Have A Safe Trip!

[Guest fountainhall]

You can even pay with frequent flyer miles, too! It's called the Fly Me Program.

 

And it's listed on the menu under cocktails!   

 

FA's (Flight Attendants as they are now titled) were available long before frequent flyer miles were introduced. Remember National Airlines, the one which was gobbled up by Pan Am just before Pan Am went bust? They even had a long-running advertising slogan based on "Fly Me".

 

 

Unfortunately they ran no ads featuring hot guys! But then again, you might end up with this jerk!

 

[Rogie]

FH: Thanks for clearing up my misconception regarding the Emirates bar area. That's an excellent photo by the way; I took it as being a professionally taken one, perhaps Emirates (and other airlines) ought to employ you as a freelance photographer!  

 

The worst thing about that Little Britain spoof is the stewards' uniform. Green shirt, waistcoat, tie. And a dreadful wig, makes the bald guy look like Boris Johnson (mayor of London). I see the hero's name is Fearghal; isn't that an Irish name. Are they having a dig at Ryan Air I wonder? (I couldn't catch all the dialogue). 

[Guest fountainhall]

I'll try and take a pic with a wide angle lens on my next trip in March. Oddly, I've found on the daytime flight over to Hong Kong, very few people use the bar. On the return flight which departs around 9:00pm, it's packed!

[Guest]

Are they having a dig at Ryan Air I wonder? (I couldn't catch all the dialogue). 

The sketches are full of digs at Ryan Air and the other low cost airlines.  That helps to make them such fun.

[Rogie]

The sketches are full of digs at Ryan Air and the other low cost airlines.  That helps to make them such fun.

 

 

Thanks Z. Yes, I think they deserve a bit of that. Some of them are a bit too fly-by-night for my liking. 

[Rogie]

I'll try and take a pic with a wide angle lens on my next trip in March. Oddly, I've found on the daytime flight over to Hong Kong, very few people use the bar. On the return flight which departs around 9:00pm, it's packed!

 

You make it sound like the Emirate's bar is your local FH!

[Guest Jovianmoon]

Sitting in cattle class is never enjoyable unless you are a cow.

 

I occasionally fly business class and agree that it is much more enjoyable, but usually prefer the savings of 'cattle class'. Which I find on Thai Airways to be quite comfortable.

 

So, sorry, kokopelli, while I agree that at no point in this thread did you infer endless wealth, I have only one other thing to say to you on the matter:

 

Moo!

 

[Guest Jovianmoon]

It's a pity it does not show the Emirates business class bar. It's by far the best in the business!  TG's are just cupboards by comparison! 

 

 

Plus they've got the added luxury of Will Smith serving behind the bar!

[Guest fountainhall]

I can't afford it to be my local on intercontinental routes, but it is for my fairly regular trips to Hong Kong. The price is a good bit lower than Cathay Pacific and Thai, and so if you tailor your schedule to the one flight each day, it works out very well. Besides, the seating, the extensive video on demand programming with huge screens, the meals and the service beat the two regular airlines hands down in my view. And I say that as someone who has flown regularly with Cathay since 1979.

[Guest fountainhall]

I'll try and take a pic with a wide angle lens on my next trip in March

 

Seems my wide angle lens gets only fractionally more space into the pic! As I've found before, on the lunchtime flight to HKG the bar is only used by a handful of passengers. Maybe they are sleeping off the booze they drank in the lounge and with lunch 

 

 

 

 

[firecat69]

I sort of missed this thread so here is my 2 cents worth.  I have loved to travel since I was 18 and have been all over the world and 90% of the time on my own dime.  Therefore it was economy except when I could use miles.  NW was the greatest . I forget what their top tier was but I used miles to upgrade on many flights to BKK and with bonuses etc got more miles back each trip then I used for the upgrade.  Those were the days.

 

DL  stopped all that and International upgrades with them are a joke. They give you certificates according to your status but the fare you have to upgrade from is almost as much as I can buy the ticket for in advance. So essentially useless. Also using miles for Business Class tickets to Asia is impossible at the low mileage award unless you work hard and find a seat on Korean Air.

 

So I switched to United not that their upgrade policy is any better for international flights but the Star Alliance is fabulous. I almost never have a problem finding what I want with the UA search engine and rarely have to call them.

 

I like DL Business class far better then United because they fly 2 class airplanes and Business Class is staggered seating in many airplanes where as United is 2-3-2 seating which means crawling over people or have them crawling over you.

 

I still think the flights are miserable just less miserable then economy. I cannot sleep on an airplane so yes the seat is more comfortable and the food a little better bit it still sucks.

 

I could care less about the entertainment systems. I load my Ipad with everything I want to watch instead of what the airline buys which I have in most cases already seen.

 

I booked my flights for this year on ANA to get the Dreamliner and still be with Star Alliance.  That has not worked out so far.

 

I do get CC offers in order to build miles or Hotel points and tend to just build them up and then use them for something I would never normally pay for.  Unfortunately all travel partners seem to be intent on devaluing their points or miles so I am not sure what the future will be.

 

I have gotten to fly in a G5 a few times and sure wish I would win the megabucks so I could do that. The only way to travel if you are rich.  

[Guest fountainhall]

Like firecat69, as I mentioned earlier I was hooked on travel at an early age - an 8-day school trip to Switzerland. Unlike firecat69, though, I'm really lucky that since then usually other people and companies have paid for well over 90% of my travel.

 

When miles were introduced in Asia around 1993 (Passages - a scheme run by Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Malaysian), I could not believe my luck. Then, when credit cards also started awarding mileage points, I had enough each year for a free business class trip to Europe and one to Sydney. It really was like having open access to all the cookie jars in the store!

 

My thinking now, though, is quite different. I used to fly One World whenever possible - because of miles and the benefits of being a Top Tier member of BA's loyalty club. Access to first class check-in desks and first class lounges even when travelling on the cheapest economy ticket was certainly extremely pleasant. But I have seen Cathay Pacific's regional service go way downhill, just as I have had too many indifferent and downright bad flights on British Airways pioneering flat bed seats. The cost/return ratio is no longer worth it. To go to London last November, I took Royal Jordanian, partly because of the stopover I could arrange in Petra and partly price. It was way cheaper than BA or CX. And frankly, I thought the seats (even though angled flat), the meals and the service beat both carriers by quite a margin. I certainly slept better. Whilst the airport at Jordan was dreadful, the new one is now open and I will not hesitate taking the airline again. Likewise, when I can get a good price on Qatar, I'll have no hesitation in taking it.

 

Same with hotels. Everything now comes down to cost, service and convenience. Sometimes I'll pay more if I really want a specific hotel; most times I'll pay a lot less. I may not yet be a fully recovered junkie - but I'm well on the way!