r/etihad

Hello all, I am traveling to Chicago first time with Etihad next week. I received a mail regarding US border and custom clearance which needs to be done at Abu Dhabi airport (layover). I have just two hours between the connecting and flight doing all this stuff, so will that be enough, can i ask the cabin crew for a priority off-boarding due to this situation? I have a single PNR for both flights, details are as follows:

EY205 —> Mumbai - Abu Dhabi

2 hr 10 min layover break

EY9 —> Abu Dhabi - Chicago

I hope baggage dropped at Mumbai will be directly collected @Chicago and I don’t have to recheck @Abu Dhabi. Kindly review this case and help me out. Thank you :)

I hate to ask, but would anybody STRONGLY NOT recommend flying with Etihad for this trip? Etihad business class has a much better price, gets me there within +1 days (vs. Emirates with +2), though the layover in Abu Dhabi is only an hour and 15 minutes. Is this doable, or should I spend an extra $1500-$2000 to fly Emirates because of better reputation? Can anybody saw anything positive about Etihad?

For context I am not a frequent flyer

3 flights in 3 Years
1st 2023 MUC - DPS with Qatar Airways
that was my first flight it was good

2nd 2025 MUC - SFO with United
really good service and overall a great experience.

3rd 2026 MUC - DPS with Etihad
WTF
I feel pushed around like Cargo. Flight Time Changes all the time and the on board service is ridiculous. Why do they even have flight attendants? 1 meal per flight and 1 water round that was it. (6 hours and 9 hours) After calling them to reschedule the flight because now the Layover piled up to 9 hours the only thing they offered was a reschedule for 470€ (I paid 850€ for 2 Tickets)

I thought Etihad was once considered one of the best airlines. But I think United is better than Etihad (hate me for that)

NEVER AGAIN

I’m a nervous flyer at the best of times. I saw a TikTok of a fully licensed pilot speaking about the issues with the flydubai situation the other day & he has said how airlines will potentially have problems on their hands if they don’t do more to make passengers at ease about who’s flying the planes. And also asked the question of will this influence potentially radicalised pilots to try & follow the actions of this individual?
This pilot managed to get through FlyDubais vetting process after being banned from flying in Oman due to their knowing he had radical opinions and beliefs.

Obviously it’s not common for pilots to have such beliefs and opinions but it does make me very anxious. Will airlines take new measures, or do anything in the wake of this? Be it publicly for their passengers or behind the scenes?

Can anyone please check if saffron is available in abudabhi airpot duty free area

Going from Bangkok to London with a stop at Abu Dhabi, I initially was set on the free 2 day stopover but the extra £150 for a 3 day premium stopover at the Grand Hyatt is really convincing.

If I ignore the extra day, is it worth the extra money to be Grand Hyatt compared to the Grand Millenium Al Wahda which I was initially going for?

Have anyone flu to chiang mia from Abu Dhabi Zayed International Airport specially for flight EY 426 ? it shows in flightaware that they its cancelled and there is no history for it but on etihad website it shows that the upcoming flights are on schedule . it´s kinda confusing and would love some confirmation.

I booked a flight from TLV-JFK with a stopover in AUH on a booking website called kiwi. Apparently I found out you can only bring one 7kg bag which is basically a backpack. To add a carry one is $195 how do they expect you to be travelling from one country to another with a backpack I’ve never heard of anything like this. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience with this because I already paid enough for my ticket and I’m not interested in paying $195 more for something that should’ve been included.

Hello, me and my family will have a flight in a few months from Italy to Japan with Etihad.

I'm collecting info about the transfer in AUH because the connecting flight will depart after 1h30m from the arrival of the first flight from Italy.

We need to follow transfer lane as we arrive and go trough the security check?

I see, in example, that today the arrival gate is right in from if the departure gate (b16 and b17). If we have to do security check that means we have to follow the transit lane, security and then come back to the departure gate?