***This is utilization fourteen of my "Camels, Bats, together with Bloggers" trip study detailing a recent trip to Dubai together with Seychelles, amongst a lastly halt inwards Las Vegas to attend the 2014 BAcon conference hosted yesteryear BoardingArea***
1. Introduction - Camels, Bats, together with Bloggers
2. Emirates Lounge at SFO
3. Emirates First Class San Francisco to Dubai
4. Conrad Dubai
5. Old Dubai, Ski Dubai, together with At the Top
6. Emirates Terminal B First Class Lounge at DXB
7. Emirates First Class Dubai to Mahe, Seychelles
8. Four Seasons Republic of Seychelles
9. Air Republic of Seychelles Economy Class Mahe to Praslin
10. Raffles Praslin Seychelles
11. Island Hopping - La Digue
12. Island Hopping - Praslin, Cousine, Curieuse, St. Pierre
13. Hilton Republic of Seychelles Northolme Resort together with Spa
14. Emirates Business Class Mahe, Republic of Seychelles to Dubai
15. 7-Star Luxury at the Burj Al Arab
16. British Airways Lounge at DXB
17. PRC Pacific Business Class Dubai to Los Angeles via Hong Kong
18. 2014 BAcon Conference inwards Las Vegas + Mandalay Bay Hotel
19. American Express Centurion Lounge at LAS
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Without plenty Alaska Airlines miles to cause got us abode from the Seychelles, I had to come upward up amongst some other plan. After running through a bunch of scenarios, the ane that made the well-nigh sense would live to buy tickets on Emirates from the Republic of Seychelles dorsum to Dubai, together with transcend away along on a divide PRC Pacific ticket dorsum to the States via Hong Kong.
As an added bonus, I had a sizable stash of Emirates Skywards miles credited from our stay at the Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort together with Spa that I used to upgrade us to Business Class.
Now that nosotros were 1.5 weeks into our trip, jet lag was long gone together with meant that the 8:40AM difference would live painful. The wake-up telephone vociferation upward rang at 5:30AM, followed yesteryear a knock at the door a few minutes after to collect our luggage.
At to the lowest degree they came amongst breakfast together with java inwards hand. Since we'd live departing before breakfast, the hotel was overnice plenty to pack us a continental breakfast of pastries together with yogurt to-go.
We jumped inwards the taxi, together with drifted inwards together with out of slumber until reaching the airdrome presently after 7AM. We didn't cause got the adventure to explore downtown Victoria at all, but at to the lowest degree I was able to snap a drive-by photograph of the mini-Big Ben statue.
After checking-in together with passing through security, nosotros headed upstairs to the Salon Vallee de Mai lounge where nosotros were able to relax, together with well-nigh importantly, pick out deal of a sec loving cup of coffee. There were only a handful of commercial flights leaving during this fourth dimension of twenty-four hours the lounge was real empty.
The lounge featured plenty of seating together with at that spot was a modest alternative of cereals, pastries together with fruits available for breakfast.
The wifi speed was surprisingly quick, but I passed the fourth dimension amongst a dissimilar shape of amusement together with enjoyed the smashing views of the tarmac.
About xxx minutes prior to departure, the boarding statement came, together with nosotros joined the smashing migration downstairs to the gate. Our supply flying to Dubai would characteristic the same A340-500 that nosotros had taken downward to the Seychelles, but this fourth dimension we'd been demoted to Business Class.
The Business Class cabin had a real similar colouring scheme together with style, together with is configured inwards a 2x2x2 layout. With such a lite charge today at that spot was nobody else inwards our row.
Upon taking our seats, initial impressions was that they were quite spacious together with comfortable. However, after on into the flying every bit nosotros tried to recline together with sleep, nosotros flora the seats to live quite oddly-shaped together with awkward. They seemed to crease upward inwards something similar a cradle that had me contorting my trunk inwards 3 dissimilar directions amongst a dip inwards the lower back, together with and hence a hump some the knees. Even my married adult woman who could uncovering a means to autumn asleep on a common bench was having problem getting settled into these seats, hence nosotros only sat upright for well-nigh of the flight.
The IFE system? Just every bit difficult to utilization every bit the ane inwards First Class. Oddly, the touch-screen on these seats was improve together with to a greater extent than responsive than the ones inwards the First Class cabin.
It was a moot indicate for me anyways, since I had everything I needed on my iPad backup IFE system, together with spent the side yesteryear side few hours amongst Jax Teller together with the balance of the Sons of Anarchy.
About xxx minutes into the flight, the repast service started amongst a hot towel together with potable service. Even though nosotros had nibbled on some pastries before that morning, I was starving together with was to a greater extent than than gear upward for a hot breakfast. I couldn't plough downward the scrambled eggs alternative which proved to live great.
Overall, a real skillful flying for our start sense amongst Emirates' Business Class. However, piece the seats weren't necessarily an consequence for the 4-hour flight, if these are the same ones inwards utilization on longer-haul flights together with hence I wouldn't tell that they are competitive amongst the lay-flats offered yesteryear PRC Pacific every bit an example.
