Originally Posted by
MrSoft
Are you a training exercise?
Your sense of special privilege is clearly strong, but alas, none of the facts are on your side.
Perhaps you should chill out a bit, or, alternatively, wear a peg on your nose around DXB. I have been in some smelly airports in my time - but DXB is one of the better ones.
Or is it that you are "just asking for a bit of flexibility"? :-)
I am one of the most flexible and undemanding people, and yes I am always on a training regime, but mostly I do have a very sensitive nose and some smells bother me quite a bit, they make me sneeze. That is why in Dubai I use the lounge immediately.
Originally Posted by
eightblack
I can and do sympathise with you. Can I ask a question? The last 3 trips between CDG and DXB on EK - have they all been in F? If so, you would have accrued 45,000 tier miles (so not far away from Gold).
Yes, they have been in F, am not sure if you followed me from the BA forum, but I really don't follow the mileage thing, someone from EK sent me an email (when I first flew with them) asking me to join their program and I did, but I have not followed up and don't really know how much mileage I have with them
Thank you for your kind welcome, I am a veteran of the BA forum massacres, so am thick skinned, nothing bothers me, I just ignore mean responses. 
And yes I did have a good flight, thank you, I have always had good flights with EK, love their 380s. Have even sent them complimentary comments on their service both on the plane and lounge. The only black spot was the lounge issue today. If I fly them again then I won't bother with the lounges and would go to the hotel, or minimize my lay over at the airport.
Originally Posted by
LovetoTravel83
You could've easily gone in the business lounge without any hassles, it's only a few steps across the F lounge.
We went there, it was way to busy and ended up going to the hotel, I have no problem paying for what I want.
Originally Posted by
ung1
Look, EK's rules are pretty clear and they don't have reason to make an exception for you. If you ask nicely, maybe. But the rules are simple. F pax only. No guests, even if you're Gold, unless perhaps your uncle is the sheikh.
You could have easily gone to the J lounge with your son. For the purposes of your ticket, he is a guest. And don't compare having no status on EK to being a Gold or above on BA. You're going to get little sympathy on here, I'm afraid.
I could be the SHEIKA as well, and I didn't expect any sympathies from anyone, I was just ranting.
Originally Posted by
B747-437B
Just curious whether they also denied you entry to the Business Lounge? It seems that both of you would have been permitted entry there (and also the Gate 122 Lounge). If you were not denied entry, then it was you that made the choice to "divide the family" and not them.
Just sayin'
No I wasn't denied entry to the B lounge, but as I mentioned above, it was way to busy so we went to the hotel. And I don't know the Gate 122 lounge. You have to be from the gulf to understand the nuisance of the "divide the family" comment.
Last edited by Yahillwe; Mar 9, 2011 at 11:40 am