Long layover in AUH - advice
Apr 20, 2017, 11:18 am
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Long layover in AUH - advice
This Sunday evening I'm arriving at AUH at 2325, connecting on to the AUH-LHR flight at 0810 on Monday morning (both in J).
To my mind I have a few options:
-Get a room in the airside Airport Hotel for a few hours
-Go through the immigration shenanigans and head to the Premier Inn (EU passport so can get visa on arrival) - I've heard this may be a quieter solution than the transit hotel
-Take the risk and expect the J lounge to be quiet after 0200, and then find somewhere quiet to collapse for a few hours
What do the experienced AUH transitters recommend?
To my mind I have a few options:
-Get a room in the airside Airport Hotel for a few hours
-Go through the immigration shenanigans and head to the Premier Inn (EU passport so can get visa on arrival) - I've heard this may be a quieter solution than the transit hotel
-Take the risk and expect the J lounge to be quiet after 0200, and then find somewhere quiet to collapse for a few hours
What do the experienced AUH transitters recommend?
Apr 20, 2017, 12:46 pm
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Where are you arriving from?
Assuming your incoming flight isn't too long, I'd have shisha and some drinks in downtown Abu Dhabi then head back to the airport.
If its a long flight you're basically Scr**ed, but getting a hotel (outside the airport) and sleeping is definitely preferable. Exiting AUH on visa exemption (its not visa on arrival, its an exemption) is very very fast.
If you have a J paid ticket, EY will pay for your room, look up premium stopover on their website.
Assuming your incoming flight isn't too long, I'd have shisha and some drinks in downtown Abu Dhabi then head back to the airport.
If its a long flight you're basically Scr**ed, but getting a hotel (outside the airport) and sleeping is definitely preferable. Exiting AUH on visa exemption (its not visa on arrival, its an exemption) is very very fast.
If you have a J paid ticket, EY will pay for your room, look up premium stopover on their website.
Apr 21, 2017, 5:10 am
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Where are you arriving from?
Assuming your incoming flight isn't too long, I'd have shisha and some drinks in downtown Abu Dhabi then head back to the airport.
If its a long flight you're basically Scr**ed, but getting a hotel (outside the airport) and sleeping is definitely preferable. Exiting AUH on visa exemption (its not visa on arrival, its an exemption) is very very fast.
If you have a J paid ticket, EY will pay for your room, look up premium stopover on their website.
Assuming your incoming flight isn't too long, I'd have shisha and some drinks in downtown Abu Dhabi then head back to the airport.
If its a long flight you're basically Scr**ed, but getting a hotel (outside the airport) and sleeping is definitely preferable. Exiting AUH on visa exemption (its not visa on arrival, its an exemption) is very very fast.
If you have a J paid ticket, EY will pay for your room, look up premium stopover on their website.
Sadly it's an upgraded ticket so no chance of a free hotel room paid for by EY!
So if I don't want to go in to the city, would you agree I'm better off going to the Premier Inn as opposed to the transit hotel?