Ticked off at EK...
May 6, 2017, 4:02 pm
#47
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 134
I understand that you were inconvenienced due to not having your bags and not having a change of shirt in your hand luggage was a rookie mistake (very much for an experienced traveler as well), but what stopped you from buying new clothes at a mall when you were in Dubai? You were going to spend more than 1000 AED on stuff, surely spending some of that AED on a change of clothes would not only have allowed you to go out and also feel more comfortable.
May 6, 2017, 5:10 pm
#48
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Has his exalted highness been in touch to confirm your 10,000 miles in compensation?
May 6, 2017, 11:45 pm
#49
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So much DYKWIA (not as in the poster! 
) in one thread... hilarious.
Writing to Tim Clark is one thing (I can't imagine doing it myself but hey, we're all different), but Sheikh Mo as well? Not that it will ever reach his desk, but how deluded can one person be?
) in one thread... hilarious.Writing to Tim Clark is one thing (I can't imagine doing it myself but hey, we're all different), but Sheikh Mo as well? Not that it will ever reach his desk, but how deluded can one person be?
Apr 10, 2019, 12:18 pm
#50
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.......
Still doesn't make your "customer is always right" comment any more valid. Sure you can speak with your money, but I seriously doubt that you're going to change your habits, particularly once the airline you'll pick as replacement will disappoint you.
With your high expectations that transpired through your post and your clear misinformation regarding the checking of bags, I wager that it won't take long for another airline to fail you.
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Still doesn't make your "customer is always right" comment any more valid. Sure you can speak with your money, but I seriously doubt that you're going to change your habits, particularly once the airline you'll pick as replacement will disappoint you.
With your high expectations that transpired through your post and your clear misinformation regarding the checking of bags, I wager that it won't take long for another airline to fail you.
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I fly many OW and *A airlines with no issues - except once Air India once sent my baggage to MCT instead of to my DOH destination. Mind you, that was corrected the next day. So the predictions of my disappointment with other airlines has failed to materialize. So much for sooth-sayers.
With the "blockade" I naturally fly Air Oman MCT-DXB. WY has more convenient flight times than EK - even though EK flights are less expensive. So far, so good.
Oh, and yes I did eventually hear from Tim Clark's folks. Usual defense about their policy. It was an expected response. But, EK is off my flying radar. My travelling companion now flies UL and CX to/from MEL because of OW status yadda. A 13-ish hour EKflight DXB-MEL is too hard on her body and flying Business or PE on an overnight sector with a mid-trip lounge break (HKG or CMB) is better for her than a long direct flight. BUT, I digress. Of course, no one that I know of in Doha flies EK....
Apr 10, 2019, 12:43 pm
#51
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You mean the Sheik never replied? How unusual.
Apr 10, 2019, 2:04 pm
#52
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Ah but EK FF cards are so widespread and useful these days...
Apr 10, 2019, 2:21 pm
#53
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Surely you jest. However, I recognize your stance - as an EK Ambassador. You are stuck in that box. Too bad, you should think outside of the box...
As I explained, the Skywards card is of no use to me. Maybe to countless others, but not me... To each their own. As mentioned before "the customer is always right". I have decided to not fly with EK, even though they have cheaper flights than WY on the MCT-DXB run. Less convenient is the deal ender... Besides, there is also the issue of "the blockade", started by Mr. Bone Saw....
As for the Sheikh, in a past communication about the failings of the Emirate e-gate card, the issue was fixed, even though I never heard from the HRH. - but it was fixed in spite of many efforts at DXB T1 and T3 to fix the issue. I can only assume that the Sheikh had someone intervene and help me with the non-functional egate card. In this particular case of the EK baggage situation, I gave notice to both Mr. Clark and to HRH.,and my issue with EK is also "fixed".
As I explained, the Skywards card is of no use to me. Maybe to countless others, but not me... To each their own. As mentioned before "the customer is always right". I have decided to not fly with EK, even though they have cheaper flights than WY on the MCT-DXB run. Less convenient is the deal ender... Besides, there is also the issue of "the blockade", started by Mr. Bone Saw....
As for the Sheikh, in a past communication about the failings of the Emirate e-gate card, the issue was fixed, even though I never heard from the HRH. - but it was fixed in spite of many efforts at DXB T1 and T3 to fix the issue. I can only assume that the Sheikh had someone intervene and help me with the non-functional egate card. In this particular case of the EK baggage situation, I gave notice to both Mr. Clark and to HRH.,and my issue with EK is also "fixed".
Last edited by tmac100; Apr 10, 2019 at 2:28 pm
Apr 11, 2019, 3:13 am
#54
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It sounds as though everyone has ended up happy 
Apr 11, 2019, 5:24 am
#55
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Apr 11, 2019, 8:04 am
#56
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It suppose you are speaking for skywardhunter?
Doesn't matter what they do as I no longer fly with EK and thus have no use for their FF program. That said, thank you for taking the time to clarify the issuance of their physical cards. I'll remind my travelling companion to make a note of her Skywards number and throw her card away when she flies back into DXB - more ""forced" pollution in Dubai as they won't recycle the plastic, I'll bet.
Thanks again for the heads up ^
Doesn't matter what they do as I no longer fly with EK and thus have no use for their FF program. That said, thank you for taking the time to clarify the issuance of their physical cards. I'll remind my travelling companion to make a note of her Skywards number and throw her card away when she flies back into DXB - more ""forced" pollution in Dubai as they won't recycle the plastic, I'll bet.
Thanks again for the heads up ^
Apr 11, 2019, 10:23 am
#57
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I’m very sad to see you go.
Apr 11, 2019, 11:30 am
#58
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A two year old resurrected thread with no change in outcomes from then and a few posts stomping over old ground, time to apply the magic FT Lock.
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