Etihad 777W First or Emirates A380 First

[lovestotravel]

So I need to book flights from the USA to Australia.

Looking at either Emirates in F on the A380 or Etihad in F on the 777W as they don't start the A380 to MEL in time for these flights.

Never flown either in First, only both in J several times

Can't decide what one I should pick

Emirates A380 is tempting for the shower/bar/better alcohol but the seat is not as wide as the Etihad 777W seat.

At the end of the day you are in your seat for 13+ hours so the novelty of the shower/bar/A380 would wear off I think

What would you pick, with cost/flight times all being equal for this question

 

[smit0847]

Ek a380.

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[Alanslegal]

Never flown either in First, only both in J several times

Can't decide what one I should pick

Emirates A380 is tempting for the shower/bar/better alcohol but the seat is not as wide as the Etihad 777W seat.

At the end of the day you are in your seat for 13+ hours so the novelty of the shower/bar/A380 would wear off I think

What would you pick, with cost/flight times all being equal for this question

I'd for the EK purely for the shower experience. Yes its a novelty but I still think about it even a few months after getting off the flight.

 

[TheRealTMA]

So I need to book flights from the USA to Australia.

Looking at either Emirates in F on the A380 or Etihad in F on the 777W as they don't start the A380 to MEL in time for these flights.

Never flown either in First, only both in J several times

Can't decide what one I should pick

Emirates A380 is tempting for the shower/bar/better alcohol but the seat is not as wide as the Etihad 777W seat.

At the end of the day you are in your seat for 13+ hours so the novelty of the shower/bar/A380 would wear off I think

What would you pick, with cost/flight times all being equal for this question

Never flown Ethiad but have done several EK Fs and once you get over the bling, it's very good. The shower is excellent plus even if you don't use the shower the space in the bathroom feel like a F experience.

We've always been very happy with service, wines, food, seat comfort on EK, and I should add that the food on EK has actually got better on recent flights. We've done two long way round flights Australia USA (Boston/Toronto and Seattle) and have been very happy with them. Long but comfortable and avoids LAX and other bothersome USA ports.