Hello from the UAE, as I just flew Emirates’ Airbus A350-900 business class on the 7hr10min flight from Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Dubai (DXB). The A350 joined Emirates’ fleet a little over a year ago, and it’s the carrier’s first new aircraft type since 2008, so it’s a pretty major development for the…
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Fake Aero = juvenile 1990 = juvenile Penile = juvenile Jack Mehoff, who is not an equity law partner earning 8 figures.
There’s no way Penile=1990.
Penile was the funniest commenter on here by far. I don’t think 1990 has ever made me laugh once
I still remember vividly your friendship with Toby who has since left the company, and I hope he is doing well wherever he is.
One thing I like about Emirates along with Cathay is they really customize their seats from the ground up and not use something "off-the-shelf" which I really appreciate. While Singapore's upcoming business class seat looks to be bespoke as well, their current regional business class product along with Turkish is based on the Stelia Symphony platform with their own fabric colours and trim.
Isn't Emirates significantly more expensive, in points and miles terms, than its competitors on all routes it serves? My impression is that as a points flyer, It takes more spend to get enough points, it takes more points, the surcharges are significantly higher, etc. So unless I'm paying cash (which I rarely do), saying Emirates is lovely is like saying Krug is nicer than Prosecco, without mentioning the price. Am I missing something?
Speaking about the “door obsession”, I think the problem is not with the true windows seat. The point is the level of exposure in the aisle…which in this case is a thing I just can’t wrap my head around
Curious about the martini glass... Wouldn't the slightest but of turbulence cause that to spill?
Emirates is the best. Why would you spare a hundred bucks to go to an inferior airline for 5+ hours flight. Splurge yourself, yolo
When I have compared prices of the ME3 from NYC to the Maldives, Emirates has always been $1,000 up to $4,000 more expensive.
Right now for my trip, it is $5K+ more expensive than Etihad and $2K+ than Qatar.
Aren’t these basically the same seats as the ones on the A380?
Look very similar.
Does the human rights record of the UAE toward LGBTQ+ people bother you, even in the slightest?
"Looks tasty."
Why did I read tasty as nasty?! Ha!
Fish sauce is another umami flavour. You have soy sauce, oyster sauce, and now fish sauce.
I am probably in the minority BUT...I find that many business class seats are rather narrow ( I am not a big guy ) and I find a number of them confining. I do not really like doors. In fact I leave mine open.
Remember (LOL !) I am the old guy that remembers when Pan Am "Sleeperette Seats" wide open and no privacy were the very thing !
I recently flew on their A350 for a 6hr flight and I happy it wasn’t any longer. I find the fixed armrests on the business class seat make the seat tighter than it should.
My arms had to sit on top of them in lay down position as I couldn’t tuck them under.
Likewise. In pricing an upcoming U.S. east coast to Southeast Asia trip, the ME3 are all $$ thousands $$ more than the Asian carriers. That makes our selection easy. It’s not like the alternative is say, Delta, masquerading as a premium international carrier.
I’m with you, bro. They are all too narrow (coming from an old guy with a narrow body type). From the pics, it appears the seat could and should be wider and all the other plastic and faux wood narrower.
This all ties to yesterday’s post regarding ranking business class amenities. Based on the pics, these seem less private but more comfortable than many other airlines’ J offerings. Most airlines have by now overreached and overreacted. And how about those window seats? One row has two windows and the next row seems to have 1/2 a window.
That aesthetic is really polished, I like it. Especially the bottle holder nook, something a little different than the generic business cabins we see on US airlines.
The product is flawed and your review is clearly biased. If you are sat in the middle seats you have no privacy and are exposed to your neighbour and every passing passenger. The lack of suite doors is a real mistake as it feels less classy than other carriers now. The attendant button is where your elbow sits and I hit it at least 8 times accidentally so is clearly in the wrong place. Yes you get a Chaffeur and good food but as a new A350 it is lacking the intimacy that other carriers give you.
Excellent review! I’ve been considering flying up to Montreal to then try out EK’s a350 as they’ve been using it for YUL-DXB. However, the rates are not cheap in J; even then, there may be a decent Special fare, but it doesn’t include lounges, advanced seat selection, or chauffeur service, so, you get what you pay for, I guess. At least these don’t have a middle-seat in Business (older 773 has 2-3-2).
No thanks. Won’t go anywhere near Emirates or the UAE given their closeness to Epstein and their human rights record.
1990Bot, have you retired your High Class American login, or, are you going to alternate between the two? …. 🙂
BNA EWR DXB SGN, SGN DXB SIN. I flew SGN DXB too. Great product on the a350. Great crew.
I asked Claude bot if I needed a visa to SGN. It said no. So I went. The customs in SGN said I needed a visa. I told them Claude told me I didn’t. I told the BNA agent that I’m legit. She said I wasn’t. She was was correct, my bad.
Long story short. I was buzzed on EK Hennessy and I have bad rrms. So I looked like a disaster, in SGN , walking sideways into walls.
Got deported back to Dubai in j cab. Idiots. Then I went to Singapore ,sober ,same day and lost 10g at marina bay sands.
Moral of the story is that emirates was kind to my idiot self and the business a350 product is top notch. And Hennessy is magic.
I am the real 1990 and the greatest leader the world has ever seen President Trump will confirm.
Only a few mention about the armrests. Makes one wonder what prevents others from disclosing this including Ben. As another mentioned maybe biased?
Maybe the armrests weren't much of an issue for Ben, but he'll discuss it in the compete review?
I believe Ben has addressed this before. However, this is a blog about airline seats and hotels and points, and Ben tries to provide such reviews without going into the local politics.
Travelled from Dublin to Dubai on way to Adelaide. Was amazed to discover no amenity kits given as we were a daytime flight. Yes to socks and eye mask but nothing else.
The Emirates (EK) first (FCL) and business (JCL) premium products are indeed excellent and JCL choices mirror in some ways (menu and wine list) some of the choices in FCL.
I was considering picking EK A350 flights to experience the A350 business class product, but it would have meant a 4 hr detour and three instead of two sectors to reach my destination.
When it the A350 business class (JCL) was first shown, I (as a CPAP machine user) regretted the absence of a privacy door in the JCL suites, but I may well get used to it.
Instead of an A350, I experience the new first class (FCL) suite on their 777-300ER. It gives the airplane a fresh appearance, but unlike in JCL there is nothing really new in these 777 FCL suites.
As per Sir Tim Clark, EK will become more active in upgrading and producing their own cabin interiors and regrettably I must say that they still have to some way to go here. On my flights it seemed that the FCL facelift in the FCL went at the expense of durability and strength. Both mine and my seat neighbour’s suites had issues. The older 777 suite that I experienced on one sector as well worked better in that respect.
Were you in Business or Economy? In Business amenity kits are handed out on both sectors. In Economy you get socks and eye mask and toothpaste and toothbrushes are available in all bathrooms or on request. What else do you need?
This is about airline seats.
Why don’t you ask the thousands of crew who work for the airline and live in Dubai (many who identify with some of those letters) how they feel about it. I think you’ll find you’re very misinformed.
Compere business class to any the sorts of Lufthansa, SAS, Turkish, Air France, KLM etc.... their overall business class product of Emirates and Qatar feels like first class over the EU airlines.