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Which airports have first hosts on arrival to assist with speedy immigration and customs clearance?
Good luck with that - I have never seen a First Host, except in Sydney and Melbourne. I have heard of them in Lax and LHR but it was a CL type talking about them. Presumably if you feel the need to have assistance on arrival you could request it before hand or when one phones you the day before you depart.Which airports have first hosts on arrival to assist with speedy immigration and customs clearance?
Good luck with that - I have never seen a First Host, except in Sydney and Melbourne. I have heard of them in Lax and LHR but it was a CL type talking about them. Presumably if you feel the need to have assistance on arrival you could request it before hand or when one phones you the day before you depart.
OP could also mean arrival, as in arrival at airport by car/bus/limo/etc.
Which airports have first hosts on arrival to assist with speedy immigration and customs clearance?
By the way has anyone had a first host contact them prior to a flight when overseas - it has always happened in Australia apart from when travelling F- (i.e codeshare), but I have never been contacted overseas?
Which airports have first hosts on arrival to assist with speedy immigration and customs clearance?
I have always been contacted by a first host the day before - if you need assistance in Sydney for some reason you can arrange it then, otherwise the First Host will be there at the lounge to take you in and call you when the flight boards. All very warm and fuzzy. We generally check in in Canberra as well, although sometimes overnight in Sydney. They will give you a fast track pass etc in Canberra. keep your mobile handy the day before - if they miss you, then they will leave a number to call back. The First Host is no big deal, although allows you to prebook the spa treatment, I am still cranky about booking F with Qantas, choosing Emirate (Q codeshare) for the leg to Dubai because it allowed a better connection for Nairobi and then finding that meant no First Host in Sydney. Would probably have not bothered me except when we turned up to the lounge in Sydney I was made to produce my platinum card before they would let me in the lounge! (In spite of the fact that I was a revenue first customer and my platinum number was printed on the boarding pass grr!)Is contact from a F Host in Australia always the case? I have my first QF F flight ex-Australia next week. Wondering if I should call lounge early or will I definitely receive a call? Will be checking-in in Canberra so no first check-in etc.
On topic, I had a points upgrade to first LHR-DXB the other day. (Have posted separately about a mishap related to the upgrade). I saw a first host escort a passenger onto the plane in first. Coincidentally she helped me earlier find an amenity kit in the BA lounge, but I had no particular first experience. Best I could tell there were no hosts in Dubai. I seemed to be one of only 3 F pax exiting in Dubai. Was all so quick and smooth that a host would have been a waste in any event.
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By the way has anyone had a first host contact them prior to a flight when overseas - it has always happened in Australia apart from when travelling F- (i.e codeshare), but I have never been contacted overseas?