Saudia | ATH - Various Asia | Business RT from €700
Feb 12, 2020, 2:39 am
#182
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 51
Quick feedback from my trip : AUH-JED-CMB // CMB-JED-CAI.
The service onboard and food was amazing, whether on the A320 or B777, no issues at all.
The real problem was ground services. For the 2 legs I had to switch between old and new terminal in Jeddah, it’s just chaotic.
They will tell you they have bus shuttle but no one knows when it comes or goes… On my last leg, at 11pm, I was told next bus should arrive before 2am ?! The bus finally arrived 45 minutes later. At night the new terminal is completely empty and no one to assist.
It’s a shame that ground services ruined a bit the experience, but all in all was worth the money and XPs.
The service onboard and food was amazing, whether on the A320 or B777, no issues at all.
The real problem was ground services. For the 2 legs I had to switch between old and new terminal in Jeddah, it’s just chaotic.
They will tell you they have bus shuttle but no one knows when it comes or goes… On my last leg, at 11pm, I was told next bus should arrive before 2am ?! The bus finally arrived 45 minutes later. At night the new terminal is completely empty and no one to assist.
It’s a shame that ground services ruined a bit the experience, but all in all was worth the money and XPs.
Feb 12, 2020, 7:58 am
#185
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Amsterdam DT, The Netherlands
Programs: FB Plat, SQ*G, OW Emerald, Hertz PC
Posts: 170
Feb 12, 2020, 8:16 am
#186
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Paris
Programs: Flying Blue Gold
Posts: 574
Feb 12, 2020, 8:44 am
#187
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 44
Feb 12, 2020, 12:26 pm
#190
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 36
Okay so here I am at JED...
I can confirm that they haven’t moved all operations to the new terminal, so MNL, CGK, etc. so you’ll need to get the shuttle. This departs from Gate A30C (A30 is four bus gates). There are no fixed schedules but I asked one of the agents working on the CAI flight and was told it would ‘hopefully’ be within 15 mins. Indeed once about 20-30pax from ATH arrived he called for a bus.
As for on board... SV can run with the best
P.S: no smoking area in old terminal so think ahead before taking that bus
I can confirm that they haven’t moved all operations to the new terminal, so MNL, CGK, etc. so you’ll need to get the shuttle. This departs from Gate A30C (A30 is four bus gates). There are no fixed schedules but I asked one of the agents working on the CAI flight and was told it would ‘hopefully’ be within 15 mins. Indeed once about 20-30pax from ATH arrived he called for a bus.
As for on board... SV can run with the best
P.S: no smoking area in old terminal so think ahead before taking that bus
