{"id":2438,"date":"2013-02-10T23:40:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T07:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2013-02-10T23:40:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T07:40:05","slug":"protip-book-your-burj-khalifa-tickets-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2013\/02\/protip-book-your-burj-khalifa-tickets-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Protip: Book Your Burj Khalifa Tickets Early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i finally got around to checking out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burjkhalifa.ae\/\">Burj Khalifa\u00a0website<\/a> for my visit at the end of next week. i never really thought about when during the day i would visit but because the advance purchase price is so much cheaper (AED 125, or ~$34 vs AED 400 or ~$109 at the door) i was pretty much forced to pick a time. my original thought was to go around sunset\/dusk, but even nearly two weeks ahead during what i imagine is a moderately-popular tourist season, the entire afternoon and early evening were sold out.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2439\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"http:\/\/jett.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled.png\" width=\"570\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/02\/Untitled.png 570w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/02\/Untitled-300x127.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/02\/Untitled-400x170.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/02\/Untitled-200x85.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/02\/Untitled-150x63.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>according to The Internet it would be completely dark (astronomical twilight, as i understand it) by 7:34 PM that day, so forget evening. i had also heard that lately it&#8217;s quite foggy, so an early morning sunrise picture would not be wise, either. i ended up booking a 10:00 slot, though if i see that mornings are clear once i get there, i may splurge and get a sunrise ticket if they&#8217;re still available. note that there are some TripAdivsor reviews that say it can get completely sold out a couple days beforehand, so book early!<\/p>\n<p>by the way, there is a AED 5 booking fee (i think per ticket? not sure, since it&#8217;s just me) as well, and they accept Visa, MasterCard, and JCB. no American Express.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: for some reason, the ticket booking shows up in my online banking as a pot dispensary. (i called and the representative said something about descriptions being user-editable but i didn&#8217;t edit it; i guess i don&#8217;t understand how the description system works, but you can see the original description online if you click a couple buttons.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2444\" alt=\"Untitled2\" src=\"http:\/\/jett.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled2.png\" width=\"324\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/02\/Untitled2.png 324w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/02\/Untitled2-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i finally got around to checking out the Burj Khalifa\u00a0website for my visit at the end of next week. i never really thought about when&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Protip: Book Your Burj Khalifa Tickets Early","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[150,151,264,760],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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