New Skywards card designs?
Mar 20, 2018, 5:46 am
#1
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New Skywards card designs?
Came across the following images on the EK website this morning - new design for Skywards cards? Guess it would be pointless running design competitions anymore, now that they are basically digital cards only (with exceptions)?
Mar 21, 2018, 3:16 pm
#7
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well if you paid attention to EK overall Branding you'd know it's the national tree, the ghaf tree, the motif is found in the new F Cabin. It's a nice cultural touch rather than just generic cosmopolitan bl**g
Mar 21, 2018, 4:52 pm
#8
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1/ This exact design for the FF card (if confirmed) is not sexy, nor qualitative ; 2/ Status differentiation by color is, hum, very basic.
And yes, I know what is this tree. EK PR officer explained to me lengthily.
Mar 21, 2018, 6:00 pm
#9
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Well since there are no actual cards anymore and the status tiers are quite literally differentiated by colours (their names)... Why does it matter?
Mar 21, 2018, 6:11 pm
#10
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Mar 21, 2018, 6:30 pm
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Sorry to challenge you. The F bar is useful to look down on the lowery people queuing for the lavs, while sipping a glass of cognac with your hairs still wet.
Mar 21, 2018, 10:03 pm
#12
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Haha so very true, one does sometimes forget "they" are down there - very embarrassing to be seen in your EK moisturising PJ's on the stairwell.
Mar 22, 2018, 12:12 am
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I thought Flame3601 was referring to the mini bar in the suite. This is in my view a bit superfluous as I like my drinks chilled (especially when relieving the Dom and wine induced thirst). But I have indeed used it when I wanted a drink of water when waking up in the middle of the night.
I agree on the use of the 'F bar' at the top of the stairs. Not that I have ever used it..... One day, someone is going to fall down those stairs having used the bar...
Mar 22, 2018, 5:06 am
#14
Join Date: Jul 2017
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I requalified for platinum last week and the message on the website specifically said that the card would be sent to me. During a call to the Melbourne Emirates office last year, I was told that platinum plastic card would be delivered and people on other tiers could collect their card at Emirates airside DXB. I'm not sure that cards are still issued to other tiers. It may well be that virtual cards are now the norm below platinum. Anyone know this for sure?
Mar 22, 2018, 5:09 am
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I think we are confusing 2 different F bars here.
I thought Flame3601 was referring to the mini bar in the suite. This is in my view a bit superfluous as I like my drinks chilled (especially when relieving the Dom and wine induced thirst). But I have indeed used it when I wanted a drink of water when waking up in the middle of the night.
I agree on the use of the 'F bar' at the top of the stairs. Not that I have ever used it..... One day, someone is going to fall down those stairs having used the bar...
I thought Flame3601 was referring to the mini bar in the suite. This is in my view a bit superfluous as I like my drinks chilled (especially when relieving the Dom and wine induced thirst). But I have indeed used it when I wanted a drink of water when waking up in the middle of the night.
I agree on the use of the 'F bar' at the top of the stairs. Not that I have ever used it..... One day, someone is going to fall down those stairs having used the bar...
I use that F bar every flight because there's a lovely bottle of Hennessey Paradis sitting there, waiting to be poured into my glass!! Nuts and chips and those appalling sandwiches too.