First time Business (77W)
Jan 20, 2017 | 7:10 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: HAM-MXP-DXB
Programs: EK Gold, IHG Platinum, Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 594
First time Business (77W)
Hi all,
my company booked for me (through a travel agent) a return trip to BLR (from HAM).
Trip will be in business class; at the moment no ticket has been issued yet, it will be issued in the next days (in fact, in Ticket Status I have "None", and for baggage I have "Not applicable")
Booking system gave me seats 8J (two times) and 11J; I hope I will be able to change them because I read they are not so good (at least row 8).
I will travel alone.
Will 2 hrs be enough in DXB as connecting time? I connected in DXB many times but always longer.
On the outbound trip I will have 7 hrs connection, plenty of time to relax in the Business Class lounge.
Any idea/suggestion to maximise the experience?
Thanks
Marco
my company booked for me (through a travel agent) a return trip to BLR (from HAM).
Trip will be in business class; at the moment no ticket has been issued yet, it will be issued in the next days (in fact, in Ticket Status I have "None", and for baggage I have "Not applicable")
Booking system gave me seats 8J (two times) and 11J; I hope I will be able to change them because I read they are not so good (at least row 8).
I will travel alone.
Will 2 hrs be enough in DXB as connecting time? I connected in DXB many times but always longer.
On the outbound trip I will have 7 hrs connection, plenty of time to relax in the Business Class lounge.
Any idea/suggestion to maximise the experience?
Thanks
Marco
Jan 20, 2017 | 7:18 am
#2
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 10,066
2 hours is plenty time to connect, although it may not give you much lounge time.
7 hours is too much, even with lounge access and there is a shorter transit possible. If there is no availability for your date then change it.
7 hours is too much, even with lounge access and there is a shorter transit possible. If there is no availability for your date then change it.
Jan 20, 2017 | 8:03 am
#3
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
2h plenty of time and of course you can change seats.
Jan 20, 2017 | 11:05 am
#4
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: HAM-MXP-DXB
Programs: EK Gold, IHG Platinum, Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 594
Shorter connection time is available but I prefer arriving in BLR at evening so I can go directly to bed and therefore relax in the lounge, do some work, have a shower and so on.
How are those seats?
How are those seats?
Jan 20, 2017 | 1:18 pm
#5
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Skywards
Posts: 937
re preassigned seats: you can call the call center (or twitter) and change them already, its possible to reserve seats in J/F even tough ticket is not issued