For those of you that maybe flying into the UK as from today Wednesday the 29th of June 2011, due to 'the mother of all strike' by UK unions, there are real possibilities of travel disruption.

Please make every effort to check your travel arrangement with any operator you have arranged them with.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-13953678

Thanks Omo T,why now but thank God we are still at the shopping for the CHEAPEST flights stage as we intend to do lag-dxb-lon.
Do you know anything about stopovers/transit in dubai, saw something about the 96 hrs dubai transit visa but all the info I have gathered on the internet have not been precise.
I called Emirate(we are leaning seriously towards emirate) local office but the pre-recorded call pick up is annoying.
Any help from any quarters will be greaty appreciated.

OmoT,Sienna et al,
Kindly assist on

modath:

Thanks Omo T,why now but thank God we are still at the shopping for the CHEAPEST flights stage as we intend to do lag-dxb-lon.
Do you know anything about stopovers/transit in dubai, saw something about the 96 hrs dubai transit visa but all the info I have gathered on the internet have not been precise.
I called Emirate(we are leaning seriously towards emirate) local office but the pre-recorded call pick up is annoying.
Any help from any quarters will be greaty appreciated.

I can confirm you do not need any transit visas to book LOS-DXB-LHR.
If your departure flight is 2pm,(Lagos, nigeria time) then chances are that you will be in Heathrow by 11am next morning.
If departurr from Lagos is 10pm outbound Dubai, then you can expect to be in Heathrow by 6pm next day.

The difference is, you will only be allowed to either remain in the aircraft for about 2hrs or less (if its same B777 heading to London)or you are allowed to go to duty free but must not cross immigration otherwise you would be arrested for illegal entry without visas.

Call Emirates office in VI at 9 am, you would get someone to speak to. Forgot the lady's number if I can get on my laptop, I may put it up here.

Why not flying Arik? Is Emirate still charging £660 or there about on LHR route? Just to add that you would end up spending upto 12hrs or more on your journey compared to 5hrs 30mins direct Arik. Sorry, I loathe BA and Virgin.

Omo_tier1,,

Bros plz. Answer my quiry in general uk visaa

I managed to speak with a guy at emirate desk after holding on for 100 years. We are intending to fly emirate because we want to experience the sight&sound of Dubai and we garnered that its only 96 hrs transit(from immigration control at the airport) that we can spend without "pre-requesting" for entry visa here in Nigeria.

modath:

I managed to speak with a guy at emirate desk after holding on for 100 years. We are intending to fly emirate because we want to experience the sight&sound of Dubai and we garnered that its only 96 hrs transit(from immigration control at the airport) that we can spend without "pre-requesting" for entry visa here in Nigeria.

I rather have you connect your flight in less than 5hrs upon arriving Dubai! You can always do your sight seeing one your way back!

Omo_Tier1:

I rather have you connect your flight in less than 5hrs upon arriving Dubai! You can always do your sight seeing one your way back!

Omo T,you always come through,Someone else suggested this too, since the motion has been seconded the AYES have it but how do we go about it??.

modath:

Omo T,you always come through,Someone else suggested this too, since the motion has been seconded the AYES have it but how do we go about it??.

Do the sight seeing when coming back from London and even take advantage to do some shopping as you would save yourself some pounds by avoiding buying much goods in London -do not even talk about the obnpxious 20% VAT -

Mind you Dubai and London goods when it comes to quality are almost same.
I hope your flight from LOS to LHR is a direct flight with stop over in Dubai and not a flight from LOS to DBX  and then DBX to LHR?

Omo T,
Our planned booking is lag-lon with a 2 hour stopover in dubai,but I intend to buy some H&C shirts for myself and some close family friends. Some folks have told me Dubai stuff(especially designer perfumes) are most often than not fake/or below western world standard but I don't really believe them cos they haven't been there and are only just parroting what "some people" have told them. Will I still pay 20% on the shirts?.

modath:

Omo T,
Our planned booking is lag-lon with a 2 hour stopover in dubai,but I intend to buy some H&C shirts for myself and some close family friends. Some folks have told me Dubai stuff(especially designer perfumes) are most often than not fake/or below western world standard but I don't really believe them cos they haven't been there and are only just parroting what "some people" have told them. Will I still pay 20% on the shirts?.

Shopping in Dubai is just like shopping in London. You can not expect to buy a shirt of £5 and expect it to last you 9months! UK high street is no longer what it used to be as UK has turned herself into paper based economy!

Yes, goods deemed VAT'able cost you 20% more in UK plus profit.

Yes, there are fake goods in Dubai too just like you would find in UK. It all depends where you go shopping and price too. So like every shopping one does, you have to be vigilant!

Omo_Tier1,

Bros, Am waiting by for your response on my matter, abeg man mind dey blow,