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1. Introduction - Camels, Bats, together with Bloggers
2. Emirates Lounge at SFO
3. Emirates First Class San Francisco to Dubai
4. Conrad Dubai
5. Old Dubai, Ski Dubai, together with At the Top
6. Emirates Terminal B First Class Lounge at DXB
7. Emirates First Class Dubai to Mahe, Seychelles
8. Four Seasons Republic of Seychelles
9. Air Republic of Seychelles Economy Class Mahe to Praslin
10. Raffles Praslin Seychelles
11. Island Hopping - La Digue
12. Island Hopping - Praslin, Cousine, Curieuse, St. Pierre
13. Hilton Republic of Seychelles Northolme Resort together with Spa
14. Emirates Business Class Mahe, Republic of Seychelles to Dubai
15. 7-Star Luxury at the Burj Al Arab
16. British Airways Lounge at DXB
17. PRC Pacific Business Class Dubai to Los Angeles via Hong Kong
18. 2014 BAcon Conference inwards Las Vegas + Mandalay Bay Hotel
19. American Express Centurion Lounge at LAS
_______________________________
Without plenty Alaska Airlines miles to cause got us abode from the Seychelles, I had to come upward up amongst some other plan. After running through a bunch of scenarios, the ane that made the well-nigh sense would live to buy tickets on Emirates from the Republic of Seychelles dorsum to Dubai, together with transcend away along on a divide PRC Pacific ticket dorsum to the States via Hong Kong.
As an added bonus, I had a sizable stash of Emirates Skywards miles credited from our stay at the Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort together with Spa that I used to upgrade us to Business Class.
Now that nosotros were 1.5 weeks into our trip, jet lag was long gone together with meant that the 8:40AM difference would live painful. The wake-up telephone vociferation upward rang at 5:30AM, followed yesteryear a knock at the door a few minutes after to collect our luggage.
At to the lowest degree they came amongst breakfast together with java inwards hand. Since we'd live departing before breakfast, the hotel was overnice plenty to pack us a continental breakfast of pastries together with yogurt to-go.
We jumped inwards the taxi, together with drifted inwards together with out of slumber until reaching the airdrome presently after 7AM. We didn't cause got the adventure to explore downtown Victoria at all, but at to the lowest degree I was able to snap a drive-by photograph of the mini-Big Ben statue.
Mini-Big Ben inwards downtown Victoria
After checking-in together with passing through security, nosotros headed upstairs to the Salon Vallee de Mai lounge where nosotros were able to relax, together with well-nigh importantly, pick out deal of a sec loving cup of coffee. There were only a handful of commercial flights leaving during this fourth dimension of twenty-four hours the lounge was real empty.
The lounge featured plenty of seating together with at that spot was a modest alternative of cereals, pastries together with fruits available for breakfast.
The wifi speed was surprisingly quick, but I passed the fourth dimension amongst a dissimilar shape of amusement together with enjoyed the smashing views of the tarmac.
Plane spotting on the tarmac - Kenyan, Mihin Lanka, together with what appears to live a military machine plane
Our A340-500
About xxx minutes prior to departure, the boarding statement came, together with nosotros joined the smashing migration downstairs to the gate. Our supply flying to Dubai would characteristic the same A340-500 that nosotros had taken downward to the Seychelles, but this fourth dimension we'd been demoted to Business Class.
The Business Class cabin had a real similar colouring scheme together with style, together with is configured inwards a 2x2x2 layout. With such a lite charge today at that spot was nobody else inwards our row.
Upon taking our seats, initial impressions was that they were quite spacious together with comfortable. However, after on into the flying every bit nosotros tried to recline together with sleep, nosotros flora the seats to live quite oddly-shaped together with awkward. They seemed to crease upward inwards something similar a cradle that had me contorting my trunk inwards 3 dissimilar directions amongst a dip inwards the lower back, together with and hence a hump some the knees. Even my married adult woman who could uncovering a means to autumn asleep on a common bench was having problem getting settled into these seats, hence nosotros only sat upright for well-nigh of the flight.
The IFE system? Just every bit difficult to utilization every bit the ane inwards First Class. Oddly, the touch-screen on these seats was improve together with to a greater extent than responsive than the ones inwards the First Class cabin.
It was a moot indicate for me anyways, since I had everything I needed on my iPad backup IFE system, together with spent the side yesteryear side few hours amongst Jax Teller together with the balance of the Sons of Anarchy.
About xxx minutes into the flight, the repast service started amongst a hot towel together with potable service. Even though nosotros had nibbled on some pastries before that morning, I was starving together with was to a greater extent than than gear upward for a hot breakfast. I couldn't plough downward the scrambled eggs alternative which proved to live great.
Overall, a real skillful flying for our start sense amongst Emirates' Business Class. However, piece the seats weren't necessarily an consequence for the 4-hour flight, if these are the same ones inwards utilization on longer-haul flights together with hence I wouldn't tell that they are competitive amongst the lay-flats offered yesteryear PRC Pacific every bit an example.
