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ung1 May 27, 2011 1:52 pm


Originally Posted by Urtstar (Post 16461031)
It depends your location. Gold in Y can no longer bring guests in DXB airport, but if your traveling at another airport, then you can. I travel on weekly basis and always take my silver colleague with me. Lounge staff let me guest me each time. Only difference is last week, lounge agent told me that Emirates may be stopping Y guesting soon , but no action has been taken yet

Officially guests are not allowed across the network any longer unless you are travelling in Business or First. There will always be exceptions to that rule.

abhilife2001 May 28, 2011 8:01 am


Originally Posted by Urtstar (Post 16461031)
It depends your location. Gold in Y can no longer bring guests in DXB airport, but if your traveling at another airport, then you can. I travel on weekly basis and always take my silver colleague with me. Lounge staff let me guest me each time. Only difference is last week, lounge agent told me that Emirates may be stopping Y guesting soon , but no action has been taken yet

Which airport is this ??
I have tried in other airports in VIE / DME/ CCU and they dont allow me to take guests..

eponymous_coward Jun 7, 2011 1:47 am

Props to the lounge lady at BKK who almost put me on a UL flight so I could make a ferry to Macau... before her supervisor pointed out that EK doesn't do that for CO award tickets.

This is the sort of thing I'll remember. BKK is a really nice lounge, too: good food, plenty of room for the flight (EK 384).

bruce80 Jul 21, 2011 10:42 am

DXB T1 First Class Lounge (refurbished)
 
The lounge is located directly opposite the T1 Business Class Lounge, near gate 122. Both the ground level and the upper level have dining areas and armchairs grouped around several tables, the upper level acts as the smoking section. On the upper level, above the lounge reception, there is a quiet zone featuring 8 almost flat leather chairs. As the lounge is almost entirely separated from the main hall, it is a lot quieter (and a whole lot smaller) than its T3 counterpart.

http://www.schaefer-informatik.biz/u.../t1_dxb_01.jpg
Quiet zone, upstairs

http://www.schaefer-informatik.biz/u.../t1_dxb_02.jpg
Quiet zone, upstairs

http://www.schaefer-informatik.biz/u.../t1_dxb_03.jpg
Seating area, upstairs

http://www.schaefer-informatik.biz/u.../t1_dxb_04.jpg
Looking downstairs towards the entrance from the upper level

http://www.schaefer-informatik.biz/u.../t1_dxb_05.jpg
Dining area, upstairs

http://www.schaefer-informatik.biz/u.../t1_dxb_06.jpg
Seating area, upstairs (smoking)

http://www.schaefer-informatik.biz/u.../t1_dxb_07.jpg
Dining area, downstairs

http://www.schaefer-informatik.biz/u.../t1_dxb_08.jpg
Seating area, downstairs (non-smoking)

http://www.schaefer-informatik.biz/u.../t1_dxb_09.jpg
Window view

reipihan Jul 22, 2011 8:34 am

never been to any lounge b4. But next month i will.
Do we get free food and drink?

If my transit time is only 2hr50min, is it still possible for me to go to the business lounge? or is it better go direct to the boarding gate (transfer within T3 Dubai)?

bruce80 Jul 22, 2011 10:32 am


Originally Posted by reipihan (Post 16775997)
Do we get free food and drink?

You will.


Originally Posted by reipihan (Post 16775997)
If my transit time is only 2hr50min, is it still possible for me to go to the business lounge? or is it better go direct to the boarding gate (transfer within T3 Dubai)?

This is plenty of time for the lounge. You'll have at least 2 hours to spend there (if your inbound flight is on time) which is more than enough to get an idea of what lounges are all about.

ukdoctor Jul 22, 2011 12:03 pm


Originally Posted by reipihan (Post 16775997)
never been to any lounge b4. But next month i will.
Do we get free food and drink?

If my transit time is only 2hr50min, is it still possible for me to go to the business lounge? or is it better go direct to the boarding gate (transfer within T3 Dubai)?

I've been to the J lounge at T3 even after my connecting flight had started boarding just so that I could use the toilet. In the Main terminal you have to queue up to use the toilets all the time. At least in the lounge thats not a problem except in the mornings.

ung1 Jul 26, 2011 3:00 am

EK is likely going to be opening it's own lounge in CMB soon. The Careers website is recruiting lounge agents, whereas currently the airline uses the Araliya lounge. Which is good, because the Araliya lounge is terrible.

YuropFlyer Jul 26, 2011 5:13 am


Originally Posted by ung1 (Post 16798604)
EK is likely going to be opening it's own lounge in CMB soon. The Careers website is recruiting lounge agents, whereas currently the airline uses the Araliya lounge. Which is good, because the Araliya lounge is terrible.

Given we all just paid 300$ for CMB-DXB-MLE, I think the Araliya lounge was acceptable. But good to see EK wants to make our next Error-Fare Run more accomodating :D

ung1 Jul 26, 2011 5:24 am


Originally Posted by YuropFlyer (Post 16798903)
Given we all just paid 300$ for CMB-DXB-MLE, I think the Araliya lounge was acceptable. But good to see EK wants to make our next Error-Fare Run more accomodating :D

I never used the CMB lounge for the EK flights on that trip as I was taking the 349 from SIN anyway. But I used it while flying QR back to DXB after finishing the MR.

lsed Sep 15, 2011 9:53 pm

AKL Lounge
 
So here are some pictures if anyone's interested:

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/f41099b7.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/4ee2f3ac.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/35f9ce2f.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/13095e45.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/c5c1c23c.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/5ead8962.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/82e785c4.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/7541fa41.jpg


http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/458487d1.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/707d7903.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/2b7c602e.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/1aa4df66.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/4cdbe70e.jpg


Shower Area - Only 2 Showers available in men's
http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/82b63be5.jpg

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/c4db38c9.jpg


Side notes: should have started this thread before doing 4 glasses of champers... haha!

mrtdxb Sep 16, 2011 1:54 am

[QUOTE=lsed;17118018]So here are some pictures if anyone's interested:

Great pics - thanks very much, a big improvement by the looks of it! What did you do with everyone else?

thespeedskater Sep 16, 2011 5:00 am

[QUOTE=mrtdxb;17118697]

Originally Posted by lsed (Post 17118018)
So here are some pictures if anyone's interested:

Great pics - thanks very much, a big improvement by the looks of it! What did you do with everyone else?

Whahaaaaa

Thanks for your photo's!

fly hi Sep 16, 2011 9:56 am

sure the bathrooms and showers look much nicer and new but is it me or does this look some what similar to the T1 business class lounge?




Originally Posted by lsed (Post 17118018)
So here are some pictures if anyone's interested:]


Side notes: should have started this thread before doing 4 glasses of champers... haha!


ung1 Sep 16, 2011 10:19 am


Originally Posted by fly hi (Post 17120502)
sure the bathrooms and showers look much nicer and new but is it me or does this look some what similar to the T1 business class lounge?

Every EK lounge with the exception of the T3 lounges looks the same. A little bit dated, dull and boring, if you ask me. But the service, f&b and location usually make up for that.


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