Introduction: Emirates, Etihad, Qatar Economy Class Showdown

I clicked on this post hopeful that lucky finally would review a long haul economy product. Darn. Probably too busy at the next Aman.

I would pay money for a long haul economy trip review from lucky, knowing how much he'd dread it :).

Very good Danny boy. Some people may give you a hard time because you are luckys favorite blogger. That means they are just jealous.

I want to at least 5 articles from you every week.

You surely paid a lot for MAA-BOM at 8,500 INR on 9W . Should have been at max. 4-5k INR.
Must have been a last minute ticketing.

I wish your economy flights were more longhaul though. I used to fly EK in economy longhaul (JFK-DXB) before they partnered with Alaska and to me, my experience really depended on how full the flight was. When an Emirates A380 is sold out, the queues tend to be long from checkin to security; and the bathrooms in Economy get to be very dirty after the 7th hour.
However, during the recession the EK A380 flights JFK-DXB were barely 50% full and it was nice to get my own row of 3 seats and a window in economy.
Good luck!

Looking forward to reading about it though, in truth, even the idea of doing it is exhausting...

So you flew Emirates long haul (well medium but the service would be similar to long haul ZRH-DXB) and all the other flights were short haul. Not really a comparison is it.

I'm impressed at the dedication. I barely want to go to India in J and you're willing to do all these flights there in Y.

Please do one for the US3!!

WOW Im really looking forward. I love reading about luxury travel, but I normally travel in economy, so looking forward for new info and experiences. Thank you for posting, Daniel!

Out of curiosity why do you not recommend hidden city ticketing?

Obviously doesn't work with checked bags, but otherwise . . .

Thank you, Daniel! I'm looking forward to some economy reviews. 🙂

Did someone discard the queens in their 50s who think their catty antics will make Lucky somehow fall in love with them?

For once, the comment chain isn't full of OMG YOU SAID THE FLIGHT DEPARTED 9.38 BUT CLEARLY, JUDGING BY THE SUN'S SHADE, IT WAS 9.37. Bottoms from the wing.

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How refreshing, Daniel, to take up economy reviews. I like that. Can't wait to see what the reviews will be like (and no, mr. Schlappig, that wasn't an underhanded criticism, I don't expect you guys to sit in coach year in, year out).

Oddly enough, this is something I would do, just because I could. 🙂

Looking forward to your reviews.

One request - when you start writing these up, can you include flight numbers and connection times?

"While the fairest review would have obviously been to fly from Heathrow to each airlines’ respective hub on their A380s, that wouldn’t make for the fairest comparison."

Are there different kinds of "fair"?

Jimmy, you don't have to try that hard to prove Common Core doesn't work. We all know.

can't wait to read these Daniel. But having flown in India a lot, 8,500 in economy is pretty hefty. I've payed as low as 10,000 INR for J class travel. But I hope you get a lot of miles from that for that distance.

If you multiply average by a factor of three, you will get average.
Why, after 40 years of Melbourne-LHR, do I find cattle class more demaning on comparable airlines?
Long haul feels longer with 12 hour hops. Service seems understaffed.
Meals seem reduced. Seatback screens seem less fun than a movie house. Am pleased with improved air in A350-900 and 787.Her