JMG and Steveben - be VERY, VERY careful! You are likely to be flamed by posters to this site, who find anyone with the audacity to question EK's tactics in changing aircraft. After all, there is nothing in their contract that states that they are obliged to fly the aircraft originally scheduled (duh!)! I do hope that you purchased your flights from EK, like I did when my LAX-DXB aircraft was switched out from an A380 to a 777, with the only 'notification' being a change in arrival time. For those who 'flamed' me for using the term 'executive assistant' - think 'flight attendant' versus 'stewardess'. On this side of the Atlantic, we've not used the word 'stewardess' for decades (unlike our UK bretheren, apparently). Same thing with 'exec assistant' and 'secretary', folks. But, I digress.....