sustento Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I'm flying BHX-DXB-BKK on Thursday in cattle class with Emirates. Just had an email offering me a 'special price' upgrade to biz on the BHX-DXB sector at £436. It only cost £540 for the whole ticket! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 What a bargain to be shoe horned into a Faux Business class with 7 across................. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 I'm better off down the back on row 47. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantiSuk Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Etihad allow you to bid for an upgrade. I thought maybe worthwhile to put in a low offer and see what happen but oh no - minimum bid allowable well in XS of 400 quid (for half a journey between UK and BKK).These Arab airlines are good at lots of things but they haven't got their cultural reference points over these 'offers' right. They do nothing but annoy the $hit out of their European customers . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Etihad allow you to bid for an upgrade. I thought maybe worthwhile to put in a low offer and see what happen but oh no - minimum bid allowable well in XS of 400 quid (for half a journey between UK and BKK). These Arab airlines are good at lots of things but they haven't got their cultural reference points over these 'offers' right. They do nothing but annoy the $hit out of their European customers . You just enjoy your bucket an pack yer spade my gooner buddy....you should be on points with Emirates per post here! British Airways "Club World" next month for me....I will take a newspaper to read during takeoff and landing to avoid falling foul of their Kindle nazis..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddWeston Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 What a bargain to be shoe horned into a Faux Business class with 7 across................. I'm doing J in a few weeks into Thiefrow and out of Birmingham is it better on the A380 ? I realise out of Birmingham is the 777 only. I wanted in and out of Birmingham but there was a seat sale so they booked me into Heathrow. Susteno does that upgrade fee allow the free limo ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 What a bargain to be shoe horned into a Faux Business class with 7 across................. I'm doing J in a few weeks into Thiefrow and out of Birmingham is it better on the A380 ? I realise out of Birmingham is the 777 only. I wanted in and out of Birmingham but there was a seat sale so they booked me into Heathrow. Susteno does that upgrade fee allow the free limo ? Todd. I haven't flown the A380 as Emirates are my choice of airline to AVOID. I have the misfortune of flying them again next week as they are the only carrier I can get between Ghana and BKK, I am trying for the A380 from DXB-BKK as I have been told this is slightly better in Business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunsakda Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Emirates A380 economy. Small seat on big plane. TG worse. Less comfy than the old 747-400, but but it has in seat entertainment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddWeston Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 What a bargain to be shoe horned into a Faux Business class with 7 across.................I'm doing J in a few weeks into Thiefrow and out of Birmingham is it better on the A380 ? I realise out of Birmingham is the 777 only. I wanted in and out of Birmingham but there was a seat sale so they booked me into Heathrow.Susteno does that upgrade fee allow the free limo ? Todd. I haven't flown the A380 as Emirates are my choice of airline to AVOID. I have the misfortune of flying them again next week as they are the only carrier I can get between Ghana and BKK, I am trying for the A380 from DXB-BKK as I have been told this is slightly better in Business. Cheers - look forward to hearing your comments. It's a pity they don't fly the a380 into Birmingham - I've read the reviews but the price was decent, we always fly TG out of London so we're sort of used to mediocre/poor service in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 What a bargain to be shoe horned into a Faux Business class with 7 across................. I'm doing J in a few weeks into Thiefrow and out of Birmingham is it better on the A380 ? I realise out of Birmingham is the 777 only. I wanted in and out of Birmingham but there was a seat sale so they booked me into Heathrow. Susteno does that upgrade fee allow the free limo ? No you don't get the free limo and you don't get any extra FF miles either. If it's anything like the last FF upgrade I got you have to pay extra airport tax too! The guys over at PPRune seem to think it's a good deal but I'm not quite sure that they understand it's only for one segment rather than the whole round trip. Just called the nice lady in Cheshire and told her about my dodgy leg. Seems I'll be boarding before anyone else 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 The A380 is quite a lot quieter than the 777. Don't know what biz is like as I've never flown it. I did fly the old Emirates biz which wasn't as good as China Airlines premium economy in my opinion. I have possibly the shortest legs in the world so legroom isn't something I worry about too much. As long as it gets me to Thailand I don't really give a shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrens54 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 In order to sponsor all manner of sport, they Jack up their prices. Just decent service and reasonable prices are all that we require. I don't need to see the name EMIRATES plastered over every two-bit sporting mob around the world. About time these carriers got back to reality and took their collective hand off the "joy stick." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorchio Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Yeah quite a few airlines are providing this bidding nonsense. EY and EK both ask extortionate fares to upgrade, essentially the same price as if you bought a business class ticket. I inquired about upgrading on EY from Dublin to Abu Dhabi, they wanted 500+ euros for a 7 hrs flight, get farked!! However, on KLM I upgraded from Capetown to Amsterdam for 300 euro (10 hrs overnight flight) which seemed reasonable and worth it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLew Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Etihad allow you to bid for an upgrade. I thought maybe worthwhile to put in a low offer and see what happen but oh no - minimum bid allowable well in XS of 400 quid (for half a journey between UK and BKK). These Arab airlines are good at lots of things but they haven't got their cultural reference points over these 'offers' right. They do nothing but annoy the $hit out of their European customers . Did you tell Arsenal they should not accept the 150 million sponsor ship deal with Emirates because "They do nothing but annoy the $hit out of their European customers" Just curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upnotover Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 EK 380 biz is ok but a little cramped, with very little floor level legroom (feet have to be raised 9" into a box in front of you to stretch out), but the bar is a good feature. 