Originally Posted by didoob

Did my first Y in a long time IKA to DXB on Wednesday night. Iranian new year, busiest time of year, and booked late so no combination of love, money or points could get me anything but a Y seat.

It was a new and interesting experience. The seat is nice enough, the ICE is the same, but on a small screen, no recognition, and in fact not even offered a drink of anything. But that was fine, the flight was so full, the staff were so busy, and I was shocked at the demands being made with the expectations of Y passengers. I approached my fate with stoic dignity, it was not going to be great, but I would get what I paid for, an economy seat from Tehran to Dubai-safely. The food thrown in was tasty. I didn't get much else, but I didn't pay for anything else.

I never realized cabin crew worked this hard in Y. I also had no idea so many y pax think they are so special, expect something more than safe passage on a cheap flight, and why they think they are deserving of special treatment. I mean, there is one meal choice (lamb and rice), it was actually quite nice, but why did every passenger need to hear a description of what the meal was. The FAs had only described it eight times to the eight adjacent passengers before offering to you. And it was a short flight, they don't have time to indulge people.

I guess my point is we need to be good passengers as much as EK need to be good cabin crew. I got no welcome back, nothing special, but for the price of the Y ticket I paid, I expected to get to Dubai safely, with anything additional a bonus. I was the minority, most of the Y cabin seemed to want the additional included and made their dissatisfaction known when they did not get more than what they paid for. Well done Emirates staff for handling a plane full of difficult and demanding passengers well, under relentless pressure.

Going back tomorrow in J, am sure all will be good again. And if a I am a Plat in the back again, I shall do my best to be a good passenger, I am sure this allows flight attendants to do their job better, and all passengers will get a more consistent experience.