They also use the Al Buston Rotana. I've stayed at both on Dubai Connect

Can you choose? Would rather the Le meridien.

You'll just get a voucher for whichever hotel. The Al Bustan is a slightly nicer hotel IMO.

There are also other hotels possible, it depends on the availability (once I got the JW Marriot Marquis because the others were full)

Wow - that's a fair trek away from the airport... nice hotel though :)

It is, but the layover was - due to a misconnection - 13 hours so it actually worked fine

It's a hotel that's conveniently also owned by the Emirates Group :D

Dubai connect logistics
 

I haven't found much information on Dubai connect. And the Emirates flight crew are obviously not briefed on the process. So I wanted to share my experience.

First step is to obviously reserve Dubai connect I did this when I booked my flight.

Upon check-in in Chicago they gave me my hotel vouchers as well as meal vouchers. It was at this time that I saw they put me in the le meridien hotel.

When you get to Dubai don't wait around for your luggage because it will be forwarded to your final destination. The flight crew told me that I had to pick up my luggage so I wasted about a half hour standing at the luggage carousel.

Instead go to the chauffeur drive counter and present your vouchers. They will arrange for a Mercedes van to bring you to the hotel. It's very close about 3 minutes away.

Hotels decent the rooms that give you are not part of the main set of rooms. There is a separate emirates wing.

They're not as nice as the regular rooms but it sure beats sitting in the lounge for 13 hours.

Just to add, you can ask for your luggage to be short checked to Dubai if you want. You'd need to arrange this at check-in.

There are some good bars and restaurants in the attached Le Meridien Village.

NCL-HKT
 

I have this in place later this year when I'm travelling Emirates Newcastle to Phuket. Our flight from Newcastle lands in Dubai at 23:59 and our Phuket flight departs at 10:30am the following morning. I'm assuming we will get put in the same hotel. I'm travelling with a friend, will we get our own rooms or have to do a roomshare? What meal vouchers do they provide you with and how long do they collect you before your flight?

Pretty sure you could insist on separate rooms at check-in at the hotel if they don't already provide them. Just because pax are on one PNR doesn't mean they're comfortable sharing rooms, could be for personal, moral, religious reasons etc, you could fib with any of those.

I'm interested to see your flight lands at 23:59. Most arrival times are in increments of 5 minutes, however I've also noticed my usual flight HYD-DXB is scheduled to arrive 23:59. I wonder if this has to do with slots and they mean midnight but put it as 23:59 to keep it in the previous day or something.

Pretty sure they would give you two rooms. It's a room per ticketed passenger as far as I know.

They give you two vouchers, one for dinner and another for brekkie. Problem is lots of the restaurants close at 11pm. The ones that are open later than that aren't on the voucher as options.

They will send a car for you 2 hours before departure. The hotel is 3 min away which is nice.

Guys I've booked an EK F award using QF points AMS-DXB-BNE with a 10.5 hour overnight layover in DXB (00:15-10:25), according to MMB I am eligible for Dubai Connect.

Which sort of hotel can I expect travelling F ?

Thanks

Normally it's the Le Meridien Dubai. Right opposite the airport.

I suggest you read my post on dubai connect logistics, just went through it a week ago.

Link is below:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/emira...logistics.html