Etihad or Emirates

Kiith

One way.

RIALTO1

Apologies for bumping this but not sure where else to put it.

Looking at flying Etihad from Dublin to Ho Chi Ming, with a stop-over in Abu Dhabi. My question is around a stopover time of 1hr 10mins in Abu Dhabi. Is this do-able, assuming flight departs on time?

Cheers

ballooba

RIALTO1 wrote: »

Apologies for bumping this but not sure where else to put it.

Looking at flying Etihad from Dublin to Ho Chi Ming, with a stop-over in Abu Dhabi. My question is around a stopover time of 1hr 10mins in Abu Dhabi. Is this do-able, assuming flight departs on time?

Cheers

If Etihad offer that as a a single booking then that is their responsibility. That is what is called a "guaranteed connection". If it were two separate bookings then that would be different.

RIALTO1

ballooba wrote: »

If Etihad offer that as a a single booking then that is their responsibility. That is what is called a "guaranteed connection". If it were two separate bookings then that would be different.

Yeah it's Etihad offering it themselves. In and out of same terminal in Abu Dhabi. Just don't want to start my holiday hanging around there for another flight if it's a gamble.

ballooba

RIALTO1 wrote: »

Yeah it's Etihad offering it themselves. In and out of same terminal in Abu Dhabi. Just don't want to start my holiday hanging around there for another flight if it's a gamble.

I know in Singapore it would be doable, I don't know AUH as well. This was the google search I tried though...
https://www.google.ie/search?q=min+connection+auh

Hopefully it helps!

brandon_flowers

When is the flight Rialto? Ho Chi Minh is not listed as a destination yet at AUH so no gate information but it will be in the same terminal as the Dublin flight if Etihad are operating. They only use terminal 3.

Without delays you'll make a 1h10min connection no problem, even with 10-15 min delays you will make it.

Stinicker

RIALTO1 wrote: »

Apologies for bumping this but not sure where else to put it.

Looking at flying Etihad from Dublin to Ho Chi Ming, with a stop-over in Abu Dhabi. My question is around a stopover time of 1hr 10mins in Abu Dhabi. Is this do-able, assuming flight departs on time?

Cheers

I had a 1hr 20 mins connection at Abu Dhabi in July and I went from plane to plane in under 25mins so it is very doable; providing everything runs on schedule. DUB-AUH-BKK. Security queues are not that bad in Abu Dhabi either.

On my return flight back the flight was delayed by over 4 hours, missed connecting flight for Dublin, no problems, put me up in a hotel, free food and and personal chauffeur (limo) into Yas Island to the Hotel as I had 17 hour wait until the next flight back to Dublin at 2am the following morning. Return Etihad chauffeur back to Abu Dhabi airport and everything was spot on,

Etihad are an excellent airline to fly with and I was a actually delighted for to have a delay as it gave me a free stop-over which was badly needed as I was well wrecked having flown in from Manilla for 9 hours before that.

The stop-over will be fine and there is nothing to worry about, worst case scenario you get delayed and you get loads of freebies instead!

RIALTO1

Thanks all for the feedback. Yeah the flights are both in and out of Terminal 3. I am pretty cool with the tight schedule, and it is saving a good few quid. Just the girlfriend would be of a more nervous disposition.

I would just be keen to make sure I am not in Abu Dhabi too long, as only going for 3 weeks so every day feels precious.

@Stinicker - I assume you had no issues with a visa for Abu Dhabi considering you had not planned on being there?

Stinicker

RIALTO1 wrote: »

@Stinicker - I assume you had no issues with a visa for Abu Dhabi considering you had not planned on being there?

No problems no, Irish passport holders get 30 days visa on arrival free of charge, they just stamp your passport upon entry and again upon leaving. There is no passport stamps when you are just simply transiting through the airport and officially you do not enter the United Arab Emirates unless you have to go outside the airport transit area like I had on my unexpected stopover.

melonstar

RIALTO1 wrote: »

Thanks all for the feedback. Yeah the flights are both in and out of Terminal 3. I am pretty cool with the tight schedule, and it is saving a good few quid. Just the girlfriend would be of a more nervous disposition.

I would just be keen to make sure I am not in Abu Dhabi too long, as only going for 3 weeks so every day feels precious.

@Stinicker - I assume you had no issues with a visa for Abu Dhabi considering you had not planned on being there?

I flew from Melbourne to Dublin via Abu Dhabi with Etihad last Friday. I arrived in Terminal 3 and had to fly out of Terminal 1 (which was a change). I had about 3 hours of a stopover which was fine. They are close to each other, about a 15-20 min walk so you should be fine if there is a change of terminal. I did see airport staff at gates moving people quickly if they had a connecting flight which was boarding.

skippy2

€1520 for two pax flying Dublin to Brisbane one way March 2014 anyone got any better prices than this. Or does this sound like a good offer

Rascasse

Does it have to be Emirates or Etihad? According to the month long seach here the cheapest is Aer Lingus and Malaysian (stop in London and Kuala Lumpur) at €571 per person.

An extra stop but depending on the routing its quicker (26.5 hrs vs 31hrs 45 min with Emirates)

RIALTO1

Rascasse wrote: »

Does it have to be Emirates or Etihad? According to the month long seach here the cheapest is Aer Lingus and Malaysian (stop in London and Kuala Lumpur) at €571 per person.

An extra stop but depending on the routing its quicker (26.5 hrs vs 31hrs 45 min with Emirates)

Is this site accurate? I was looking at it yesterday for my Dublin to Vietnam flights. It was suggesting I could go via Heatrow then Malaysian Airlines via Kuala Lumpar for €710. But when i tried to book it I couldn't, and Malaysian Airlines website they wanted £890 for Heathrow to Vietnam.

Anyway I pulled the trigger on the Etihad flights for €685, booked yesterday. But got an email today advising a change of schedule, stop-over is now only 1hr!! Won't be telling the GF about that!!

Rascasse

RIALTO1 wrote: »

Is this site accurate? I was looking at it yesterday for my Dublin to Vietnam flights. It was suggesting I could go via Heatrow then Malaysian Airlines via Kuala Lumpar for €710. But when i tried to book it I couldn't, and Malaysian Airlines website they wanted £890 for Heathrow to Vietnam.

Anyway I pulled the trigger on the Etihad flights for €685, booked yesterday. But got an email today advising a change of schedule, stop-over is now only 1hr!! Won't be telling the GF about that!!

Yes it searches all available fares but some will only be available from certain reservation systems. For example the fare to Brisbane is available on BudgetAir.ie but not on Expedia.ie.

skippy2

Thanks guys for the suggestions had used skyscanner but was looking for least stops etc will keep an eye on them for the next while. Liked the emirates flight times etc but have notices Malaysian Airlines is a bit cheaper. Has anyone flown with them? Will emirates go any cheaper