Can I access the lounge
Apr 24, 2014 | 8:34 am
#1
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Can I access the lounge
I am flying into DXB from SIN in F (first time in F 
) and I will arrive at 1 AM on the 30th of April. My connecting flt departs on the 1st at 10 AM. Do I have the right to lounge access in DXB until the morning? Call me cheap but I'd like to avoid paying two nights hotel.
) and I will arrive at 1 AM on the 30th of April. My connecting flt departs on the 1st at 10 AM. Do I have the right to lounge access in DXB until the morning? Call me cheap but I'd like to avoid paying two nights hotel.
Apr 24, 2014 | 9:14 am
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Lounge access is dependent upon your onward (as opposed to inbound) flight. So, if you are continuing in either F or J, then yes you would have access to the relevant lounge.
But have I read your post right here as regards arrival & departure.... ? Are you seriously planning to stay in the lounge for approx 32 hours .....??
The DXB lounges are very pleasant places for a couple of hours or so ; but personally I just can't imagine wanting to stay there for that length of time !
Each to his own I guess - assuming there are no restrictions in place re such an extended occupancy.
But have I read your post right here as regards arrival & departure.... ? Are you seriously planning to stay in the lounge for approx 32 hours .....??
The DXB lounges are very pleasant places for a couple of hours or so ; but personally I just can't imagine wanting to stay there for that length of time !
Each to his own I guess - assuming there are no restrictions in place re such an extended occupancy.
Apr 24, 2014 | 9:34 am
#3
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Can I access the lounge
I love the irony of flying first class then declaring yourself cheap and not booking a hotel! Seems like the incremental cost will be fairly small for at least a night in a hotel.
Apr 24, 2014 | 10:03 am
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I knew someone was going to say or at least think this. The flight is company paid from our home leave budget but the hotel is on my dime. I am already paying for one night but I don't want to pay another night since we wouldn't get there until 3 in the morning. Especially if we can crash I the FCL for a couple of hours.
Apr 24, 2014 | 10:11 am
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Lounge access is dependent upon your onward (as opposed to inbound) flight. So, if you are continuing in either F or J, then yes you would have access to the relevant lounge.
But have I read your post right here as regards arrival & departure.... ? Are you seriously planning to stay in the lounge for approx 32 hours .....??
The DXB lounges are very pleasant places for a couple of hours or so ; but personally I just can't imagine wanting to stay there for that length of time !
Each to his own I guess - assuming there are no restrictions in place re such an extended occupancy.
But have I read your post right here as regards arrival & departure.... ? Are you seriously planning to stay in the lounge for approx 32 hours .....??
The DXB lounges are very pleasant places for a couple of hours or so ; but personally I just can't imagine wanting to stay there for that length of time !
Each to his own I guess - assuming there are no restrictions in place re such an extended occupancy.
And no, I would never spend 33 hrs in the lounge
Apr 24, 2014 | 10:17 am
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IMO, no as check-in for that flight has not opened yet, the earliest you can use the lounge is 24 hours prior to departure. But, if you have a BP for your onward, then probably yes?
Apr 24, 2014 | 10:24 am
#8
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AFAIK though if your connection is >24hours 1 minute Emirates won't keep any checked baggage in the system so you'd need to collect this and recheck back in?
Apr 24, 2014 | 1:14 pm
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I have done connections <24h with checked-through baggage where I have accessed the lounge on arrival for a few hours, then used either the terminal hotel or walked back through connection security to enter Dubai and use a hotel there.
Apr 25, 2014 | 9:56 am
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Apr 25, 2014 | 11:57 pm
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