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Category Archives: emirates

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What I Booked Before Emirates Restricted First Class Awards

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 12, 2025May 12, 2025 7 Comments
a row of seats with monitors on the side

A new policy is now in effect at Emirates that restricts first class award redemptions to Skywards elite members, a move that is aimed at driving more business to Emirates and its portfolio of co-branded credit cards. Just ahead...

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Emirates Restricts First Class Awards To Skywards Elites (But There Are Two Workarounds)

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 10, 2025May 10, 2025 4 Comments
Emirates Restricts First Class

After reporting record profits earlier this week, Emirates will restrict first class awards to its own elite frequent flyers. There may be at least two workarounds, but this is a monumental development in the evolution of Emirates’ first class...

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Emirates Declares Itself World’s Most Profitable Airline

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 8, 2025 21 Comments
Emirates Most Profitable Carrier

Emirates has just reported its 2024-2025 financial results, with figures suggesting that it is now the world’s most profitable airline. Emirates Reports Huge Profits, Rewards Employees The Emirates Group includes Emirates (the airline) and dnata (its ground servicing division,...

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Emirates Flight Attendant Shares How She Busted Up A Couple Getting Naughty In Galley…

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 13, 2025January 12, 2025 8 Comments
Emirates Flight Attendant Galley

A former Emirates flight attendant has recounted an amusing anecdote of how she broke up a couple who was getting a little carried away in the galley in the middle of a long flight…yes, the flight attendants are watching...

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Fitness Influencer Ostentatiously Exercises On Emirates Flight

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 23, 2024November 23, 2024 11 Comments
Influencer Exercises Emriates

Girl, your plan worked perfectly. A popular online fitness influencer is being torched for her decision to ostentatiously exercise in the middle of an Emirates flight in business class. And now I am aware of someone who otherwise never...

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“Middle Seat Hack” Fails After Man Wants To Sit Between Two Young Women On Emirates Flight

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 7, 2024June 7, 2024 39 Comments
Middle Seat Emirates

Two girls thought they were being clever by positioning themselves for an open middle seat on their Emirates flight to Germany but ended up with a man who actually wanted to sit between them and refused to move. “Middle...

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After Reporting Record Profit, Emirates Surprises Workers With Massive Bonus

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 14, 2024May 13, 2024 9 Comments
a group of people standing in a building

On the heels of record profitability, Emirates has announced a profit sharing formula for its workforce. The Dubai-based carrier has done a good thing in recognizing the fundamental importance of its workforce to its success and the generous bouns...

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Emirates Flight Attendant Braves Dubai Floods In Style…

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 17, 2024April 17, 2024 12 Comments
Emirates Flight Attendant Dubai Flooding

It has been a wet week in Dubai, with unprecedented rainfall and flooding through the desert oasis and other emirates. The picture and video emerging, like one of an Emirates flight attendant braving the floodwaters, are a poignant reminder...

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Emirates Flight Attendants Slam Drunken Man On Ground In Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 2024 10 Comments
Emirates Drunken Man Slammed

An Emirates flight to Pakistan turned violent after an intoxicated passenger purportedly became aggressive, requiring multiple crew embers to tackle and subdue him. Drunken Man Slammed On Ground In Emirates Business Class On Raucous Flight To Pakistan Emirates flight...

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Emirates Chief Warns Boeing Is In “Last Chance Saloon”

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 6, 2024February 6, 2024 23 Comments
Emirates Boeing Confidence

Continued safety concerns at Boeing have led to a loss of confidence and placed the aircraft maker in what the President of Emirates has called the “last chance saloon.” Crisis Of Confidence: Emirates Boss Says Boeing Has No More...

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Up To 150% Emirates Skywards Transfer Bonus (Today Only) With Bilt

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 1, 2023November 13, 2023 2 Comments
a woman reading a book in a plane

If you hold a Bilt Mastercard (no annual fee), do not forget that today is “Rent Day” with double points in key purchase categories plus a lucrative bonus of up to 150% on Emirates Skywards transfers (but today only)....

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Emirates Decides Miss Universe Canada Is Not Fit To Fly…

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 11, 2023November 13, 2023 44 Comments
a woman with long brown hair

Miss Universe Canada claims she was denied a flight attendant position by Emirates after revealing that she once struggled with an eating disorder. Was Emirates Right To Rescind Flight Attendant Job Offer To Miss Universe Canada? 25-year-old Madison Kvaltin...

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Horror Story On Emirates Is Timely Reminder To Pack Your Own Food

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 19, 2023November 13, 2023 21 Comments
a woman with blue eyes and a white shirt

I genuinely feel bad for a young woman who suffers from celiac disease whose consumption of a croissant on a 15-hour Emirates flight led to immense discomfort. I think the important takeaway, though, is that those with severe food...

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Emirates Picks Penelope Cruz As Star Of New Ad Campaign

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 26, 2023November 13, 2023 7 Comments
a woman lying in bed

Dubai-based Emirates has named Penelope Cruz as its next brand ambassador. As Emirates launches a new ad campaign and unveils a new slogan, its use of the world-renowned model and movie star seeks to further glamorize the full-service carrier....

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Terrified Emirates Business Class Passenger Stays Awake In Fear Seatmate Will Urinate On Her

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 15, 2023November 13, 2023 9 Comments
an airplane with purple lights

Many years ago, I wrote a story about my “golden shower” on Emirates…as a joke. Little did I think then that Emirates would actually allow a passenger to urinate repeatedly in the business class cabin. But a business class...

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Emirates Lavishes Employees With Massive Profit-Sharing Bonus

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 12, 2023November 13, 2023 23 Comments
a couple of women wearing red hats

With record profit comes record profit sharing for Emirates employees, a move that is certain to improve morale and cement loyalty at the Dubai-based airline. Emirates Offers Employees Unprecedented Profit-Sharing Bonus It has been a rough few years for...

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Emirates Forced To Pay Over $8,000 For “Bait And Switch” Business Class Seat

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 13, 2023November 13, 2023 14 Comments
a plane with seats and a screen

A New Zealand man has successfully obtained a judgement for over USD8000 from Emirates after he successfully argued that the Dubai-based carrier falsely advertised a business class product that largely does not serve the New Zealand market and instead...

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Emirates Gives Us A Lump Of Coal For Christmas

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 23, 2022November 13, 2023 9 Comments
a couple of women wearing red hats and holding a sign

Devaluations are fair game. Unannounced devaluations are not. Emirates may have a red and white livery, but it is no Father Christmas. Quite the contrary, Emirates just delivered us a lump of coal for Christmas with its latest Skywards...

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Report: Emirates Flight Bound For Newark Returns To Athens After US Identifies Threat Onboard

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 11, 2022November 13, 2023 5 Comments
a stairs leading to an airplane

An Emirates 777-300ER bound for Newark, New Jersey returned to Athens after the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or other U.S. officials purportedly refused entry to at least one of the passengers onboard. Earlier reports falsely suggested a hijacking...

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“Rebellious” Woman Attacks Emirates Airport Staff In Mexico City

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 7, 2022November 13, 2023 13 Comments
a woman standing on a wall

A “rebellious” passenger attempting to travel on an expired passport threw a temper tantrum then attacked an Emirates employee at Mexico City after she was denied boarding. In A Fit Of Rage, “Rebellious” Passenger Attacks Emirates Staff After She...

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