Once through the chaos of Dubai security we made our way to the F lounge. This was something else. It was the WHOLE of the upstairs of the terminal and took forever to walk around, with its own Duty Free shops, and everything else we could possibly want. We went and booked massages in the Spa, and we were shown to treatment rooms straight away. The massages were very thorough and lasted quite a bit longer than the 15 minute advertised. Then we went to the table service restaurant. As it was about 00.30 at this point, neither of us wanted a great deal but each had the most beautiful fruit platters and some cheese, together with soft drinks and coffee. Then we found somewhere we wanted to relax and wait. The whole lounge had no more than 15-20 passengers in, as far as we could see, and probably three times as many staff. Each toilet area, and there were a lot if them, had a member of staff - all night - and were spotlessly clean. It was a delight to see such lovely loos!
Eventually, our flight was called and we again boarded from the lounge. We were given another bag full of PJs, slippers and amenity kits and offered the champagne but opted for juice and booked our fourth showers for an hour before landing. Everything was in place, as we had now come to expect - though I don’t think we’ll be travelling in such style very often! As soon as the seat belt signs were off we had our beds made up, closed the doors and went to sleep.
I must have slept about 4 hours or so and woke to go to the bathroom. The crew member brought me some juice, fruit and the best yoghurt, I can’t remember the make but I assumed it was Irish for some reason - maybe not - and it was in a glass jar. Oh it was soooo good. And before long the Spa attendant came to tell me my bathroom was ready for me. Yet another shower - which was so refreshing, I could certainly get used to it - and as I was dressing the Capt was saying seat belt signs would soon be lit. So back to the seat and I watched us fly over the Thames Estuary and London from the cameras.
We landed early and breezed through immigration and our bags were amongst the first dozen off. We found the Emirates Chauffeur Lounge, which was very busy and within 5 minutes our car was waiting to take us to our daughter’s in Islington.
So our first First was a fabulous experience. We had never flown with Emirates at all before and were very impressed with First. We liked the on-board bar, which was much bigger, better stocked than VS with great seating areas with seat belts and it was permanently staffed. The crew were exceptional, the seats, bling, snacks basket great. The PJs and slippers very, very good quality, as were the toilet-bag amenity kits. The food was very good, the wines excellent. The shower/bathrooms were FABULOUS! But the in flight entertainment I felt was disappointing, despite the massive, very clear screens and very good headphones. There were loads of movies, but few blockbusters. The Business cabin however, was huge - over 70 seats - and I feel that would impress me less, so Qatar would probably remain my choice for Business, especially on their 787 with only 22 seats.
Our next flight is with BA in CE. I don’t expect that to be a patch on this fabulous experience, but maybe another day.......
Thanks for reading.
Eventually, our flight was called and we again boarded from the lounge. We were given another bag full of PJs, slippers and amenity kits and offered the champagne but opted for juice and booked our fourth showers for an hour before landing. Everything was in place, as we had now come to expect - though I don’t think we’ll be travelling in such style very often! As soon as the seat belt signs were off we had our beds made up, closed the doors and went to sleep.
I must have slept about 4 hours or so and woke to go to the bathroom. The crew member brought me some juice, fruit and the best yoghurt, I can’t remember the make but I assumed it was Irish for some reason - maybe not - and it was in a glass jar. Oh it was soooo good. And before long the Spa attendant came to tell me my bathroom was ready for me. Yet another shower - which was so refreshing, I could certainly get used to it - and as I was dressing the Capt was saying seat belt signs would soon be lit. So back to the seat and I watched us fly over the Thames Estuary and London from the cameras.
We landed early and breezed through immigration and our bags were amongst the first dozen off. We found the Emirates Chauffeur Lounge, which was very busy and within 5 minutes our car was waiting to take us to our daughter’s in Islington.
So our first First was a fabulous experience. We had never flown with Emirates at all before and were very impressed with First. We liked the on-board bar, which was much bigger, better stocked than VS with great seating areas with seat belts and it was permanently staffed. The crew were exceptional, the seats, bling, snacks basket great. The PJs and slippers very, very good quality, as were the toilet-bag amenity kits. The food was very good, the wines excellent. The shower/bathrooms were FABULOUS! But the in flight entertainment I felt was disappointing, despite the massive, very clear screens and very good headphones. There were loads of movies, but few blockbusters. The Business cabin however, was huge - over 70 seats - and I feel that would impress me less, so Qatar would probably remain my choice for Business, especially on their 787 with only 22 seats.
Our next flight is with BA in CE. I don’t expect that to be a patch on this fabulous experience, but maybe another day.......
Thanks for reading.
Gill