Originally Posted by 9wings (Post 27535267)

I think my alliance status on the left proves that wrong.

And no I'm not saying people with more experience are wrong either. I'm just saying we can agree to disagree on certain things I find lacking with EK. :)

Originally Posted by m3red (Post 27535410)

Silver? You can get that with one return trip!

Originally Posted by 9wings (Post 27534935)

I don't have a Flightradar24 sub. If you (or someone) has one, please check EK8 at 9:05 AM from LHR to DXB on Friday the 7th of October. Then we'll all know how creaky old my plane was! Ta.

Originally Posted by skywardhunter (Post 27535428)

I got *A Gold from a status match a few months ago on TK. Haven't flown TK in 10 years! :D

Originally Posted by m3red (Post 27535410)

Silver? You can get that with one return trip!

Originally Posted by thijsseh (Post 27535472)

EK8 on 7/10/2016 was A6-EDV.
First flight was 28/10/2011, delivered to EK 30/07/2012

Originally Posted by msm2000uk (Post 27535485)

See the comments I made in my lengthy post #15.

M

Originally Posted by 9wings (Post 27535254)

The last Y class I flew on TK between IST and LHR was three months old. Perhaps because you sit a lot closer to said little screen it APPEARS of better resolution. :) Without seeing these side by side I can't say. I'll maintain that to my eyes all the screens I've had on EK in Y, J and F were of iffy resolution. Perhaps just how my eyes focus. Or don't.

I read your first reply as impying all EK screens are superior to anything else. Apologies if I misread that statement... but I've learnt quickly on this forum that within each airline forum you can say anything and the stalwarts that only believe in said airlines will not agree with whatever you state. Just how Apple people see Apple products with their own special pair of blinkers. Nothing wrong with that per se. You just need to read things with filters on I guess.

As to my statement on limited movie choice. I stand corrected. If you can now also see women's bare breasts on an EK flight then well, what can I say. In my experience I've struggled to find things to watch. And no I have varied taste in my movies and I'm not just after some obscure form of German leather clad 1970s stuff. :) Having a huge back catalogue is fine, but when you can't find new things to watch, my default reaction is "limited choice". I don't care about the 2,000 movies I could have chosen if I wanted to watch old stuff.

But back OT: do I tell the story of how the YC crew member brought in from Y to the JF bar tried to make me a Martini in a whiskey glass, with a double shot of Martini and an oily olive? :) I stopped him when he was about to add a dash of gin... Bless. I later heard he doesn't drink and also stored the red wine in an ice bucket. The Irish FA that told me this at least made my second Martini with the correct proportions of gin and with a cocktail olive suitable to submerge in said gin drink.

Oops that was not OT. OK worst thing about the visit to the bar was there was an F passenger in there on a DAY FLIGHT wearing his PJs and slippers and talking very loudly. How crass. :)

Originally Posted by skywardhunter (Post 27535554)

Sorry, I don't see the connection?

Originally Posted by msm2000uk (Post 27535807)

In terms of the TK status-match ;)

M

Originally Posted by m3red (Post 27535410)

Silver? You can get that with one return trip!

Originally Posted by Saltire74 (Post 27536400)

I was Skywards Silver and had never stepped foot on an Emirates Aircraft in my flying life. Felt a bit cringey when the crew member welcomed me back on my first ever flight with them.

S

Originally Posted by Saltire74 (Post 27536400)

I was Skywards Silver and had never stepped foot on an Emirates Aircraft in my flying life. Felt a bit cringey when the crew member welcomed me back on my first ever flight with them.

S

Originally Posted by vytas315 (Post 27536444)

Same here :) Awkward!