First time in J- few questions
Nov 8, 2016, 2:31 am
#31
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Europe
Programs: EK plat, ex-FB gold, Accor plat
Posts: 1,076
Nov 8, 2016, 8:59 am
#32
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
On my last flight in F there was a man at the bar who had his F PJ's and slippers with a Jacket on.
Looked even more weird than just a PJ and slippers.
There are some pax (especially women) who come to the bar barefoot after visiting the toilets. I don't think they are aware how dirty the toilet floor is after an hour or two of the flight.
Looked even more weird than just a PJ and slippers.
There are some pax (especially women) who come to the bar barefoot after visiting the toilets. I don't think they are aware how dirty the toilet floor is after an hour or two of the flight.
Nov 8, 2016, 10:51 am
#33
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: USA
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 812
My first and only flights on Emirates were LHR-DXB-CMB-DXB-LHR in Y in 1998 with the ex Mrs Capin. All sectors were 777s.
I thought Emirates were utterly fantastic, we had a stop over in DXB for 3 days and stayed in the newly opened Jumeirah beach hotel and had a tour of the Burj. The flights on Emirates were the first time I had seen exterior cameras and I think it was my first flight with in seat IFE. Crew were great, service was great, food was great. I got a job working for BA in 1999 and flew with them almost exclusively on staff travel (who wouldn't??) for the next ten years. The years rolled by and more recently I have been flying with BA with work and tend to use QR for my personal travel if I can with a Cathay first ultra long haul sector (ORD-HKG) coming up in May 2017 nearly all paid for with Avios.
I'm heading LHR-BKK on Friday week. I was looking for a good value J, QR (all in dollars) were 3.5K, BA 4K (ridiculous), Eva 3K, Thai 2.2K and I grabbed myself a QF/EK ticket for just over the $2K. For the first time in a few years, I am dead excited, I'm really looking forward to flying EK in J and seeing what they are like and how thing may have changed over the last (almost) 20 years.
I thought Emirates were utterly fantastic, we had a stop over in DXB for 3 days and stayed in the newly opened Jumeirah beach hotel and had a tour of the Burj. The flights on Emirates were the first time I had seen exterior cameras and I think it was my first flight with in seat IFE. Crew were great, service was great, food was great. I got a job working for BA in 1999 and flew with them almost exclusively on staff travel (who wouldn't??) for the next ten years. The years rolled by and more recently I have been flying with BA with work and tend to use QR for my personal travel if I can with a Cathay first ultra long haul sector (ORD-HKG) coming up in May 2017 nearly all paid for with Avios.
I'm heading LHR-BKK on Friday week. I was looking for a good value J, QR (all in dollars) were 3.5K, BA 4K (ridiculous), Eva 3K, Thai 2.2K and I grabbed myself a QF/EK ticket for just over the $2K. For the first time in a few years, I am dead excited, I'm really looking forward to flying EK in J and seeing what they are like and how thing may have changed over the last (almost) 20 years.
Nov 8, 2016, 7:56 pm
#34
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
My first and only flights on Emirates were LHR-DXB-CMB-DXB-LHR in Y in 1998 with the ex Mrs Capin. All sectors were 777s.
I thought Emirates were utterly fantastic, we had a stop over in DXB for 3 days and stayed in the newly opened Jumeirah beach hotel and had a tour of the Burj. The flights on Emirates were the first time I had seen exterior cameras and I think it was my first flight with in seat IFE. Crew were great, service was great, food was great. I got a job working for BA in 1999 and flew with them almost exclusively on staff travel (who wouldn't??) for the next ten years. The years rolled by and more recently I have been flying with BA with work and tend to use QR for my personal travel if I can with a Cathay first ultra long haul sector (ORD-HKG) coming up in May 2017 nearly all paid for with Avios.
I'm heading LHR-BKK on Friday week. I was looking for a good value J, QR (all in dollars) were 3.5K, BA 4K (ridiculous), Eva 3K, Thai 2.2K and I grabbed myself a QF/EK ticket for just over the $2K. For the first time in a few years, I am dead excited, I'm really looking forward to flying EK in J and seeing what they are like and how thing may have changed over the last (almost) 20 years.
