All A380s are fully flat in J. Yours must not have been fully reclined or faulty. From the pic, we can see it's an "older" plane, but the seat should have been the same.

I had a faulty one, one of the earlier A380 frames, it went to about 80% flat but the back was up a few degress. Reminded me of 777 J...

And does anyone actually like the motorized footrest from the early frames? I know they got rid of it but maybe there are few fans?

FT101, nope I was fully reclined and my seat was not faulty, all the other seats (the vacant ones I could find) reclined to the same angle. I've had this "old" A380 angled seat on two EK414 flights now. Have others experienced this?

No. I've flown on EK A380s since 2008 and they've always been 180 degree flat.

Same here.

Agreed. If it doesn't recline to fully flat ask for another seat. The older frames have many issues but if you ask the crew politely they will find you a fully working seat providing it's not full

First time poster on the Emirates forum. Have been looking at using EK Y as an alternative to BA WTP (obviously much cheaper and with the stop in Dubai braking the monotony of a long flight). I can’t seem to find the seat pitch for EK’s 380 in Y as it is shown on all sites as 32-34’. Does the seat pitch vary by row on the A380?

MAD>DXB overnight flight in 777 Business Class. Cannot post pictures yet, but seat availability is:

Row 6
Row 7: D E F

GAP

Row 8: D
Row 9
Row 10: D E F
Row 11: D E F J

What's the best seat to choose to get some sleep? Thank you very much!

Thank you very much! :)

That's really useful, thank you. Had no idea 6 opens up at check-in! Just a quick q, how bad is disturbance/light from the kitchen in front of 6? Thanks again

Amazing, thank you again for the insight! Really appreciate it. :)

My family and I will be flying on Emirates for the first time in March. ORD-DXB on a 777. Would it be worth the $250 for the RT to choose our seats in the front economy cabin, rows 17-21? Thanks

What benefit do you hope to get from being in the front cabin? I.e. why do you think these are better seats? If you have a concrete reason that makes those seats more valuable to you, then yes it is, if you don't, then no, everyone has different preferences. If you're several pax, i.e. 4+ why not select some middles near the back, these rows often don't fill up unless the plane is completely full, if you're 4 you could select 2 aisles behind each other on either side of the center block of 4, e.g. 40D, 40G, 41D and 41G and hope that E and F remain open. Or of course something like 40A + C and 41 A + C and hope no one sits in B, if they do one of you just switches.

Thanks for the response. I don’t have a concrete reason, just some of the trip report I’ve read people tend to like those seats. There are 3 of us so a center row with an empty seat would be ideal. I’ll just save my money and keep and eye on Expert Flyer as the date gets closer.