m3red

if you want a baby seat in dxb bring your own, zero chance they will have one on arrival. They have had them for us when collecting from our house in dxb and manchester on request but never on arrival in dxb. At 4 months i’d be bringing my own.

extramileage

I got the $50 voucher too on my recent flight to the US (in exchange for submitting feedback after my ride). I think Blacklane may be giving out vouchers as a marketing strategy to convert CD guests (not just upset ones) into Blacklane customers.

jthiel

Thanks alot. That's good to know and regarding DXB what I expected. I guess it's the Airport Hotel or none in this case. Our baby "seat" (MaxiCosi Jade) is IsoFix mounted and >11kg ;-) So nothing to really bring along. Let's see if Emirates comes to the same conclusion when issuing the DC voucher.

For our pickup in HAM I am quite optimistic. If they still call the day before, that should be enough time to organize the seat if they don't have it already :-)

Vasicek

Does anyone know when chauffer service will be provided in ZRH again? A bit surprised that it hasn’t returned yet.

thibaultFR

CD Service for Zurich has resumed a while ago - provided by Blacklane.

legionnaire

Any updated reports on chauffeur pick ups in BLR for departures in Business? This page says it is not available in BLR. Is that accurate?

jthiel

Just came back from the trip and I do have positive news on this one.

For reference:

- Blacklane pickup worked very fine with a baby seat. Just be sure to know how to install a baby seat with a seatbelt. They will bring a baby seat if you request it upfront. But the seat will not be installed and the driver will most probably have no clue how to install it.

- DXB: Baby / Infant seats (and child seats) are available! Just not in the car ;-). Go to the Chauffeur Drive "counter" / office (you cannot miss it after leaving the security area). It's on the right. They have seats there on stock and will bring it to the car. The drivers in DXB actually seem to be trained on how to install a baby / child seat. Yet the skill varies as we experienced ;-). So be sure to double check.

Pickup was also equipped with a baby seat then.

Oh and there was a recent policy update in DXB: It is now ok again to travel in the front next to the driver. So 3 pax are OK again in one car.

So after all, a very pleasant surprise!

AakashCJB

Well, I had conversations with EK staff fir one of my upcoming Business class trips on BLR-DXB-BLR

Got a reply that due to the rapid Covid test procedure at airports for departure passengers to UAE we don’t provide chauffeur drive for departures from any of the Indian airports on flights to UAE. No chauffeur drive service for Passengers departing from INDIA to UAE on Business & First class.
But on your return leg from Dubai to Bangalore you would be given chauffeur drive service on arrival.

GEB74

Hi, does anyone have any recentish feedback regarding putting Y passengers in a Chauffeur drive car with you?
I have an upcoming flight with one in J and 2 in Y - Ex MAN and wondered whether this is doable or a complete no-no.
So would be interested at both the MAN and DXB ends?

thijsseh

I have never had any problems with one extra. Certainly at the outstations I have used CD in (CPT, AMS, LHR AND LGW) there has never been any questions about the extra passenger. In DXB (only used it once there), I just presented one BP at the CD desk and both of us got into the car (we were both in J, but no questions were asked). So for one additional it’s no problem. How it would be for two ‘extras’, I would not want to guess. Depends a bit on the car and the amount of luggage, I guess.

modularmayhem

Never had a problem with 1 extra person in DXB, and dont think it would be any problem for 2 either, as they just give you a slip of paper at the CD desk to hand to the driver with the destination details on it. The BMW estate cars they use for C can seat 3 passengers (2 in back and 1 in front)

dodgeflyer

When I was in Dubai two weeks ago; warning when booking car that it was max occupancy for two people.

No issues putting a non-registered person in the car with me.

In Oslo blacklane S-class both pick and drop off (actually same driver). C class booking.

thefilipinotraveler

Arriving in Dubai a few weeks ago, no questions asked with my companion who traveled in Y. A week later, from hotel to DXB Airport, again no questions asked with a companion traveling in Y.

ft101

One extra OK for me in GLA, CPT, AKL. Two is taking the p*** IMO.

thijsseh

Four weeks ago, there was a makeshift plastic screen between us and the driver (LHR). No passengers in the front seat allowed (Addison Lee is still the provider).
I think the general opinion here is that one extra person is fine, more is pushing it. I once read somewhere that the additional passenger must be on an EK flight for insurance reasons. Not sure how true that is and where it would apply.