I thought Emirates were utterly fantastic, we had a stop over in DXB for 3 days and stayed in the newly opened Jumeirah beach hotel and had a tour of the Burj. The flights on Emirates were the first time I had seen exterior cameras and I think it was my first flight with in seat IFE. Crew were great, service was great, food was great. I got a job working for BA in 1999 and flew with them almost exclusively on staff travel (who wouldn't??) for the next ten years. The years rolled by and more recently I have been flying with BA with work and tend to use QR for my personal travel if I can with a Cathay first ultra long haul sector (ORD-HKG) coming up in May 2017 nearly all paid for with Avios.
I'm heading LHR-BKK on Friday week. I was looking for a good value J, QR (all in dollars) were 3.5K, BA 4K (ridiculous), Eva 3K, Thai 2.2K and I grabbed myself a QF/EK ticket for just over the $2K. For the first time in a few years, I am dead excited, I'm really looking forward to flying EK in J and seeing what they are like and how thing may have changed over the last (almost) 20 years.
Nov 8, 2016, 8:17 pm
#35
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: US Air, UA BA LH AI DELTA MARRIOTT CHOICE SGP
Posts: 9,883
I always change into my EK,BA,Gulf or Thai F PJ's (whatever I have packed) when ever I fly in J on day and night flights. I normally change before take-off.
I do it , not to look cool (I look a prat) but for comfort and to ensure my travelling clothes are clean and fresh-the pj's having taken the spillage from the fizz and food
SS
I do it , not to look cool (I look a prat) but for comfort and to ensure my travelling clothes are clean and fresh-the pj's having taken the spillage from the fizz and food
SS
Nov 9, 2016, 1:57 am
#36
Ambassador: Emirates
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: UK/AU
Programs: QF P1 + LTS, EK Gold, BAEC Gold, QR Gold, IHG Ambassador
Posts: 1,149
My first and only flights on Emirates were LHR-DXB-CMB-DXB-LHR in Y in 1998 with the ex Mrs Capin. All sectors were 777s.
I thought Emirates were utterly fantastic, we had a stop over in DXB for 3 days and stayed in the newly opened Jumeirah beach hotel and had a tour of the Burj. The flights on Emirates were the first time I had seen exterior cameras and I think it was my first flight with in seat IFE. Crew were great, service was great, food was great. I got a job working for BA in 1999 and flew with them almost exclusively on staff travel (who wouldn't??) for the next ten years. The years rolled by and more recently I have been flying with BA with work and tend to use QR for my personal travel if I can with a Cathay first ultra long haul sector (ORD-HKG) coming up in May 2017 nearly all paid for with Avios.
I'm heading LHR-BKK on Friday week. I was looking for a good value J, QR (all in dollars) were 3.5K, BA 4K (ridiculous), Eva 3K, Thai 2.2K and I grabbed myself a QF/EK ticket for just over the $2K. For the first time in a few years, I am dead excited, I'm really looking forward to flying EK in J and seeing what they are like and how thing may have changed over the last (almost) 20 years.
I thought Emirates were utterly fantastic, we had a stop over in DXB for 3 days and stayed in the newly opened Jumeirah beach hotel and had a tour of the Burj. The flights on Emirates were the first time I had seen exterior cameras and I think it was my first flight with in seat IFE. Crew were great, service was great, food was great. I got a job working for BA in 1999 and flew with them almost exclusively on staff travel (who wouldn't??) for the next ten years. The years rolled by and more recently I have been flying with BA with work and tend to use QR for my personal travel if I can with a Cathay first ultra long haul sector (ORD-HKG) coming up in May 2017 nearly all paid for with Avios.
I'm heading LHR-BKK on Friday week. I was looking for a good value J, QR (all in dollars) were 3.5K, BA 4K (ridiculous), Eva 3K, Thai 2.2K and I grabbed myself a QF/EK ticket for just over the $2K. For the first time in a few years, I am dead excited, I'm really looking forward to flying EK in J and seeing what they are like and how thing may have changed over the last (almost) 20 years.
Nov 10, 2016, 7:25 pm
#37
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: Skywards Blue :-(, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, GHA Platinum
Posts: 2,531
I suspect that they board the aircraft with heels or some other uncomfortable shoes and then take it off mid flight perhaps.
Never seen a man going barefoot to the toilet (though plenty with socks on) in all the time I've spent at the J bar.
Never seen a man going barefoot to the toilet (though plenty with socks on) in all the time I've spent at the J bar.
