Emirates Lounge Dubai

[Coverpoint]

Hi,
I'm making my first run in QF9 next month. I always liked to have a shower between flights in the lounge at Singapore. I understand the Emirates' lounge is in Terminal 3 and we land in Terminal 1 with a stopover of around 90 mins. I also gather transfer times are longer in Dubai. So those of you are regular travellers via this route, is there time for a shower and a drink or do we have to go straight to the gate?

 

[Austman]

In DXB I had time for a shower and a drink QF9 MEL-DXB-LHR. And a shower only QF10 LHR-DXB-MEL. But as WP, I had access to the 1st lounge.

 

[Ansett]

Hi,
I'm making my first run in QF9 next month. I always liked to have a shower between flights in the lounge at Singapore. I understand the Emirates' lounge is in Terminal 3 and we land in Terminal 1 with a stopover of around 90 mins. I also gather transfer times are longer in Dubai. So those of you are regular travellers via this route, is there time for a shower and a drink or do we have to go straight to the gate?

Hi Cover if you are doing QF9 all the way through to London then you will arrive and leave from the same terminal. The 90 minutes is a tad tight but can be done just dont hang around.

Enjoy the trip

 

[Coverpoint]

Thanks guys, I'll give it a go and try and get Ms Coverpoint to not wash her hair.

 

[Coverpoint]

Which I presume shortened the shower queue. It's a challenge. thanks.

 

[IGetAround]

When I flew through DXB on QF9 in April, there was time for a shower and a few glasses of champagne in the DXB J lounge. There was a queue for the showers of about 5 people for the 10 showers, and it was a roughly 10 minute wait.

 

[Austman]

DXB QF9 transit. No waiting for showers and who cares about overrated champagne? (which I could have had, in the F-lounge of course - but such a coughpy drink)

 

[kempvet]

Bad news for the showers in the DXB F lounge the other day, unless there are showers somewhere else in the F lounge, there was a queue of 5 people with only 5 showers to use, seemed a little underdone, especially now that QF routes through DXB, would hate to be those pax on a LHR-SYD flight and having to spend half your time standing waiting for a shower

 

[legroom]

Bad news for the showers in the DXB F lounge the other day, unless there are showers somewhere else in the F lounge, there was a queue of 5 people with only 5 showers to use, seemed a little underdone, especially now that QF routes through DXB, would hate to be those pax on a LHR-SYD flight and having to spend half your time standing waiting for a shower

So a F ticket does not appear to have any advantage over a J one when it comes to a shower spot.

Plus, no one mentioned yet: there is no seat / bench for you to rest while you are waiting in the corridor, just have to stand up leaning against the wall.

The SilverKris Lounge (and the Private Room ) showers had no waiting the few times I had to use them: far more cleaner, roomier (even with a bench to sit down to take off your shoes).

One of the many reasons I prefer to stop by SIN instead of DXB.

 

[Must...Fly!]

I guess if flying revenue/award F you could always take EK metal and shower in the sky

 

[Austman]

Plus, no one mentioned yet: there is no seat / bench for you to rest while you are waiting in the corridor, just have to stand up leaning against the wall.

But there are sofas and chairs just outside the entrance. I'm pretty sure they'd come and get you? I had no waiting for my 2 visits, but only 5 showers (well 10 with the ladies) seems a bit light on for such a huge airport and lounge.

 

[legroom]

But there are sofas and chairs just outside the entrance. I'm pretty sure they'd come and get you? I had no waiting for my 2 visits, but only 5 showers (well 10 with the ladies) seems a bit light on for such a huge airport and lounge.

No way the attendant would come out to "get you" when there are already 4-5 guys standing inside.

There is no such 'queuing' protocol AFAIK.

 

[Austman]

No way the attendant would come out to "get you" when there are already 4-5 guys standing inside.

There is no such 'queuing' protocol AFAIK.

Well, I witnessed exactly that happening. Admittedly not with another 4-5 waiting.

 

[kempvet]

AFAIK the poor shower attendant is run off his feet, cleaning showers, grabbing towels and trying to remember who is next, every chance that if you are waiting outside somewhere, he could likely forget you are there. Agree that seating inside while waiting would be the way to go. Was very surprised that there were only 5 showers in F Lounge, could be a cultural thing, maybe only we dirty westerners feel the need to shower through the flight or DXB more of a start/end point for most people and not had the traditional need for showers mid flight.

