Rip Off Emirates
May 10, 2012, 2:07 pm
#31
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EK is a bit of a mixed bag for me.
LHR to MNL used to be around £2400 for J which I think is amazing compared to BA on CX code share used to offer circa £3600 - £4000.
Recently due to the YQ increase LHR to MNL is now circa £3200. Makes EY / GF even more attractive. Problem for me is that I NEED to be on an A380 or a 777 and it seems that EK will be choice despite the ridiculous increase!
AKL to SYD one way has also increased by around $200 AUD.
/AE
LHR to MNL used to be around £2400 for J which I think is amazing compared to BA on CX code share used to offer circa £3600 - £4000.
Recently due to the YQ increase LHR to MNL is now circa £3200. Makes EY / GF even more attractive. Problem for me is that I NEED to be on an A380 or a 777 and it seems that EK will be choice despite the ridiculous increase!
AKL to SYD one way has also increased by around $200 AUD.
/AE
AKL-SYD is still as low as $380 plus tax one way in O class though it now has a 7 day advance purchase requirement. The I class at $560 plus tax has a 3 day AP requirement with the C fare requiring a 1 day AP
London - Manila is offered at GBP2588 plus taxes of GBPP197.02 for a total of GBP2785.02 ( assuming no stopover in DXB) in I class. Just doing a random check and found no availability issues in June for the week I tried starting from Gatwick
May 10, 2012, 2:29 pm
#32
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: London
Posts: 281
Very bad OCD ung1 I way beyond the normal plane spotting profile when it comes to these types of aircraft.
I think I may need some professional help with the OCD (and if anyone is wondering... no I am not joking).
However I consider journeys on different types of aircraft at least once so that I can say I have been on them.
/AE
I think I may need some professional help with the OCD (and if anyone is wondering... no I am not joking).
However I consider journeys on different types of aircraft at least once so that I can say I have been on them.
/AE
Eh?
OCD with an aircraft type? How do you mean exactly?
May 10, 2012, 8:30 pm
#33
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Berlin
Programs: Meow Mix
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Its difficult to explain... but to an extent where everyone can understand is that I purposely book trips that utilise the two equipments. Very very hesitant to book other trips using other aircraft types.
Cancelled my BCN / EDI / ORD trips later on in the year as I did not fancy travelling on babybuses and 747. I know BA uses 777 sometimes to ORD but did not want to chance it.
When it comes to habits... cannot stop searching for facts / looking at air plane pictures / talking about it to friends (who thankfully some of them are geeks as well)...
/AE
Cancelled my BCN / EDI / ORD trips later on in the year as I did not fancy travelling on babybuses and 747. I know BA uses 777 sometimes to ORD but did not want to chance it.
When it comes to habits... cannot stop searching for facts / looking at air plane pictures / talking about it to friends (who thankfully some of them are geeks as well)...
/AE
May 10, 2012, 8:37 pm
#34
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Berlin
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Emirates doesn't charge any fuel surcharge. The fare may have gone up but no YQ
AKL-SYD is still as low as $380 plus tax one way in O class though it now has a 7 day advance purchase requirement. The I class at $560 plus tax has a 3 day AP requirement with the C fare requiring a 1 day AP
London - Manila is offered at GBP2588 plus taxes of GBPP197.02 for a total of GBP2785.02 ( assuming no stopover in DXB) in I class. Just doing a random check and found no availability issues in June for the week I tried starting from Gatwick
AKL-SYD is still as low as $380 plus tax one way in O class though it now has a 7 day advance purchase requirement. The I class at $560 plus tax has a 3 day AP requirement with the C fare requiring a 1 day AP
London - Manila is offered at GBP2588 plus taxes of GBPP197.02 for a total of GBP2785.02 ( assuming no stopover in DXB) in I class. Just doing a random check and found no availability issues in June for the week I tried starting from Gatwick
Tried one way from AKL - SYD its coming to 448 AUD which is marginally different from when I last checked.
I am getting slightly confused here now... I was put off buying the LHR - MNL segment this year due to the price but now I can find a fare circa £2.8k which considerably lower than £3.6k - do you think the choice if aircraft and connection time might have something to do with it? I am going to try and do a dummy book again later.
Does anyone know how the Emirates IBE behaves when, as an example, LHR - MNL is booked does it always chooses the minimum / fastest time to transit via DXB?
/AE
May 11, 2012, 10:02 am
#35
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: London
Posts: 281
Its difficult to explain... but to an extent where everyone can understand is that I purposely book trips that utilise the two equipments. Very very hesitant to book other trips using other aircraft types.
Cancelled my BCN / EDI / ORD trips later on in the year as I did not fancy travelling on babybuses and 747. I know BA uses 777 sometimes to ORD but did not want to chance it.
When it comes to habits... cannot stop searching for facts / looking at air plane pictures / talking about it to friends (who thankfully some of them are geeks as well)...
/AE
Cancelled my BCN / EDI / ORD trips later on in the year as I did not fancy travelling on babybuses and 747. I know BA uses 777 sometimes to ORD but did not want to chance it.
When it comes to habits... cannot stop searching for facts / looking at air plane pictures / talking about it to friends (who thankfully some of them are geeks as well)...
/AE
Does it get awkward if you get sent to somewhere with work though? Do you just instruct the CEO to go instead?
May 11, 2012, 10:46 pm
#36
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Berlin
Programs: Meow Mix
Posts: 1,434
How fascinating..can't say I've ever come across this before! I guess that rules out quite a lot of places for you? Although saying that you aren't missing much when it comes to certain places (magaluf....).
Does it get awkward if you get sent to somewhere with work though? Do you just instruct the CEO to go instead?
Does it get awkward if you get sent to somewhere with work though? Do you just instruct the CEO to go instead?
Travel for work... I usually just say no unless I know the equipment. Being originally based at LHR it was a welcome that BA had so many 777's and so does EK!
/AE
May 11, 2012, 11:55 pm
#37
Join Date: May 2011
Location: BKK
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,088
Very bad OCD ung1 I way beyond the normal plane spotting profile when it comes to these types of aircraft.
I think I may need some professional help with the OCD (and if anyone is wondering... no I am not joking).
However I consider journeys on different types of aircraft at least once so that I can say I have been on them.
/AE
I think I may need some professional help with the OCD (and if anyone is wondering... no I am not joking).
However I consider journeys on different types of aircraft at least once so that I can say I have been on them.
/AE
May 12, 2012, 12:09 am
#38
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Dubai, UAE
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May 12, 2012, 4:26 am
#39
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: KYE
Posts: 4,156
Sorry to take this thread side ways but isn't DJ54 (SYD-AKL) operated by B738?! How do you intend flying that?
Not saying it would happen but what if you rock up to a gate and find that the B777 you've comforted yourself booking is sub'ed with an A330?
Not saying it would happen but what if you rock up to a gate and find that the B777 you've comforted yourself booking is sub'ed with an A330?
May 12, 2012, 4:43 am
#41
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Berlin
Programs: Meow Mix
Posts: 1,434
Just for Clarity I have already flown this flight back in Jan and have been super lazy to write it up.
So far I have been on the following aircraft once and can tick it off my list:
A333 / A343 / A321 / A319 / Bae146 / B738 / B744 / MD-80 / EMB 190SR
My most terrifying flight was with A343 with CI... was very nervous about that one but sleeping pills helped and I arrived in TPE alive!
/AE
May 12, 2012, 6:13 am
#42
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: London
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May 12, 2012, 6:59 am
#44
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I was always aware that different airlines had different histories but the spontaneous combustion during research made me raise my eye a little but I did not have the choice for a quick and cheap fare to SYD at that time!
/AE