Originally Posted by
skywardhunter
I always find when I haven't flown EK for a few weeks and see an EK aircraft at a remote location that there is a longing to be on it. E.g. passing through BKK onto 6e (Indigo, Indian LCC) and seeing the EK A380 on the tarmac.
Sure you'll be back soon
DME is one of the better value EK routes, so maybe reconsider the routing, it's got some of the highest mile per cent earning fares (but not sure about GLA originating flights to DME).
I used to be like that with BA but it has lost that 'attraction' now. They have went downhill but I'm not at the stage where I'm saying "never again".
I have been been looking at EK from DME for my Indonesia trip later in the year so still a possibility but will have dropped to Silver by then but the J class price was decent (£1200). We'll see.
Originally Posted by
subject2load
Hi there Saltire74 - I can empathise with your sentiments, as I too haven't been on an EK aircraft for a while now. I sometimes get a little emotional whenever I spot one from my window seat, parked up (say, just after I've touched down somewhere in the world), or positioning itself in the take-off queue, ahead of or behind me, so to speak.
My former loyalty to EK has been interrupted by a prolonged spell with OW carriers, notably QR, CX - and, just recently, MH too. I came to find that, in broad terms, the OW benefits can prove more generous / useful where earn & burn rates and lounge privileges are concerned, than the more restricted Skywards programme. Plus, all three of those carriers mentioned have served me very well, thus helping to soften the blow of missing Emirates. Malaysia in particular were a very pleasant surprise - if only because I was apprehensive as to just how much of their former 'quality' might still be in evidence, given the well-documented difficulties they have been wrestling with ever since the horrendous double tragedy. Those difficulties certainly do still exist ; but my own experiences of their current A380 product from LHR to KUL (in F), and then onwards to Australia (in J, A330) were very positive overall.
Where I must sympathise with you - and I really, really do !! - is that you have been forced by circumstances to date BA after a close relationship with EK. And that must hurt. At least I can mostly avoid BA for all long-haul stuff (except just occasionally to the Americas) and tolerate them, when necessary, for s/haul within Europe. But there is of course not a single aspect of BA service - whether on the ground or in the air - that equals (let alone surpasses !!) that offered by Emirates. And so I feel for you ...... believe me.
This is where my conundrum lays. The Oneworld benefits are good, but I will lose my OWS status later this year. It is extremely helpful in the main for extra luggage (2 x32kg) and of course, lounge access and seat selection. So renewing Silver (on another OW airline) would be very beneficial to me.
Originally Posted by
eternaltransit
I haven't been flying for a few weeks now so am apprehensive about my SPML challenge...
Good luck with that one
etenaltransit.
Originally Posted by
Metanoia
Originally Posted by
kq747
I'll be honest, I've had this on my iTunes for about 6 years now. It's my relaxing/go to my happy place music; my happy place being on an airplane with a drink in hand staring out the window
Got that on my laptop. Full blast at times and in agreement that it does have the ' taking me to a happy place' effect
Glad I'm not the only one who feels like this
Safe & Happy Travels
S