It's been a dry few years with various short haul trips with budget carriers since I got married and the horror/farce that was MAN-DOH-JNB with EY 3 years ago.
However, the largesse of an elderly relative means we have the funds to trek back to SWMBO's homeland.
We're limited by funds a little, so have sadly had to opt for EK, running A380 from MAN-DXB and 773's from DXB-JNB.
Hopefully made the right seat choices - A380 upper deck, row 33, A/B or J/K in Y for two together, with no third body and right near the back on the 773's for the same. We ended up on EK when EY messed up our connection last time, and got stuffed at the back and the two seats, with the extra elbow room was actually really good for us - we didn't mind the galley traffic (light).
we've got new lounge access cards from DragonPass, as opposed to the previously issued PriorityPass scheme, but can't see significant difference in offering, so we'll see how that goes - only using in JNB and DXB on return leg - no point in MAN due to being on EK20 9:15pm departure.
Three questions have arisen though, so maybe the SQ collective can help....
1. Is fast track through security a good idea at MAN, seeing as we'll be hitting the airport run in peak traffic times and we'll only have bags to drop having checked in online?
2. Transit at DXB - my understanding is once off the plane we need to go through security again before boarding the connection - is that right? Can we fast track that as well? don't want to miss out connection this time!
3. On the A380, the onboard lounge is only for Business & first? Well, business only as it appears to be a two-class bird....
and fourth, what is the average economy seat/space/experience on EK a380s? I'd rather hear from a trusted sources than dubious online press snippets.
And it's good to be back on here too!
However, the largesse of an elderly relative means we have the funds to trek back to SWMBO's homeland.
We're limited by funds a little, so have sadly had to opt for EK, running A380 from MAN-DXB and 773's from DXB-JNB.
Hopefully made the right seat choices - A380 upper deck, row 33, A/B or J/K in Y for two together, with no third body and right near the back on the 773's for the same. We ended up on EK when EY messed up our connection last time, and got stuffed at the back and the two seats, with the extra elbow room was actually really good for us - we didn't mind the galley traffic (light).
we've got new lounge access cards from DragonPass, as opposed to the previously issued PriorityPass scheme, but can't see significant difference in offering, so we'll see how that goes - only using in JNB and DXB on return leg - no point in MAN due to being on EK20 9:15pm departure.
Three questions have arisen though, so maybe the SQ collective can help....
1. Is fast track through security a good idea at MAN, seeing as we'll be hitting the airport run in peak traffic times and we'll only have bags to drop having checked in online?
2. Transit at DXB - my understanding is once off the plane we need to go through security again before boarding the connection - is that right? Can we fast track that as well? don't want to miss out connection this time!
3. On the A380, the onboard lounge is only for Business & first? Well, business only as it appears to be a two-class bird....
and fourth, what is the average economy seat/space/experience on EK a380s? I'd rather hear from a trusted sources than dubious online press snippets.
And it's good to be back on here too!
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