Saudia - better layover/lounge in JED or RUH?
Nov 30, 2023, 3:33 am
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Saudia - better layover/lounge in JED or RUH?
Never flown Saudia, now an option with my newly matched STE from KQ, so which is better for a c 2 hour layover, esp wrt getting a shower.
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Dec 1, 2023, 4:32 am
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I have never been in RUH so cannot compare, but the lounge in the new international terminal in JED is really excellent.....with snooze corners and so on. Lounge quality hence may be an issue, and outweigh 5-10 min extra walking time (even though the JED terminal in my experience has no excessive walking distances)
Dec 5, 2023, 3:18 am
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Dec 8, 2023, 5:44 am
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no showers in RUH lounge
Thanks for all comments, indeed sounds like JED lounge would have been better as RUH lounge was tiny and had no showers or even toilets...
was because of fare bucketry, I guess - both similar itins which were similar price and then weren't..
was because of fare bucketry, I guess - both similar itins which were similar price and then weren't..
Dec 10, 2023, 1:19 pm
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FWIW, a few years ago I ended up in the RUH lounge and connected my phone to wifi. Thereafter it was inundated with spam in Arabic that I could never figure out how to get rid of. Ended up binning the phone and getting a new one. YMMV...