My most pleasant experience on EK this year followed directly after a real low for me personally. My wife I had gone back to the UK for my mother's funeral and to sort out her house. On the last leg of our return BHX - DXB - PER we were going through the checkout gate on to the aircraft.
The chap checking the boarding passes did a bit of fiddling on his keyboard and tore our J class tickets up. "Giving you a better seat" he said. "Well, I chose those myself and was quite happy" I thought. He gave us seats in F - suites on the 777 - you beauty. The staff were just great and the FA, Charmaine, looked after me above and beyond the call of duty when she learned of my passion for wine. The whole wine thing evolved and I finished with 5 glasses on my table and I took a photo of them (yes, they still had some wine left in them for later tasting). Some time after getting back home I decided to get a T-shirt with the photo copied on the front which is now a constant reminder of that journey and hope for upgrades on future flights.
Johnny