Nov 25, 2016, 5:39 pm
#38
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: USA
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 812
I was blown away by EK - J on the A380. They are just as good as my favourite airline, QR. The food and drink was great, the seat was really comfy, service was great. Really, really impressed!! I'm flying back home tonight so I hope they are just as good.
As a side note, QF - not bad at all, much better than expected.
I would suggest that people who generally think that EK J is not excellent need to fly a few BA CW sectors.
As a side note, QF - not bad at all, much better than expected.
I would suggest that people who generally think that EK J is not excellent need to fly a few BA CW sectors.
Nov 27, 2016, 1:07 am
#39
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Hoosier in Dubai
Programs: EK Gold, UA Platinum, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 576
Earlier this year I had a flight to Chicago in J and one of my co-passengers just had his boxers and a shirt on as he walked to the toilet. I was really upset I didn't have my camera with me for that one.
Nov 30, 2016, 9:26 am
#40
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: US of A
Programs: Delta Diamond, United 1K, BA Blue, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,775
Is EK J very good? Yes, I would say so. However, as 4 flights (all on A380s) in the past fortnight showed, they are not amazing:
- Slow service for those down the back of the J cabin (why can't they divvy it up into halves and cater at the same pace?)
- Did not get chocolates towards the end of every flight
- Hot towel after the meal is a bit hit and miss, in that I did not always get one
- Told that I could not have my tablet on my lap during take-off
- Inconsistency of the hard product: sometimes the power plug is by your eyes and sometimes it's by your feet, sometimes there is a cubby hole under your feet and sometimes there isn't one
- Undercatered on the first choice main (it was obvious even to me that it was the most appealing dish of the 3), so had to get the fish
- Wine list is not always given. While they tried to describe the wines to me, I had to insist quite firmly on reading it myself
- Warm nuts sometimes given and sometimes not
- No proactive "let me take your jacket, sir"
- While the window seats have lots of storage space, one of the compartments simply would not open up and I was glad that I moved my stuff to the other one while I could
- When I ask for water, I was told to use the Voss bottle in my bar
- During one of the flights, one lavatory ran out of paper towels by the time I went in, so they do not seem to check it often enough
- Sometimes you can board from the EK's own lounge and sometimes you cannot
- The crew insists on collecting the blankets before landing even though I used it to keep my feet warm
- Touchscreen on ICE is sometimes mis-calibrated and I could not tap the button that would turn off the screen
- J pax should have 500MB of wifi data allowance
- Unless one sits upright, the slide-out table is often uncomfortably low to put a tablet on to watch things after a hefty meal
That's not to say that other carriers would never suffer the same issues, but I just wanted to highlight that EK is by no means immune despite being very good.
Nov 30, 2016, 9:30 am
#41
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
It is easy to be blown away at first impression, especially if one has not had anything that good with other carriers.
Is EK J very good? Yes, I would say so. However, as 4 flights (all on A380s) in the past fortnight showed, they are not amazing:
- Slow service for those down the back of the J cabin (why can't they divvy it up into halves and cater at the same pace?)
- Did not get chocolates towards the end of every flight
- Hot towel after the meal is a bit hit and miss, in that I did not always get one
- Told that I could not have my tablet on my lap during take-off
- Inconsistency of the hard product: sometimes the power plug is by your eyes and sometimes it's by your feet, sometimes there is a cubby hole under your feet and sometimes there isn't one
- Undercatered on the first choice main (it was obvious even to me that it was the most appealing dish of the 3), so had to get the fish
- Wine list is not always given. While they tried to describe the wines to me, I had to insist quite firmly on reading it myself
- Warm nuts sometimes given and sometimes not
- No proactive "let me take your jacket, sir"
- While the window seats have lots of storage space, one of the compartments simply would not open up and I was glad that I moved my stuff to the other one while I could
- When I ask for water, I was told to use the Voss bottle in my bar
- During one of the flights, one lavatory ran out of paper towels by the time I went in, so they do not seem to check it often enough
- Sometimes you can board from the EK's own lounge and sometimes you cannot
- The crew insists on collecting the blankets before landing even though I used it to keep my feet warm
- Touchscreen on ICE is sometimes mis-calibrated and I could not tap the button that would turn off the screen
- J pax should have 500MB of wifi data allowance
- Unless one sits upright, the slide-out table is often uncomfortably low to put a tablet on to watch things after a hefty meal
That's not to say that other carriers would never suffer the same issues, but I just wanted to highlight that EK is by no means immune despite being very good.
