albaonthego

Early in February I will be flying from Glasgow to Auckland. In order to avoid the possibility of having to repeat the mad dash between flights which I encountered on my last trip when my flight from Glasgow was delayed I have booked the lunchtime flight arriving in Dubai at 00:30 and EK412 departing at 10:15, I have also booked an overnight stay in the airside International Hotel in Concourse A. I have noticed on the AirportZoom app that frequently one or more of the mid morning departures to Australasia leaves from B and occasionally C gates. My question is this. If I do have to transfer in the morning from the hotel in Concourse A to a gate in Concourse B or C do I become an “arriving” passenger and will this involve having to negotiate transfer security for a second time? My plan is to have breakfast in the F lounge nearest to my departure gate and I am really am looking for any guidance which you can offer on how much time to allow at around 07:30/08:00 if I do have to transfer between concourses.

Many thanks.

edy4eva

Once you clear security the first time, you will be air side and no reclearing is needed regardless of which concourse you're at/transferring to. Having said that, Australia bound flights have security again at the gate looking at liquids/bags contents (no xray).

eternaltransit

Maximum walk time for Concourse A hotel to C is about 25 minutes, B gates about 15 minutes (assuming you use the moving walkways instead of walking through the shopping mall in B) - you'll have plenty of time. No security to queue up with.

albaonthego

Great, thanks for your responses.