Rami Tamimi

Well, my answer is probably going to disappoint you. There is very little data on this facility. It's a Priority Pass lounge and has a few hotel style rooms inside (think BA/CX F lounge cabanas). I recall seeing a few very low-quality pictures when I tried to research about this "hotel" and I will insert the links here when I find them.

I think the only way to find out about it is to try it yourself. Something suggests to me that they operate on a first come first served system (ie: no prebooking allowed).

TravellerFrequently

Thanks Rami Tamimi.

Will certainly ask for a free room if I book RJ and if it is not provided, will try the ‘hotel’ or crash out on the sofas at the far end of the Crown Lounge and make sure I have my old BA F Eye Shade’s with me.

A QF code share on EK A380s is only £200 more (6 hour stop over at DXB ion outbound rather inbound on RJ) so I may avoid RJ again as I did last year when I used AY and QR.

Rami Tamimi

RJ J kits also contain the eye shades

In the days of bmi, there was a codeshare on the LHR route, so one could transit from RJ@BKK to BD@LHR on a 90 minutes or so connection...but the EU regulators prohibited BA from codesharing with RJ on this route (as part of the restrictions package which came with the BD takeover by BA)....perhaps the codeshare will be back after Brexit

On my last AMM-HKG trip I also transited via DXB (RJ+CX)....just for a change.

NYTA

I just transited AMM from BKK to TLV - had a 14 hour layover. They gave us the hotel vouchers, then at the hotel, the hotel manager said the vouchers weren't valid because we were flying on an AA award ticket. I called AA and they claimed to know nothing about it. They put us on the bus right back to the terminal where we sat for a while. We did however pay $37 each (for the tour) plus about $10 cash each for admission to the various sites for a tour to mount Nebo and the church in Madaba which also included a full lunch of kebab, roast chicken, hummus, eggplant salad etc. No visa was required for the tour so for less than the cost of a visa ($60) we got a nice tour plus lunch.

Anyone know whether this information they gave about the hotel is correct and if there's some kind of chart that shows which fare classes include the hotel or not? Overall I found RJ and AMM to be quite pleasant so I'd like to fly them again, but not if I have to wait in the airport terminal for 14 hours.

Shareholder

Generally award tickets do not qualify you for things like hotels or limo transfers but you should never have been given the vouchers (assume the transit desk person never checked your tickets as the hotel clerk did) in the first place. As I'll be flying RJ to BKK next month curious about the inflight service on that route.

NYTA

Can't comment on the service as I was asleep from the moment we took off until about 40 minutes before landing. Breakfast was a joke however.

Rami Tamimi

Award tickets entitle you to the transit hotel in the same way as revenue tickets on RJ. I don't really understand why would the hotel staff question this.

Agree that the breakfast is a joke ex BKK...you do get a full hot meal immediately after departing BKK in both Y&J +a hot meal in Y if you are coming from HKG&KUL.

ashkale

A quick question, arriving AMM on RJ and departing following afternoon on EY. Have booked a hotel in town and wondered if this itinerary qualifies for the 48hrs twov?

ashkale

Just to answer my own question- one cant enter Jordan on a twov, you have to shell out the ridiculous 40JDs fee for entry to Amman. Not that great.

Rami Tamimi

Do you know how much we have to pay for a visa when going to the US/UK/Schengen Area/etc? and how much paperwork we 've got to fill...transit or not. I would pay the 40JD fee on arrival on any day.

ashkale

Considering that the country needs tourists and its tourist attractions are decaying and that for most the perception is that Jordan is in a middle of a war zone- they can make it much simpler, evisas eg.

NYTA

Agreed - I went to Egypt and didn't need a visa. A Turkish e-visa is $20. Had I been able to get into Jordan for a reasonable fee I would have spent more time in Amman during my 14 hour layover and even spent money with local businesses - shopping, restaurants, etc. $200+ for a family of four for 14 hours on the ground just to enter the country seems crazy - If we had wanted to go to Petra for the day it would have been over $700 in taxes and fees not including transportation!

Not a country that seemingly wants to encourage tourism.

Vlntn

Seems like the policy regarding free hotel for award tickets has changed. Got the free hotel on an award ticket before but after checking for my current booking, I received the following message:

"In regards to your inquiry below, kindly note that after checking with our counter at the airport, we were informed that you are not entitled for a hotel accommodation as you have a free ticket (against miles) and your ticket belongs to AA."

ElJudioErrante

Jordan wants ...some.. tourists..and if one travels as part of a pre organized tour then the visa fee is waived or very much reduced.
They discourage individual tourism.

Rami Tamimi

more like "they want premium tourists and not the cheap tourists on $300 all-inclusive packages for whom the only consideration is the price".