ,ANA, HYATT,, AMENITI
Posts: 839
Jun 22, 2011 | 1:10 pm
#399
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Exile
Posts: 16,065
A few years ago, I had been out drinking with a friend who flies for EK at the Irish Village in Garhoud and were stumbling our way back to her apartment just across the old parking lot when we were stopped by a bored UAE policeman in the mood to cause trouble. She is technically Muslim so was smart enough to claim (in Arabic) that she didn't have any ID with her. I was very lucky that I had an old Saudi visa in my passport that gave my religion as Christian (I'm an outstanding Christian - I go to church and I stand outside!), so the police officer gave us a stern warning in Arabic and let us go. I've been a lot more careful since not to step outside of a hotel when even mildly inebriated.
Jun 22, 2011 | 4:09 pm
#400
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Programs: UA GS-2MM, QF LTG, EK Gold, Marriott Amb, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 4,006
6.06am Singapore...
Dubai Do Here we come. Be at airport in 90-mins, EK433 is up the wazoo oversold so here's hoping the load controller has been nice to me! Although I have no idea where he's going to find seats as every class is chockers.
Rendezvous point tonite is the InterCon Festival City, front bar. You wont miss us.
See you soon....
Rendezvous point tonite is the InterCon Festival City, front bar. You wont miss us.
See you soon....
Jun 22, 2011 | 4:14 pm
#401
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Programs: BA Gold, FB Petroleum Club, HH Gold, A-Club Platinum
Posts: 1,760
Jun 22, 2011 | 4:34 pm
#402
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SIN (with a bit of ZRH sprinkled in)
Programs: KrisFlyer Gold
Posts: 9,606
enjoy your flight.. or NOT, in case you VDB.. actually never had VDB on EK, do they actually do it, or what will they do in this case? Only had it once that it was needed as my plane was having a mechanical and the next plane was quite full, but as Silver back then they put me on the next plane (Don't know what happened to the poor non-status pax)
Jun 22, 2011 | 4:39 pm
#403
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Programs: UA GS-2MM, QF LTG, EK Gold, Marriott Amb, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 4,006
enjoy your flight.. or NOT, in case you VDB.. actually never had VDB on EK, do they actually do it, or what will they do in this case? Only had it once that it was needed as my plane was having a mechanical and the next plane was quite full, but as Silver back then they put me on the next plane (Don't know what happened to the poor non-status pax)
Jun 22, 2011 | 5:45 pm
#404
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Programs: UA GS-2MM, QF LTG, EK Gold, Marriott Amb, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 4,006
Good news...check in at 7.30am. Long pause. Agent gets up and walks to colleague. Comes back. More tapping and voila the ticket machine spits out 6B!
A definitely good start the Dubai DO!
A definitely good start the Dubai DO!
Jun 22, 2011 | 5:56 pm
#405
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Programs: BA Gold, FB Petroleum Club, HH Gold, A-Club Platinum
Posts: 1,760