 

[Ansett]

AFAIK the poor shower attendant is run off his feet, cleaning showers, grabbing towels and trying to remember who is next, every chance that if you are waiting outside somewhere, he could likely forget you are there. Agree that seating inside while waiting would be the way to go. Was very surprised that there were only 5 showers in F Lounge, could be a cultural thing, maybe only we dirty westerners feel the need to shower through the flight or DXB more of a start/end point for most people and not had the traditional need for showers mid flight.

Yet Emiartes notates Dubaii as a Hub surely as a hub they would have researched properly and concluded that for a terminal of that size 5 or even 10 showers just wont cut it long term.

I am somewhat surprised at the lack of planning in the main Emirates A380 terminal that requires passengers for example to have duty free liquids locked up in the hull due to inappropriate equipment being used to scan carry on luggage. (this is a BRAND NEW terminal?)

What concerns me even more greatly is that if they do not have the eqipment to scan liquids properly in the first place what the hell are they doing to ensure its saftey whilts in the duty free areas of the terminals and perhaps even more concerning what other areas does the securitry fall down.

 

[legroom]

I am not sure if you had noticed this anomaly yet.

As you queue up to exit the J lounge, your passport & ticket would be checked by gate agents before you go to the lifts to board your plane.

("gate" check inside the J Lounge)



The F/J lifts lead you directly to the planes.

However, the Y lifts lead you down to the general boarding area where the scrum is taking place.

Unless you forcefully walk to the front of the lines and mentioned that you had just been checked by the lounge agents, you would be one of many in the snake lines.

There is no line for premium boarding there that I could see.

I had to barge (sorry !) ahead mentioning that I had just come from the J lounge and was waved through, helped by my (at the time) QF Gold Card.

This is one area where there is no forward planning for those who had been checked. Their BPs should be stamped somehow and/or there should be a direct path onto the plane instead of re-joining the scrum (I had no issue boarding J as the lifts open onto the carpet leading to the planes directly)

 

[Austman]

I am somewhat surprised at the lack of planning in the main Emirates A380 terminal that requires passengers for example to have duty free liquids locked up in the hull due to inappropriate equipment being used to scan carry on luggage. (this is is it not a BRAND NEW terminal?)

I think you will find this is an Australian government regulation and not an equipment thing. DF delivery to the gate (of a proven line of supply) or in the hold is the rule. And it's only for the Australia bound flights.

 

[Ansett]

I am not sure if you had noticed this anomaly yet.

As you queue up to exit the J lounge, your passport & ticket would be checked by gate agents before you go to the lifts to board your plane.

("gate" check inside the J Lounge)



The F/J lifts lead you directly to the planes.

However, the Y lifts lead you down to the general boarding area where the scrum is taking place.

Unless you forcefully walk to the front of the lines and mentioned that you had just been checked by the lounge agents, you would be one of many in the snake lines.

There is no line for premium boarding there that I could see.

I had to barge (sorry !) ahead mentioning that I had just come from the J lounge and was waved through, helped by my (at the time) QF Gold Card.

This is one area where there is no forward planning for those who had been checked. Their BPs should be stamped somehow and/or there should be a direct path onto the plane instead of re-joining the scrum (I had no issue boarding J as the lifts open onto the carpet leading to the planes directly)

Seems to have been a lack of planning outside of Hey lets build a terminal specifically for A380 aircraft with a huge first lounge with no further thought than being the FIRST and ONLY dedicated A380 Terminal in the world and as such nothing else should matter.

Scares me as to what else is substandard in the airports processes and thinking.

 

[kempvet]

However, the Y lifts lead you down to the general boarding area where the scrum is taking place.

Perhaps the answer is to board with the J/F pax and then walk down the stairs to the Y level of the A380, perhaps they need a suggestion box in the J/F DXB lounges (together with a request for more F lounge showers)

 

[legroom]

Perhaps the answer is to board with the J/F pax and then walk down the stairs to the Y level of the A380, perhaps they need a suggestion box in the J/F DXB lounges (together with a request for more F lounge showers)

It could work but I am not going to try - with a Y ticket.

More explanation is need at the aircraft door than what is needed to bypass the Y scrum

EDIT

At the moment, there is nothing to stop some pax stepping forward claiming "I just came down from the lounge" and they would be waved through - GOLD card or not.

Invited guests genuinely coming down from F/J lounge would not have any QFF or EK card - same as potential 'queue-jumper'.

Staff could not tell them apart as their BPs are the same.