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Turicus Nov 20, 2013 8:02 am
Originally Posted by DXBFlyer (Post 21819358)
powdered milk
A couple of years ago there was a scare that the powdered milk in Bangladesh was not halal, so everyone was bringing 3-5 5kg cans of it from duty free. :rolleyes:

DXBFlyer Nov 20, 2013 8:27 am
Originally Posted by Turicus (Post 21819494)
A couple of years ago there was a scare that the powdered milk in Bangladesh was not halal, so everyone was bringing 3-5 5kg cans of it from duty free. :rolleyes:
Oh well then...why stop at 5kg, bring 10! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

steveon1 Nov 20, 2013 12:17 pm
Am I missing a reference? The title references lice at a gate (yuk), but I see no discussion of lice in the thread.

HelloKittysMum Nov 20, 2013 12:52 pm
Originally Posted by m3red (Post 21817214)
Originally Posted by anxiousone (Post 21814266)
So, i thought i was over this... guess not. Duty free woodford reserve not helping!!

I was revenue 1X on a recent EK773 from CPT to DXB. Boarding is separated by queue between the Y crowd and the 'elites'. there was a clear queue in the elite line 10 mins prior to boarding, but DYKWIAs (including platinums) just couldn't bother to queue... first time i have seen this at a dedicated priority boarding line, and ground staff couldn't be bothered...

separating me from my DOM by even a minute is not cool!!

... did i mention NO DOM on the ground.... :mad::td:
They don't open dom on the ground for tax reasons etc.

Boarding at remote stations is a shambles. In face when I flew dxb jnb in j it was also a zoo having to queue with all economy pax! How terrible ;)
Oh I have been Known to just walk to the front ofqueue and say the lounge sat us down-is this the priority boarding ?

And get away with it !

quickben Nov 20, 2013 1:50 pm
Originally Posted by steveon1 (Post 21821145)
Am I missing a reference? The title references lice at a gate (yuk), but I see no discussion of lice in the thread.
Unlike EK771 on 11th - we were reallocated from 1E/1F to 3E/3F for no apparent reason as F not full probably pax in 1A wanting to have his g/f across aisle from him. After 5 reboots of ICE eventually got it working then the real bugbear - both partner and I found we had multiple insect bites on legs and back. Now awaiting customer services feedback on our complaint. So CPT lice do seem to exist

ghostwrita Nov 21, 2013 12:32 am
So you actually got treatment for lice?

DXBFlyer Nov 21, 2013 12:34 am
Ghost - you didn't think those sprays were for airborne insects did u? :p :D

ukdoctor Nov 21, 2013 12:38 am
Originally Posted by quickben (Post 21821801)
Unlike EK771 on 11th - we were reallocated from 1E/1F to 3E/3F for no apparent reason as F not full probably pax in 1A wanting to have his g/f across aisle from him. After 5 reboots of ICE eventually got it working then the real bugbear - both partner and I found we had multiple insect bites on legs and back. Now awaiting customer services feedback on our complaint. So CPT lice do seem to exist
Those are not gate lice. I think you have been bitten by 'Seat Lice'.:D

quickben Nov 26, 2013 5:40 am
Trying to decide if we got a "lice" outcome - offered 45k mikes for the inconvenience of seat moves and ICE failures and a cursory apology for the insect life...

m3red Nov 26, 2013 6:30 am
Originally Posted by quickben (Post 21856328)
Trying to decide if we got a "lice" outcome - offered 45k mikes for the inconvenience of seat moves and ICE failures and a cursory apology for the insect life...
sounds like good compensation - care to elaborate what happened and what you asked of EK?

ukdoctor Nov 26, 2013 12:50 pm
Originally Posted by quickben (Post 21821801)
Unlike EK771 on 11th - we were reallocated from 1E/1F to 3E/3F for no apparent reason as F not full probably pax in 1A wanting to have his g/f across aisle from him. After 5 reboots of ICE eventually got it working then the real bugbear - both partner and I found we had multiple insect bites on legs and back. Now awaiting customer services feedback on our complaint. So CPT lice do seem to exist
I suspect bedbugs. They are quite rampant even in luxury hotels.(See link below) I would assume that airline seats will not be an exception either . Even if they are periodically treated the aircraft fly all over the world anyway.Quite easy for those critters to hide in the corners.

http://registry.bedbugs.net/hotels/. I've been bitten at a London ' luxury ' hotel once.

Edited to add

Similar story on BA as well

http://www.businessinsider.com/zane-...airways-2011-2


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