Is EK J very good? Yes, I would say so. However, as 4 flights (all on A380s) in the past fortnight showed, they are not amazing:
- Slow service for those down the back of the J cabin (why can't they divvy it up into halves and cater at the same pace?)
- Did not get chocolates towards the end of every flight
- Hot towel after the meal is a bit hit and miss, in that I did not always get one
- Told that I could not have my tablet on my lap during take-off
- Inconsistency of the hard product: sometimes the power plug is by your eyes and sometimes it's by your feet, sometimes there is a cubby hole under your feet and sometimes there isn't one
- Undercatered on the first choice main (it was obvious even to me that it was the most appealing dish of the 3), so had to get the fish
- Wine list is not always given. While they tried to describe the wines to me, I had to insist quite firmly on reading it myself
- Warm nuts sometimes given and sometimes not
- No proactive "let me take your jacket, sir"
- While the window seats have lots of storage space, one of the compartments simply would not open up and I was glad that I moved my stuff to the other one while I could
- When I ask for water, I was told to use the Voss bottle in my bar
- During one of the flights, one lavatory ran out of paper towels by the time I went in, so they do not seem to check it often enough
- Sometimes you can board from the EK's own lounge and sometimes you cannot
- The crew insists on collecting the blankets before landing even though I used it to keep my feet warm
- Touchscreen on ICE is sometimes mis-calibrated and I could not tap the button that would turn off the screen
- J pax should have 500MB of wifi data allowance
- Unless one sits upright, the slide-out table is often uncomfortably low to put a tablet on to watch things after a hefty meal
That's not to say that other carriers would never suffer the same issues, but I just wanted to highlight that EK is by no means immune despite being very good.
There's a bottle of water at your seat, makes perfect sense that they would point this out to you when you ask for some. And poor you having to pay $1 for 500MB of data...
Nov 30, 2016, 10:03 am
#42
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: US of A
Programs: Delta Diamond, United 1K, BA Blue, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,775
What are the safety regulations when, on 3 out of 4 flights that I took, the crew could not give a monkey's about me watching stuff? And the same crew member didn't say a peep when we were coming in to land and I had it out again on my lap.
As for the blanket, what are the safety risks for me to have it in the footrest area?
Would I prefer to always board from the lounge? Yes, absolutely. It makes for a better experience than leaving the lounge to navigate stairs and escalators to funnel into the gate area where everyone else is.
As for the "poor me" comment, one can flip that on its side: given how little it costs for 500MB of data, is it really too stingy for EK to provide that much without paying extra? People are often funny about spending $1 on an app for their phone, so it's not as simple as it looks...
Nov 30, 2016, 10:08 am
#43
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
You may think they are riduculous, but those who like a premium experience would pick up on them.
What are the safety regulations when, on 3 out of 4 flights that I took, the crew could not give a monkey's about me watching stuff? And the same crew member didn't say a peep when we were coming in to land and I had it out again on my lap.
As for the blanket, what are the safety risks for me to have it in the footrest area?
Would I prefer to always board from the lounge? Yes, absolutely. It makes for a better experience than leaving the lounge to navigate stairs and escalators to funnel into the gate area where everyone else is.
If pax are expected to use the mini-bar water first, why are they served water with their meal?
As for the "poor me" comment, one can flip that on its side: given how little it costs for 500MB of data, is it really too stingy for EK to provide that much without paying extra? People are often funny about spending $1 on an app for their phone, so it's not as simple as it looks...
What are the safety regulations when, on 3 out of 4 flights that I took, the crew could not give a monkey's about me watching stuff? And the same crew member didn't say a peep when we were coming in to land and I had it out again on my lap.
As for the blanket, what are the safety risks for me to have it in the footrest area?
Would I prefer to always board from the lounge? Yes, absolutely. It makes for a better experience than leaving the lounge to navigate stairs and escalators to funnel into the gate area where everyone else is.
If pax are expected to use the mini-bar water first, why are they served water with their meal?
As for the "poor me" comment, one can flip that on its side: given how little it costs for 500MB of data, is it really too stingy for EK to provide that much without paying extra? People are often funny about spending $1 on an app for their phone, so it's not as simple as it looks...
I promise you the cost to EK is >$1/500MB. It's subsidised.
