Originally Posted by 17thousandkm

Just arrived in AKL from MEL. Travelled in First with EK for the first time, on the A340-500 in a private suite.

Have to say, not really worth it for the short (3.5 hour) flight but I did make every effort to extract maximum possible value for money, getting well and truly stuck into the Dom and removing from the suite (and FC loo) pretty much everything not fastened down.

On a long-haul night-time flight I reckon the suite would be absolutely lovely as it's cosy, private and has a lie flat bed.

There is room for improvement though, I would have liked to see some less fussy options on the a-la-carte breakfast menu: individual items such as eggs, bacon, grilled tomato etc would have been nice, rather than the fusspot combinations they offer.

Also, EK could have got major brownie points by noting that I'd ordered a GF special meal and taking the initiative to place gluten free snacks in the snack basket, rather than just the standard ones which were almost all unsuitable.