Dubai lounge suggestions – 7 hours layover – Terminal 3

[sun7]

Dear frequent flyers/Avgeeks – can you please suggest a dubai lounge in Terminal 3 that accepts both dragonpass and priority pass cardholders? I have 1 visit on Priority pass and will buy a voucher on Dragonpass because I feel that is cheaper. Thanks

[bruinbrown]

One thing to consider with airport lounges is how long they’ll actually let you stay there. I’ve just taken a look on priority pass and you’ve got a few lounges which will only let you stay for 3 hours at a time (lounges in concourse A and C) but there’s also some in concourse B which will let you stay for 4 or 5 hours when using a lounge card. I can’t comment on whether any of them are worth spending 5 hours in though.

[Carlos]

bruinbrown wrote:

One thing to consider with airport lounges is how long they’ll actually let you stay there. I’ve just taken a look on priority pass and you’ve got a few lounges which will only let you stay for 3 hours at a time (lounges in concourse A and C) but there’s also some in concourse B which will let you stay for 4 or 5 hours when using a lounge card. I can’t comment on whether any of them are worth spending 5 hours in though.

How do they track your stay?

[bruinbrown]

Carlos wrote:

bruinbrown wrote:

One thing to consider with airport lounges is how long they’ll actually let you stay there. I’ve just taken a look on priority pass and you’ve got a few lounges which will only let you stay for 3 hours at a time (lounges in concourse A and C) but there’s also some in concourse B which will let you stay for 4 or 5 hours when using a lounge card. I can’t comment on whether any of them are worth spending 5 hours in though.

How do they track your stay?

It depends on the lounge, I’ve got a feeling that quite a few don’t care, especially if it’s quiet. You’ll be reminded of the limit when you arrive but that’s about it. Some of the lounges, the main one I can think of being Amex centurion lounges, won’t allow you access until 3 hours before your flight is scheduled to leave to limit how long you can actually spend in the lounge.

[Tarmohamed]

Pay for the business lounge. You won’t be disappointed with the unlimited Costa, dinner at 4am etc.

[sun7]

I went to the Ahlan lounge near Gate 26. Priority pass – did not have a time limit for stay in lounge. Dragon pass – 4 hours which they dutifully enforced. Service was good and 4 hours was apt for my scenario.