Finally the time has come, i got off to a new journey... not eastern region of M land but another new region unknown to me in Europe. Anyway back to post topic, my flight from KLIA is transitioning at Dubai Airport aka DXB and i had a 10 hours + layover wait.
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First off, the flight will normally drop us at Terminal 3. The map of the airport terminal and different gates will show behind the tickets i reckon. So what can be done, if you have about 10 hours and is not going out for a short tour of Abu Dhabi ?
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| Getting to gate A & F requires security check so it's quite a pain to get around if you lugs around a backpack and any hand carry bags. |
1. Complimentary transit hotel - if you fly Emirates it is complimentary by the airline for transit >5 hours and will appear in the system as an option.. However, you will need to book 48 hours in advance. When you bought flight tickets, you can go into emirates skyward site, manage flights and there you will find the Dubai Connect. You can book a transit hotel, check on visa on arrival requirements (i was told Malaysian passport no need preapproval and to do visa on arrival over counter i reckon, and assuming that hotel is outside of airport nearby).
Unfortunately, i lucked out... the boss man asked me to reschedule my flight 1 day in advance. Thus i forfeited my complimentary transit hotel T_T.
2. Take a shower - so at T3 there are if not mistaken at least 2 toilet with shower that allows you to take a refresher shower on top of brushing teeth, washing face etc. So do bring a small towel since it will be handy. Surprisingly bidet is also available in the toilets , feel so at home haha.
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| Shower with a tiny table & single hanger to place your stuff. |
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| the so familiar bidet - i would say good job DXB 👍 |
3. Have a hot drink for almost free- bring your own thermos mug, bring along one or 2 sachet of tea/ coffee mix. For those on the frugal side, this one beats the 20$ coffee anytime. There are hot water nearby those shower toilets area. Things at airport are normally jacked up price wise so this might be a better way. Also if you feel like it you can bring some dry small packeted food, jerky etc just to get through the transit time. I didn't try bringing an instant cup noodle, it is however available for around 10 AED if not mistaken at airport vending machines. What i did was since i had some kitkats and choclates from my flight over (too much food served) i kept it handy for the transit time.
4. Find a good comfortable spot and doze off , hopefully able to counter the jet lag effects. Since i had the time, i toured the whole B gate where it is the center of the terminal while doing Pokemon Go. I found this spot to be the best B32 one end of B gate. With a bench that you can fully lay down on, power socket and if you need to a small table to have meals do some laptop/tablet activities. I will be helpful if you got a earplug type headphone wireless perhaps since there will be noise everywhere. And set an alarm to make sure you don't overslept your boarding flight time.
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| even got a small playground. |
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| this is how people rock these chairs :) |
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| notice the power socket its either down by his leg , or below the little tabletop thing. Recharge both yourself and your devices/power bank. |
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| the typical lying chair (pink) are available all over T3. took a doze on one of these, B32 chairs definite beats this since you can lay down all the way. i had with me a pillow convertable to blanket and this one gives me like a 3 star sleep on these B32 chairs. |
So this is it all about the DXB transit i experienced, hope it helps one way or another. There are plenty of stuff people listed at other terminals but i felt too lazy to explore further. Ciao, till next time.
