Essential Stopover - Terms & Conditions
- The Offer is available to all guests travelling on Virgin Australia marketed or operated return flights via Abu Dhabi, to all destinations, where the final destination is beyond Abu Dhabi.
- This offer is valid for any new bookings in any booking subclass within First, Business, Premium or Economy Class.
- There is a minimum 2 nights stay required to get the first night free. Additional nights must be purchased consecutively to the offer and must be taken and the stay fully completed within the same offer and travel period.
- Prices and rates offered are starting prices, and are per person per night based on twin share. The final pricing is subject to availability and seasonality.
- The Offer is subject to daily hotel, tours and attractions allocation and as a result, are subject to availability. Hotel preference is on a ‘first come, first served basis’ and cannot be guaranteed.
- The Offer is a promotion run by Virgin Australia and can be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the airline.
- Offer is only valid if all sectors are flown on Virgin Australia operated flights and/or Virgin Australia marketed flights operated by Etihad.
- The stopover conditions of the applicable fare paid must be adhered to when booking the Offer. On some tickets a charge is applicable if you choose to stopover in the U.A.E. Please read the terms and conditions on your ticket carefully. In addition, you may be liable for an extra departure tax owed for your stop in the UAE.
- Partially completed travel will result in the commercial value of the Offer being deducted from any refund claimed on the remaining unused airfare.
- All accommodation must be pre-booked prior to the journey commencing and cannot be requested on departure or once the journey has commenced. Hotel reservations must be made a minimum of 72 hours (3 days) prior to your scheduled flight departure for the request to be processed. This is not a guarantee of confirmation. Any reservations made directly with a hotel does not qualify for the offer and cannot be amended by Virgin Australia without exception.
- This Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion run by Virgin Australia or the participating hotels. Hotel accommodation is subject to availability and Virgin Australia reserves the right to offer an alternative hotel of a similar standard.
- No liability will be accepted where flight bookings have been made and/or tickets issued if no hotel availability exists.
- Hotel occupancy is up to a maximum of two adults will be offered on bed and breakfast basis for the qualifying number of nights. Free accommodation will be available on a bed and breakfast basis (single or double occupancy) and will include all municipality fees and service charges. It will not be possible to upgrade to a higher class of room/suite.
- All extra charges incurred to be paid directly (meals, laundry, room service, telephone etc.) to the hotel upon check-out, a credit card will be requested upon check-in as security against other services which are offered at an additional charge.
- In the event of cancellation, please email halaabudhabi@etihad.ae within a minimum of 3 working days to avoid cancellation charges. Cancellation charges apply where a full 3 days’ notice has not been received prior to arrival at the hotel.
- Tours and Attractions are subject to availability at the time of booking. The ‘2 for the price of 1’ Tours and Attractions offers must be booked in conjunction with the hotels offer and cannot be booked independently from the hotel booking.
- Additional nights may be taken consecutively to free nights offer and must be taken and stay fully completed within the same offer period.
- For any nights that do not fall within the specified periods, the best rate available will be offered.
- Offer is valid either to or from Abu Dhabi and can be utilised on both directions.
Offer Exclusions
- The offer does not apply to one-way journeys.
- This offer is not valid for infants or children.
- Offer is not valid for seats purchased either partially or fully with Velocity Frequent Flyer Points or any other frequent flyer currency for flight rewards tickets, award upgrades, or a fare excluding taxes as part of a cash plus points promotion.
- This offer is not valid in conjunction with any other promotional offer or Staff ID tickets.
- Visas are not provided within this promotion. Obtaining relevant UAE visas are the responsibility of the Guest.
- ‘2 for 1’ tours and attractions and additional night’s offers are not eligible for group bookings.