Originally Posted by
amolkold
^ Eagerly awaiting the rest of this report. I'm hoping that a trip to South Asia very soon will force me to fly the HKG-BKK route on EK F (i.e., the poor man's route to having a shower at 35K feet
).
Thanks
amolkold, it's posted, hope that you like it. It's certainly worth doing, not many people can say that they've had that experience!
Originally Posted by
ung1
Another excellent report! Thanks for sharing
Thanks
ung1! Let's hope that Sir
eightblack approves too.
Originally Posted by
ung1
The cabin actually has 14 Suites, not 16. They're in a 1-2-1 layout, but the window has 4 rows while the center has 3 rows.
oops. Duly noted and changed, thanks!
Originally Posted by
ung1
About not being offered a choice of drinks on boarding - they'll get you anything you want. Most airlines do water/ orange juice/ champagne, but you can ask for a cappuccino and they'll whip one up for you.
Makes sense, thanks. I guess that I'm too used to the 'Champagne, water, orange juice' routine. I'm learning that on Emirates, you have to ask questions, because the answer will not be forthcoming from the crew, as in "what can I order?".
Originally Posted by
ung1
I don't know if you've already flown your return segment, but any preferences between the A and K seats?
I'm an A person, simply because being left handed, I like to have things on my left hand side. However, the biggest difference for me was being in row 3 on the way back versus row 2 on the way out. In 3 you are much closer to the galley and there is some noise pollution because of it. I did wonder whether the A side got more general foot traffic though, but I'm not 100% sure of that.
Originally Posted by
pdsuk
The gold I can get past, most important to me on long haul is space and privacy -- the EK suite would be the way to go on ultra long haul for those very reasons, indeed this is also when the shower would come into its own.
All in all, I am very pleased to have ticked it off my bucket list and would try EK suites in the future on long haul if the price was right.
Have to agree
pdsuk. I'd certainly fly First again as it was very comfortable. I tried out the 'bed' mode on the way back and it was excellent. I'm not sure that I would choose EK F over say Qantas F on the A380 though, if the prices were similar (unlikely!).