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Emirates staff travel
Could anyone who works for Emirates give me a rough idea of the cost of flying to London from Dubai return using standby staff travel? My husband has just been offered a job from them and Im trying to work out how often Il be able to afford to fly home besides the one free ticket they are offering. Thank you in advance.
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Extremely difficult at times to get standby. I have done the commute for 8 years and invariably end up paying for a commercial ticket or going via AMS or CDG. (I am entitled F stby, but it makes little difference.) Good Luck.
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Going to UK is fine, have take to doing a self planned city beak on the way back, night in Prague/Vienna etc and RYR/EZY flight heavily subsidised by UK tax savings
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Sometimes I get qantas from LHR to DXB.. Zed ticket for 250 pounds. Return all included. And they usually are not as full as those of emirates 
Ps I am not working for emirates!
Ps I am not working for emirates!
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Apologies for slight hijacking of the question but as on the subject of staff travel......
Where is it written regarding who is entitled to lounge access and when? Searched through staff travel sections as trying to find if Captain's children over 16 are allowed in on ALT? Appears to be just spouse but can't find the bloody thing anywhere!
Thanks in advance.
Where is it written regarding who is entitled to lounge access and when? Searched through staff travel sections as trying to find if Captain's children over 16 are allowed in on ALT? Appears to be just spouse but can't find the bloody thing anywhere!
Thanks in advance.
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Bymonek.
It's in there somewhere. Kids are gone now so haven't looked for a while, but when last I checked it was lounge access for employee and spouse only, when on ALTs. If you are not aware, Mashreq and NBD visa debt cards allow you to sign up for "lounge key", which gives you access to lounges worldwide, including marhaba lounge in DXB (kinda ghettoish, but better than nothing)
It's in there somewhere. Kids are gone now so haven't looked for a while, but when last I checked it was lounge access for employee and spouse only, when on ALTs. If you are not aware, Mashreq and NBD visa debt cards allow you to sign up for "lounge key", which gives you access to lounges worldwide, including marhaba lounge in DXB (kinda ghettoish, but better than nothing)
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CitiBank customer. No lounge pass at least not that I've been told.
But since the check-in staff give out the boarding pass at -60min (for ID90) I go pretty much directly to the gate. Not sure why anyone would want to lurk in the lounge with the ferals for a desperate 10-15 minutes.
On an ALT I show up not long before cut off. They can shove their grudging lounge access.
But since the check-in staff give out the boarding pass at -60min (for ID90) I go pretty much directly to the gate. Not sure why anyone would want to lurk in the lounge with the ferals for a desperate 10-15 minutes.
On an ALT I show up not long before cut off. They can shove their grudging lounge access.
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Out of all the flights between London and Dubai, Emirates usually fills first but we can get standby with all the airlines flying direct between London and Dubai.
-BA
-Virgin
-Qantas
-Royal Brunei
If you just need a seat then unless it's peak holiday season when all the flights can fill up, then you should be able to get on a flight with not much problem. I have not managed to not get back to the UK when I have needed to but I have used other airlines on a number of occasions.
Worth noting that if you would like to keep the cost as low as possible, flying standby from the UK to AMS with KLM and then taking one of the two daily Emirates flights from AMS will still save you money. About £50 based on my rough maths compared to a direct LHR-DXB standby with Emirates.
Out of all the flights between London and Dubai, Emirates usually fills first but we can get standby with all the airlines flying direct between London and Dubai.
-BA
-Virgin
-Qantas
-Royal Brunei
If you just need a seat then unless it's peak holiday season when all the flights can fill up, then you should be able to get on a flight with not much problem. I have not managed to not get back to the UK when I have needed to but I have used other airlines on a number of occasions.
Worth noting that if you would like to keep the cost as low as possible, flying standby from the UK to AMS with KLM and then taking one of the two daily Emirates flights from AMS will still save you money. About £50 based on my rough maths compared to a direct LHR-DXB standby with Emirates.
