Rhino1

Hahah, you are one lucky man sir.
I got a few complimentary upgrades here and their with Etihad and yea there is world between cabin classes

Kix

Why, why why....

scrubbedexpat141

Best not hug, I just got a semi.

I'm golfing tonight and am a little young to appreciate TJ properly, enjoy though!

Rhino1

Bah, I'm going for BA.. whatever happens happens! :s

weasel decentral

If you are not going to spring for higher than economy you should just choose the cheapest. Its going to make f. all difference over 7 hours, regardless of whether one entertainment system is better than another, or who has best service or food.
In my opinion of course .

Just to add to I don't mind BA at all, but everyone here seems to have varying experience with every airline.

Millhouse

Spot on. Having just done two BA economy flights - one of 10 hours and one of 7 hours, I can honestly say they are good. The food and TV systems are total shite, but this is the case in all airlines. I never eat on flights (in any class) and you take the ipad/kindle for the entertainment.

Seats on BA are more comfortable that EK... different story in business of course.

Kix

Use the money you saved by flying the cheapest non stop flight for getting really drunk really quickly. You honestly won't recall the flight.

Rhino1

Hahaha...! Perfect answers!

Although BA at AED:10,945 for business class does seem kind of nice

If I was earning 30+ aed I would just book business without even checking!
20k just doesn't cut it anymore

soukie

Agreed - actually I think all the flight prices are silly at the moment. Where have all the KLM and Lufthansa cheapies gone?

Myusernamewastaken

White trash premium and white trash class?!

Robajob

BA lost my luggage and is irredeemably grim.

Etihad lost my money, and if I have to see that f**kinq just for laughs episode on the bus after a 14 hour flight again I will go insane,,,,

Qatar - well if it's run as efficiently and effectively as the rest of Qatar, I think I'll give it a miss, thanks

Emirates - prices that make you weep - A380 is the best way to get to and from the UK though - without a shadow of a doubt.

Do KLM fly into Dubai?

Rhino1

In all honesty those transit flights do my head in.. You can save a *hit load here and there but you gotta put up with tons of lost hours and in some cases a day if your vacation! Qatar has got FC Barcelona contract so I assume they gotta be doing something right to keep that contract.. Hahah so we assume anyway!!
And what's with this new BA slogan "to fly to serve"

Myusernamewastaken

A change of aircrafts in Doha will set you back about 2 hours each way.

Have you tried getting a single ticket to London using a low cost carrier and then buy a return ticket from London? That could work out to be more economical even if you probably would need a stopover on your way to London.

Myusernamewastaken

A change of aircrafts in Doha will set you back about 2 hours each way.

Have you tried getting a single ticket to London using a low cost carrier and then buy a return ticket from London? That could work out to be more economical even if you probably would need a stopover on your way to London.

Myusernamewastaken

I know that you don't like a stopover but I believe that flights tend to be cheaper if they originate from London and the low cost thing only needs to be done once to start buying tickets from London instead.

It makes sense, you would probably pay more to get home for Christmas than someone living in London to have a vacation in the UAE.