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It's simple: the police don't want motorists to abide by the law. If they did, there would be no money for the BIB. What comes with that, unfortunately, is a high death toll. But that's collateral damage as far as the police farce is concerned. Also, it's why you only sometimes see roadblocks checking for helmets, or whatever. That law is temporarily enforced and every one wears a helmet for a while. Once the hype has died down and people stop wearing one, the roadblock mysteriously reappears again a while later, and hey presto........ ????

I've had Pulse TV for quite some time now and I'm very pleased with it. I do get buffering sometimes, but very rarely. I'm with True Internet at 30Mbps. I was with 365 before, and their product was better, but that was due to their servers being in Thailand. With the single gateway problems can arise with servers located abroad (as with Pulse) as the signal needs to feed through the gateway, and gets throttled hence the buffering, albeit rare. As brewsterbudgen says, Pulse's online customer support is very good and the picture quality is very close to HD standard. I too wish for more than just 24-hour catch up though. The best thing is I can pay one month at a time, so if it does go t**s up my loss is minimal (I lost a lot when 365 went under). It's all about 5 minutes behind actual broadcast time in the UK.

It’s a bit late for prayers. Try praying that these things don’t happen in the first place. Oh, wait.....

Somebody obviously got missed off the brown envelope list.

Yet another annoying u-turn. 

Many supercars have carbon fibre brakes, and if they aren't hot they don't work so well. It's still the driver's fault though.

14 hours ago, happy chappie said:

I bet there a few tricks up that sleeve.

And a few watches.....

15 minutes ago, 5633572526 said:

Flown through Chiangi and Bangkok recently and did not have to go through security again when transferring. Also not at Taipei or Hong Kong. On my way to Dubai next week maybe it will be different.

I went through security after deplaning in Dubai in May.

3 minutes ago, Jonnapat said:

Choose your aircraft carefully, not specifically the airline.

There is simply no comparison when comparing Emirates A380 to it's B777.

More room, quieter and altogether a much better experience.

Exactly the same comments apply to Qatar.

If you're able, try the A350, a super aircraft..

Completely agree.

10 minutes ago, kannot said:

Hmmmmmmmmmmm I spent   about 6  years using Emirates  and slowly their  service tailed off to CRAP, their economy ram them in 3-4-3 as  well, dont know about Qatars.

I only used Business  Class and at £2k a go for the money I told them their service was crap after numerous incidents of "crapness".

Even tried First once and the TV didnt work!!!

Told them Id  go elsewhere and did.

Last 2-3  years used Sri Lankan, older planes but  better service and Turkish, all to the UK

12 years ago I used emirates economy about 2-3  times before deciding "sardines" wasnt for me. The A380 holds a lot of "sardines"

They also changed their  member card system making it  much harder to earn  miles and much harder to spend  them, still got 50k in miles unused for 3  years

3-4-3 on a B777 is crap, but the A380 is wider (as is the A350) so no big deal for me with 3-4-3. I recall when the B777 first came out most airlines were 3-3-3, but many have gone to 3-4-3 which is bad news, but upstairs on the Emirates A380 it's 2-4-2 so a bit more amenable (but this is only on their 2-class aircraft). I agree though that Emirates' service has deteriorated somewhat from their early days. I went with EVA Air most recently to London and they were good as they still have 3-3-3 on that route. Always good to look at https://www.seatguru.com to see what you're getting.

3 minutes ago, tryasimight said:

I'll have to ask the wife as she flies Emirates economy. I send her photos from business class. 

 

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Indeed, Emirates business class is very good, especially with the 1-2-1 seating and the bar. 

27 minutes ago, jamie2009 said:

In the last few years Emirates have made several changes, when booking your flight you could choose your seat, now you have to pay or wait till you check in.

You used to be able to choose a different meal online,  I always chose the Fish Meal, that’s gone now. They have cut down the number of items as well, I asked the Stewardess why, she said the stall complained the trays were too big ?

Wine, they now serve from standard wine bottles, no individual small ones.

i can never understand why after coming off a flight you have to go through security at Dubai, last time twice as I had too change terminals, you are airside ?

I always book Newcastle too Bangkok, on the odd occasion I have had too book Bangkok to Newcastle, the fare is £200 plus more expensive.

i have queried this with Emirates several times, they couldn’t answer me,. The taxes and the flight incurred costs are the same, it’s the fare that costs more.

The flights to Gatwick are a similar price both ways but it’s a long trek south for me plus add the cost of rail fares and it’s not worth it.

These are good points. I forgot to mention security in Dubai, which is a pain in the backside and is totally unnecessary, as jamie2009 rightly says. in Doha with Qatar you deplane straight into the departure lounge. In May, (on Emirates) I was served wine from an individual bottle, so that could be a recent change. Seat selection is still available on Emirates, but is only complimentary on Economy Flex, Flex Plus or Business class. If Economy Saver you will have to pay for it.