Originally Posted by
harishv79
Thanks. I did end up upgrading using miles the sea-dxb. The crew was awesome. I had my 20 month old with me as lap infant (first time traveling without the mom and that too ultra long haul, was pretty scared ) but upon boarding the purser welcomed us and took us to the cockpit door to introduce the kid to the captain. Was told the kid will have three nannies and they kept that promise. The kid even slept in her own suite.
The dxb -MAA on the 777, wasn't upgraded and ended up in paid J. And felt that the crew was unimpressive at best. Don't travel in J or F ever unless redeeming miles (this is the first time ) and felt that except for the seat and food, it was just the same as Y. Is it typical??
Glad to hear you had a good time.
With regards to the DXB-MAA J service, I think perhaps you might have been a bit negatively biased because of the previous F sector
J service can be variable - I find on the indian turnarounds, because of the sector length service can be a bit more perfunctory than say, an ULH J flight e.g. DXB-USA. EK I think don't try to market their J product as an ultra-luxury F-lite offering, but more of a perfectly adequate mid-tier travel product, instead relying on their network to fill up the seats. I think the 2-3-2 config tells you all you need to know!