6.5 Hour Layover
Jan 2, 2018, 2:35 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Washington, D.C.
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6.5 Hour Layover
Due to a schedule change, my 5 hour layover is now 6.5 hours. Arrive 3 PM and depart at 9:30 PM. Flying in on Business and out on First. Any ideas on how to spend the time?
Jan 2, 2018, 2:50 pm
#2
Join Date: Aug 2017
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in DXB (presumably) ? If yes,then you'd be able to enter F lounge. Lots to eat and drink there as well as take shower, use business centre , smoke cigars, and rest. Same as many others do !
Jan 2, 2018, 5:38 pm
#3
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Manchester/London
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Taxis are cheap, you could go downtown for a couple of hours if you have never been before, its not very far from the airport however by the time you clear through customs you'd be getting closer to rush hour. On the other hand, you may be delayed, may get stuck on a stand and before you know it your connection time has shrunk.
Jan 2, 2018, 11:26 pm
#5
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Enough time to sample all three F lounges and end up in the one that's in the concourse of departure.
Jan 3, 2018, 3:28 am
#6
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No options for shorter layover. FlyDubai flight from Yerevan to DXB and then onto to SYD. Emirates offers a Dubai Connect for layovers of 6 to 24 hours but it hardly seems worthwhile to leave the airport.
Jan 3, 2018, 5:16 pm
#7
Join Date: Jan 2010
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I seem to recall from a recent discussion that Dubai Connect requires both flights to be on EK metal, so wouldn't apply here.