merijn

I have a strange situation while trying to book a flight, hopefully somebody can help me.

I'm trying to book a business class (full fare ticket) flight from DXB to BKK on 13 October.
When i did the booking flight EK-384 was not available for all classes.
This was very strange as the flight is planned with the A380 and it is low season to BKK.
I fly this route every month ( 777 normally ) and normally it is not fully booked in Business Class.
After sending a mail to Emirates they informed me that the flight was not open for booking yet, which is hard to believe as for all other times and dates the flights are normally available for booking.
The two other flights are available but not convenient for me.
Then after a few days i received a mail from Emirates that the flight was available for booking.
As i was on a business trip it took a few days before i could try to book the flight again.
But when i tried to book the flight it was not available again for all classes.
Now Emirates informed me that the flight is fully booked.
As mentioned before the flight is planned for the A380 and in my opinion can't be fully booked.

What is going on here ??
Is it possible that Emirates is planning to downgrade the plane to a 777 and therefore closed the flight as a safety measure ?

ekfb

Hi
I am sorry to inform you, but the flight is fully booked in Business and First, with couple available seats in Economy.
When EK office informed you that the flight is open again, they ment somebody canceled his booking, but meanwhile somebody else booked the canceled seat.
Unfortunately the whole week is fully booked in Business and First. The nearest availability is 20th Oct.
P.S. Aircraft is A380 and yes, 76 seats in Business and 14 seats in First - all booked

merijn

Thanks for the information.
I'm booked on the 08:50 flight with wait listing for the 03:15 flight.
It is strange that everything is fully booked as it is the low season.
Good for emirates I suppose.

sutrakhk

I was on EK385 HKG-BKK on 1 Oct (A380 First flight), all three classes were fully book, I was lucky enough to grab a seat in First Class few days before flight.

Are the A380 is that attractive?

merijn

I'm not confused at all !
I know very well the difference and have flown more then 15 times on the 380 and countless times on the triple 7.
Basically I don't care which plane it is as long I can fly on the EK-384 as this is the most convenient time for me.
In my experience the 380 is being well used but most of the time there are always a few spare seats.
I only talk about Business or First Class as I don’t fly Economy.

I only started the thread because EK-384 was not available for booking and then available and then not available again.
Because all other flight where normally available I was thinking that something else was going on. ( like a possible plane change )

Basil B

One piece of good news is that as of the first of November according to the published time table that there will be two A380 flying DXB to BKK.

ft101

Where did you hear this? The website shows EK384 as an A380, EK418 as a B777-300ER, EK372 as B77-300 and EK374 as either an A330-200 or B777-300.