ukdoctor

I have been using BA and QR over the last year. In fact I have just gone down to silver on EK due to less travel but should go back to gold in a month.

Every airline has problems and If exclusively flying between the middle East and the UK both BA and QR are fine . However EK has the upper hand in terms of connections to the subcontinent from the UK.
I'm stuck with LGW (which I love ) or MAN ( I try to avoid due to the airport. Northerners are very nice people m3red ,DYKWIA please note but I suspect the airport is staffed exclusively by people with special needs). Since I have to fly in to either of these airports before onward travel . LHR is not an option as I can't fly there directly .


I did try BA a few times from LHR to DEL. Its good as its direct but the cabin interior is very drab compared to EK . I have come to the conclusion that I do like a bit of bling after all.
Looks like my Love hate relationship with EK is going to continue .

ukdoctor

Prime example was in T3 security at MAN last week. Only one metal detector queue but 3 queues for cabin bags. Took 40 minutes to clear security !!!!. Not on EK and it was an internal flight on flybe.

MAN makes DEL security checks look good. LPL used to be bad but they have got their act together now.

StublueKPL

Still no reply.

Shocking customer service (and may I add my wife is cabin crew with Ek for ten years and she thinks it's disgraceful).

I also emailed skywards. No reply

DYKWIA

We were dreading T1 MAN security last week after a few newspaper reports. There was no queue at all, and we were through in 5 minutes. In the lounge 45 minutes before I'd anticipated.

Not been through T3 for a while though.

m3red

it really is hit and miss...sometimes it is a bomb site othertimes its fine.

Xmas and skiing time is a horror show.