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Old Jun 11, 2019, 2:06 pm
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thijsseh
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Originally Posted by Gig103
No lounge access on a business class ticket is as chintzy as British Airways charging for seat-assignments in business class. To me, some things are just expected based on the majority of airline business class products (since airport transportation isn't on that list, I don't begrudge that loss). I guess elites won't care (just as they don't care on BA re: seats), and people with Priority Pass might care less, but it does mean Emirates is delivering an inferior product now in some aspects (in contrast to how the car transport was added to it being a superior product).
Well, it seems that seat selection is ‘restricted ‘. So this new fare bucket is closer to the BA offering than you think.
All we need now is ‘no access to the on board lounge’ (on the A380) or ‘middle seat only’ (on the 77W) as well as ‘limited choice of meal options’ and we have eclipsed BA. Bah!



Last edited by thijsseh; Jun 11, 2019 at 2:41 pm Reason: added comment about meal choices
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