gogo90814

I was hoping to start a thread discussing the best flights for the bar scene in J.
I mostly have experience with the DXB-LAX route, and it's pretty hit or miss. DXB-MEL was excellent on-the-other-hand.
Would love for some input...

ioto1902

In my opinion, it's extremely difficult to do so, as there are too many factors for judging a good bar experience.

To begin with : what's the definition of a good bar experience ?

Your expectations may vary depending on your mood, your stress, exterior weather, your partner's mood , etc. Sometimes I want to chat, sometimes I just want my drink and be left alone to prepare an upcoming meeting.

Then, it depends on the behavior of your fellow passengers. I'm quite irritated when kids are running around and jump on couches with their shoes on (especially when they come out of the lavs ... ).

Then, it depends on the crew, who are not assigned to one specific destination. And, ... they are also human beings with their good days and bad days.


So, you'd probably ask for an experience report, rather than trying to make statistics.


Personally, I never had an unpleasant experience at the bar, but at the same time, I'm not too demanding : just don't run out of macademia nuts

jackiedada

Not sure what a good experience means for you. I've noticed that the bar seems relatively free on fights to/ fro US, as compared to say some European destinations, with most pax either enjoying the IFE or using their tablets/ laptops. This actually suits me quite well .

eternaltransit

As the other posters have said - it depends entirely on what you want from the bar

Chatting with interesting fellow passengers?
Flirting with the cabin crew in the bar?
Mixology?
Relaxing with your travel partner?
One on one time with the bottle and snacks?

There are though of course better flights than others for all of the above, but it really depends on the passenger mix as well - after all, you might end up with a loud holiday group on their first ULH trip and you might not like that, or you want to have a bit of a party and it's empty.

Or do you mean something like this:

m3red

Any Manchester flight to and from DXB

Zol

Manchester.....always Manchester

eternaltransit

Don't you have to get to the bar early though before they run out of booze?

ioto1902

Get me on their next flight.
If full, offload someone. I don't care. YKWIA. I'm Plat.
DomPe in J. I really can't miss that.

eternaltransit

Spoken like a true Flyertalker with his priorities in the right place - can't miss Dom in J!!

I suspect the ringleader was in F though

saint77

some of the funnest crowds for me have been on EK380 or EK383 between DXB and HKG

gogo90814

Hahahaha yes the post "eternaltransit" posted seems perfect.

But what I meant by a "good bar scene" was a lively crowd of strangers talking and enjoying together.

Thanks for the input, y'all.

aceboy44

Based on my A380 J and F class experiences, strangers usually do not interact with each other at the bar.....

eternaltransit

In the EK A380 bar area, more than so than good (cocktail) bars, I find it really does need one or two gregarious individuals to start the conversation (either crew but more usually pax) flowing and to involve people around to make it an interesting scene. Break the ice and I think people will start to open up! This is probably a post for a social skills forum rather than Flyertalk though

subject2load

Personally I have always found the bar a pleasant enough diversion during the longer flights ; but not - in itself - a reason to choose EK over other options.

m3red

It's a reason to pick the 380 over the 77w though!