Staying Overnight on Connecting flight in Abu Dhabi
Oct 21, 2014, 10:33 am
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Staying Overnight on Connecting flight in Abu Dhabi
I am a US citizen flying with my wife from US to AUH to MLE. 14 hour layover in abu dhabi, so we are spending the night at the premier inn which i believe is basically across the street.
Do I need a visa of any kind to do so? According to this site it appears that I need one, but they give it to me there?
http://www.abudhabi.com/v/visa_requirements/
Also, should I check my baggage all the way through to MLE, or MUST I pick it up in AUH and check it in again in the morning? This thread suggests I must pick it up?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/etiha...yover-auh.html
Thanks
Do I need a visa of any kind to do so? According to this site it appears that I need one, but they give it to me there?
http://www.abudhabi.com/v/visa_requirements/
Also, should I check my baggage all the way through to MLE, or MUST I pick it up in AUH and check it in again in the morning? This thread suggests I must pick it up?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/etiha...yover-auh.html
Thanks
Oct 21, 2014, 11:33 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: DTW
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Posts: 590
Assuming you hold a US passport, you will get your VISA on arrival, nothing special that you need to do beforehand. You will also have to pick up your luggage in AUH and check-in again the next day.
Oct 22, 2014, 4:16 am
#4
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 39
I had a layover in AUH last month and spent the night in the Premier Inn. You can check your luggage all the way through and get your boarding pass for the next sector, make sure you request it when you check in.
On arrival in AUH just follow the signs to the Premier Inn along the corridor, you don't need to go outside. Get a couple of bottles of water from the pharmacy on the way. The hotel has a pool, gym and free wifi, breakfast is reasonably priced and very good. There is a free drop off in town if you like but you need to make your own way back.
I would definitely lay over again as it made the Dublin - Singapore journey in economy quite comfortable compared to a three hour wait for a connection on the same day. I was much fresher and far less jet lagged on arrival.
On arrival in AUH just follow the signs to the Premier Inn along the corridor, you don't need to go outside. Get a couple of bottles of water from the pharmacy on the way. The hotel has a pool, gym and free wifi, breakfast is reasonably priced and very good. There is a free drop off in town if you like but you need to make your own way back.
I would definitely lay over again as it made the Dublin - Singapore journey in economy quite comfortable compared to a three hour wait for a connection on the same day. I was much fresher and far less jet lagged on arrival.
Oct 22, 2014, 6:31 am
#5
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 83
I had a layover in AUH last month and spent the night in the Premier Inn. You can check your luggage all the way through and get your boarding pass for the next sector, make sure you request it when you check in.
On arrival in AUH just follow the signs to the Premier Inn along the corridor, you don't need to go outside. Get a couple of bottles of water from the pharmacy on the way. The hotel has a pool, gym and free wifi, breakfast is reasonably priced and very good. There is a free drop off in town if you like but you need to make your own way back.
I would definitely lay over again as it made the Dublin - Singapore journey in economy quite comfortable compared to a three hour wait for a connection on the same day. I was much fresher and far less jet lagged on arrival.
On arrival in AUH just follow the signs to the Premier Inn along the corridor, you don't need to go outside. Get a couple of bottles of water from the pharmacy on the way. The hotel has a pool, gym and free wifi, breakfast is reasonably priced and very good. There is a free drop off in town if you like but you need to make your own way back.
I would definitely lay over again as it made the Dublin - Singapore journey in economy quite comfortable compared to a three hour wait for a connection on the same day. I was much fresher and far less jet lagged on arrival.
Oct 22, 2014, 3:07 pm
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Oct 24, 2014, 4:37 am
#7
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One FTer said one thing, then three said another and one of them reconfirmed it. What makes you so certain that the first one wasn't correct? This is like the second opinion one gets from medicss. I've often wondered which one "wins". Statistics won't help, one chooses the one that (s)he wants to hear. But in order not to put you back in dilemmas, relax, I agree with the three! 
Oct 24, 2014, 11:38 am
#8
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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One FTer said one thing, then three said another and one of them reconfirmed it. What makes you so certain that the first one wasn't correct? This is like the second opinion one gets from medicss. I've often wondered which one "wins". Statistics won't help, one chooses the one that (s)he wants to hear. But in order not to put you back in dilemmas, relax, I agree with the three!