380 1st is much nicer though, what with the showers and all, "max occupancy 2" it says above the door... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3dave Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I booked yesterday cost £723 serves me right, they also mailed me an upgrade but at £750 needless to say I'm staying in cattle class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWorldwide Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 The A380 is quite a lot quieter than the 777. Don't know what biz is like as I've never flown it. I did fly the old Emirates biz which wasn't as good as China Airlines premium economy in my opinion. I have possibly the shortest legs in the world so legroom isn't something I worry about too much. As long as it gets me to Thailand I don't really give a shit Couldn't agree more - flew Emirates BNE-BKK a couple of years back and it was fine - no real complaints. Told myself that my last flight out of Oz would have to be Business Class, but when I realised I could get SYD-KUL for 340AUD return I said 'to hell with it'. For most here, 8 hours on XAX followed by a connecting flight in KL wouldn't sit too well, but Jetstar is a lot worse - they dump you in Darwin and again in Singapore. xe.com has 340AUD at less than 240 EUR, fwiw - cheapest flight to Asia I've ever had, and the battle has always been getting to a regional hub. Roll on 2014 ! (DMK vs Swampy ? I'll be so happy to be back in town I wont give a shit about Don Muang ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Just had an upgrade offer for the DXB-BKK leg - £500. If I take advantage of these offers it would cost more £500 more than just buying a biz ticket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieroaming Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 What a bargain to be shoe horned into a Faux Business class with 7 across................. yeak..got to agree just flew from bkk to Africa wedged in a business class seat because of the extra seat in the middle sqeezie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 What a bargain to be shoe horned into a Faux Business class with 7 across................. Seven across in Emirates Business Class? Which Emirates aircraft has that? As far as I know, six across is the max, and the new business class seating on A380s and B777s is staggered 1-2-1 The new business class seating in the B777s and A380s is identical. Personally, I prefer the B777, as I do not prefer all the hassles that come with being on a flight with 500+ other passengers, although I realise that this is attractive to the airlines and profitability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upnotover Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 What a bargain to be shoe horned into a Faux Business class with 7 across................. Seven across in Emirates Business Class? Which Emirates aircraft has that? As far as I know, six across is the max, and the new business class seating on A380s and B777s is staggered 1-2-1 The new business class seating in the B777s and A380s is identical. Personally, I prefer the B777, as I do not prefer all the hassles that come with being on a flight with 500+ other passengers, although I realise that this is attractive to the airlines and profitability. Never seen staggered biz on EK 777's, only 2-3-2 (last time was 2 weeks ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Thanks for that, Upnotover. I have to apologise and I wish I could delete my earlier post! I completely spaced out on that one, and you are correct - EK do have 777s with 2-3-2 and they do not have staggered 1-2-1. I guess I was thinking of a recent TG flight to LAX, which was the new 777-300er 1-2-1 staggered seating and it looks a lot like EK's A380 seating. Here is a good reference site: http://www.theeksource.com/flyingemirates.html What can I say except 'duh'? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Emirates_Airlines/information.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbelyeu Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 What a bargain to be shoe horned into a Faux Business class with 7 across................. I'm doing J in a few weeks into Thiefrow and out of Birmingham is it better on the A380 ? I realise out of Birmingham is the 777 only. I wanted in and out of Birmingham but there was a seat sale so they booked me into Heathrow. Susteno does that upgrade fee allow the free limo ? If it is the destination LEG that is upgraded to business and you do it 24 hours before the flight then YES you are entitled to the limo service which can be booked and confirmed with your online checkin. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertRose Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 These Arab airlines are good at lots of things but they haven't got their cultural reference points over these 'offers' right. They do nothing but annoy the $hit out of their European customers . I'm European, they've never annoyed me. I used to fly with them regularly between Dubai and SE Asia, I like them a lot. I also like their business class but then I've not flown business class on many airlines so not in as good a position to compare as some of you lucky b*ggers As to the upgrades thing, they are a business, they are trying to make money, is that not what businesses do? I can't see why such an offer would actually annoy anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpuumike Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Thanks for that, Upnotover. I have to apologise and I wish I could delete my earlier post! I completely spaced out on that one, and you are correct - EK do have 777s with 2-3-2 and they do not have staggered 1-2-1. I guess I was thinking of a recent TG flight to LAX, which was the new 777-300er 1-2-1 staggered seating and it looks a lot like EK's A380 seating. Here is a good reference site: http://www.theeksource.com/flyingemirates.html What can I say except 'duh'? Emirates 777 have 2-3-2 in biz. I don't have a gold card or whatever but fly BKK-DXB with returns 3 or 4 times a year and often get upgraded to biz which is excellent. In some 40+ years as a frequent flyer have never been upgraded by BA. Qantas and Malaysian yes, often, maybe because they are over booked in economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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