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KSA awards Farman Ali - the Jeddah flood hero

October 26, 2011

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m-Mawaqif Error-1021 You have reached max time limit for this tariff.

I am generally pretty satisfied with the way the Mawaqif system is set up, and how it has helped clean the parking lots. However, while using the m-Mawaqif service today morning, I encountered the following error message: Error-1021 You have reached max time limit for this tariff. You are not allowed to purchase another ticket. While generally I get a confirmation back, this is what I got today. Given that the Mawaqif timings are enforced from 8:00 AM onwards, if you purchase a standard full-day ticket (8 hours) for standard parking (black/turquoise) before 8:00 AM, the ticket expires the next day at 7:59:59 AM. However yesterday I had renewed the ticket at 8:02 AM, which means that my ticket was valid till today morning 8:01:59 AM. I didn't realized that and tried to purchase a ticket via m-Mawaqif before the last ticket expired, and that's when I got this error message. I called the 8003009 (Mawaqif Call Center) at 8:05 AM for the error, they told me to "switch of

Road Trip from Abu Dhabi, UAE to Salalah, Oman

We always wanted to take a road trip to Oman and finally got the chance to get this done. Having done all that, I felt I need to write this down for the benefit of others as I had lots of ambiguity and questions while planning this trip. In general you need to do the following: Arrange Visa Arrange Vehicle Insurance for your car We did the trip in December 2018, so if you are reading this years later - take it with a grain of salt, or better yet inform me in the comments and I can update this blog post. Financials Here's an approximation of different costs involved in this trip. Expense Amount (OMR) Applicability Visa Fee 5 Per Person UAE Exit Tax 3.5 Per Person Petrol 50 For full trip (2,500 KM approx) Hotel 50 Per Night (Family room for 4 adults, in a 4* hotel, incl. breakfast) Food 7 Per Person Per Day (breakfast excluded) Vehicle Insurance Cover 25 For 7 days Vehicle Insurance Orange Paper ? Not sure as its price was inclu

m-Mawaqif - When you run out of balance

I was under the impression that you always have to keep your m-Mawaqif account topped up in order to use the service. I managed to keep up for this long, however I found out something new. Once your m-Mawaqif account runs out of credit/balance, the system charges your mobile phone (which sent the SMS) for the ticket! Well, this happened silently. To double check I went through my phone messages and sure enough, I could see the difference: It's good in the sense that it gets me the ticket anyhow and I don't have to worry about getting a ticket manually (its a nightmare trying to find coins or purchasing an Extra gum while turning in a note of 10AED) or topping up my m-Mawaqif account in those panicky morning hours. Since my mobile connection is post-paid, my mobile bill swells up, buts its the same thing anyway (with the extra 0.12 AED/SMS charges). However it comes as a shock at first. I don't blame Mawaqif, they had sent a message earlier telling me to top u

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KSA awards Farman Ali - the Jeddah flood hero

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