Hi,
Have not flown Emirates for many years, or international Y for a few, but a quick trip to Paris at the end of May sees Mrs Aus ATC and me in Emirates Y.
I made 2 separate bookings (saving a few $$) but not realising till afterwards that I missed getting us both free seat selection (me being QF SG) - only I have it. I rang Emirates to have the PNRs linked, but it still didn't extend the free seat selection to my wife. We will be taking our chances at T-48 when seat selection becomes free for all.
3 of the 4 legs are A380 flights, but the DXB-BNE return is on the B777 (not looking forward to that!). Seems EK are dropping the A380 to BNE in June (or just not offered the day we wanted to return).
I have read a few of the on line reviews for EK economy and overall sounds OK, but I have a few questions.
1 - Seat Guru suggests 32-34" pitch for the A380. Are the areas of the Y cabin where seat pitch is better (excluding the obvious exit rows).
2 - Are any of the seat footwells (A380 or B777) impeded by an entertainment box?
3 - If the flight is not full, does anyone have experience with having a seat blocked at check-in. For example if we select an A and C seat, would they block the B seat (guessing we would need to be towards the back of the bus for this to be successful). Or maybe a D and F seat where the E and G seats are vacant.
Thanks in advance.
Aus ATC
Edit: OOps - misspelled thread title!
Have not flown Emirates for many years, or international Y for a few, but a quick trip to Paris at the end of May sees Mrs Aus ATC and me in Emirates Y.
I made 2 separate bookings (saving a few $$) but not realising till afterwards that I missed getting us both free seat selection (me being QF SG) - only I have it. I rang Emirates to have the PNRs linked, but it still didn't extend the free seat selection to my wife. We will be taking our chances at T-48 when seat selection becomes free for all.
3 of the 4 legs are A380 flights, but the DXB-BNE return is on the B777 (not looking forward to that!). Seems EK are dropping the A380 to BNE in June (or just not offered the day we wanted to return).
I have read a few of the on line reviews for EK economy and overall sounds OK, but I have a few questions.
1 - Seat Guru suggests 32-34" pitch for the A380. Are the areas of the Y cabin where seat pitch is better (excluding the obvious exit rows).
2 - Are any of the seat footwells (A380 or B777) impeded by an entertainment box?
3 - If the flight is not full, does anyone have experience with having a seat blocked at check-in. For example if we select an A and C seat, would they block the B seat (guessing we would need to be towards the back of the bus for this to be successful). Or maybe a D and F seat where the E and G seats are vacant.
Thanks in advance.
Aus ATC
Edit: OOps - misspelled thread title!
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