Nov 30, 2016, 10:34 am
#44
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: US of A
Programs: Delta Diamond, United 1K, BA Blue, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,775
What you can use at any time when switched to flight mode only:
(Putting your device in flight mode means all the transmitting services like Wi-Fi, GSM, GPRS/EDGE and Bluetooth are off.)
Mobile phones
Tablets, for example, iPads and Kindles
E-readers
Electronic games, for example Nintendo DS
Bluetooth devices
(Putting your device in flight mode means all the transmitting services like Wi-Fi, GSM, GPRS/EDGE and Bluetooth are off.)
Mobile phones
Tablets, for example, iPads and Kindles
E-readers
Electronic games, for example Nintendo DS
Bluetooth devices
Last edited by techie; Nov 30, 2016 at 10:50 am
Nov 30, 2016, 12:20 pm
#45
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: USA
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 812
It is easy to be blown away at first impression, especially if one has not had anything that good with other carriers.
Is EK J very good? Yes, I would say so. However, as 4 flights (all on A380s) in the past fortnight showed, they are not amazing:
- Slow service for those down the back of the J cabin (why can't they divvy it up into halves and cater at the same pace?)
- Did not get chocolates towards the end of every flight
- Hot towel after the meal is a bit hit and miss, in that I did not always get one
- Told that I could not have my tablet on my lap during take-off
- Inconsistency of the hard product: sometimes the power plug is by your eyes and sometimes it's by your feet, sometimes there is a cubby hole under your feet and sometimes there isn't one
- Undercatered on the first choice main (it was obvious even to me that it was the most appealing dish of the 3), so had to get the fish
- Wine list is not always given. While they tried to describe the wines to me, I had to insist quite firmly on reading it myself
- Warm nuts sometimes given and sometimes not
- No proactive "let me take your jacket, sir"
- While the window seats have lots of storage space, one of the compartments simply would not open up and I was glad that I moved my stuff to the other one while I could
- When I ask for water, I was told to use the Voss bottle in my bar
- During one of the flights, one lavatory ran out of paper towels by the time I went in, so they do not seem to check it often enough
- Sometimes you can board from the EK's own lounge and sometimes you cannot
- The crew insists on collecting the blankets before landing even though I used it to keep my feet warm
- Touchscreen on ICE is sometimes mis-calibrated and I could not tap the button that would turn off the screen
- J pax should have 500MB of wifi data allowance
- Unless one sits upright, the slide-out table is often uncomfortably low to put a tablet on to watch things after a hefty meal
That's not to say that other carriers would never suffer the same issues, but I just wanted to highlight that EK is by no means immune despite being very good.
Is EK J very good? Yes, I would say so. However, as 4 flights (all on A380s) in the past fortnight showed, they are not amazing:
- Slow service for those down the back of the J cabin (why can't they divvy it up into halves and cater at the same pace?)
- Did not get chocolates towards the end of every flight
- Hot towel after the meal is a bit hit and miss, in that I did not always get one
- Told that I could not have my tablet on my lap during take-off
- Inconsistency of the hard product: sometimes the power plug is by your eyes and sometimes it's by your feet, sometimes there is a cubby hole under your feet and sometimes there isn't one
- Undercatered on the first choice main (it was obvious even to me that it was the most appealing dish of the 3), so had to get the fish
- Wine list is not always given. While they tried to describe the wines to me, I had to insist quite firmly on reading it myself
- Warm nuts sometimes given and sometimes not
- No proactive "let me take your jacket, sir"
- While the window seats have lots of storage space, one of the compartments simply would not open up and I was glad that I moved my stuff to the other one while I could
- When I ask for water, I was told to use the Voss bottle in my bar
- During one of the flights, one lavatory ran out of paper towels by the time I went in, so they do not seem to check it often enough
- Sometimes you can board from the EK's own lounge and sometimes you cannot
- The crew insists on collecting the blankets before landing even though I used it to keep my feet warm
- Touchscreen on ICE is sometimes mis-calibrated and I could not tap the button that would turn off the screen
- J pax should have 500MB of wifi data allowance
- Unless one sits upright, the slide-out table is often uncomfortably low to put a tablet on to watch things after a hefty meal
That's not to say that other carriers would never suffer the same issues, but I just wanted to highlight that EK is by no means immune despite being very good.
1. QR
2. EK
3. EY
4. QF
5. UA
6. AA
7. BA
You are right though, If you are used to QR then you may think, "Meh!!" about Emirates. If you are used to BA then you are going to be blown away.