Emirates Premium Economy

[JWILLS]

Great to read that Emirates are offering Premium Economy from Sydney to Europe return - wish they offer the same from Melbourne as looking at making a booking this year - been suggested I delay booking

 

[TLC93]

Just booked Emirates PE Sydney-Vienna for March. Really looking forward to it! As a 195cm tall human the space will be appreciated as well as the other benefits. Dubai-Vienna is a 777 so only preferred seating.

 

[Pug1]

Great to read that Emirates are offering Premium Economy from Sydney to Europe return - wish they offer the same from Melbourne as looking at making a booking this year - been suggested I delay booking

hi JWILLS . we are going to Lisbon in April with Emirates and have booked PE from Melbourne to Dubai on the A380. The Dubai to Lisbon leg is on the 777 so no PE.

 

[emilbulls]

Hey

As PE seems to available from/to MEL but not to every port in Europe, has anyone experience with booking mixed cabin class on QF flight number?
Looks like it’s not possible at the moment directly via Qantas

 

[Pug1]

Hey

As PE seems to available from/to MEL but not to every port in Europe, has anyone experience with booking mixed cabin class on QF flight number?
Looks like it’s not possible at the moment directly via Qantas

I think you are correct as I could not book our tickets with mixed class on the Qantas FF login site. We then used a travel agent and she booked directly with Emirates. That was a few months ago. The TM is currently not doing any Qantas bookings for anyone!!

 

[emilbulls]

I can provide a brief update.
I did call the QFF Service Line and was connected with AKL and tried to book a PE/Y connection under QF number.
Long story short, it’s not possible. (Agent did check with the ticketing department and called me back after the 1 1/2 hours, so pretty pleased with the service)
The only option the agent could give is booking MEL-DBX-MEL under QF number and make a seperate EK booking for the connection flight.
This defeats the purpose in my opinion, as you have two seperate bookings with all the disadvantages.
According to the agent, it is a problem of EK not making this combos available under the codeshare agreement and it will be most likely raised with Emirates.

 

[Pug1]

I can provide a brief update.
I did call the QFF Service Line and was connected with AKL and tried to book a PE/Y connection under QF number.
Long story short, it’s not possible. (Agent did check with the ticketing department and called me back after the 1 1/2 hours, so pretty pleased with the service)
The only option the agent could give is booking MEL-DBX-MEL under QF number and make a seperate EK booking for the connection flight.
This defeats the purpose in my opinion, as you have two seperate bookings with all the disadvantages.
According to the agent, it is a problem of EK not making this combos available under the codeshare agreement and it will be most likely raised with Emirates.

thank you for checking. I have used my Qantas ff numbers for our booking and maybe should change to Emirates Skywards? We fly out on 6th April for Lisbon.

 

[brucebrad]

There seem to be some odd behaviour on the Emirates booking site. If I try to book PE/Y from SYD to MUN on 31 August it says partially available on EK413/EK051 (just on EK413), but sold out on the more direct EK413/EK049.

(On later days, which I would prefer, sold out on both combinations which seems weird given it is 6 months away. Plenty of availability on the 6am flight - not surprisingly)

 

[RooFlyer]

Great to read that Emirates are offering Premium Economy from Sydney to Europe return - wish they offer the same from Melbourne as looking at making a booking this year - been suggested I delay booking

EK PE coming to Melbourne

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/worlds-best-premium-economy-seat-finally-makes-it-to-melbourne-with-emirates/news-story/f8af113a0164f0c511d8a29b10cdffc0

(Probably paywalled - try 12ft – Hop any paywall )

A cabin eight-years in the making has finally made it to Melbourne on Emirates’ A380 aircraft.

The 56-seat premium economy cabin sits at the front of the superjumbo’s lower deck in a space previously filled with 88 economy seats.

With plush leather upholstery, large in-flight entertainment screens and almost a metre of legroom, the premium economy seats are considered by Emirates to be on par with business class in “some other airlines”.

 

[Logan^]

Had to change my flights and on flying tomorrow on Emirates PE to LHR, will report back.

 

[Pug1]

Just got back from Lisbon flying PE on Emirates Melbourne to Dubai and back. The PE cabin is a huge improvement on other PE offerings, and we can highly recommend it. Plenty of leg room and recline, with a retractable leg support and footrest. The service and food were excellent. Three bathrooms for this cabin and we didn't notice any "infiltration" from the economy cabin behind. They would have to go through the galley and two curtained areas to use the PE toilets. We had seats at row 34 which are good for privacy as they are next to the stairs with no middle row. Seat row 33 has no window. Since the PE cabin is at the front of the lower deck you get on and off easily too. The sector from Dubai to Lisbon was in economy on the 777 but not too bad apart from the fact that all other passengers seemed to have double the carry-on allowance and it was not being policed by the check in crew!

 

[Pug1]

Forgot to add that we booked Emirates flight numbers as the PE sectors were not offered on Qantas. We had no lounge access going out, but Emirates gave us J lounge access in Dubai on the return leg, which I was not expecting. I assume that was because of my Qantas Club membership. We booked for paid access to the ANA lounge in Lisbon for the return leg to Dubai. It was fine and not too crowded as our flight to Dubai left around 22.00 hours. There didn't seem to be any policing of the three-hour maximum stay for this lounge.

 

[Logan^]

Ok my write up is similar, I agree with all the statements above about the product.

However for me as I am 6'4, I found that with the foot rest down your legs were too far up against the seat in front of they are reclined and then if I had the calf support out, my legs got squashed between the support and the back of the seat in front. Therefore it was a challenge to sleep for me.

Just something to bear in mind if you are tall.

 

[Youfah Mizzum]

Back in February I booked PE for flights to SYD-TLV in Sept. Looking forward to it! Booked direct with EK and gave them my QFF number, so I should earn points.

Does anyone know if I get lounge access in SYD prior to boarding?
If not, I'll prowl around on the lounge thread and see if I can snatch up someone's unused Q passes!

 

[Logan^]

No lounge access unless you have Gold status or above with Qantas or Emirates status

 

[Pug1]

Back in February I booked PE for flights to SYD-TLV in Sept. Looking forward to it! Booked direct with EK and gave them my QFF number, so I should earn points.

Does anyone know if I get lounge access in SYD prior to boarding?
If not, I'll prowl around on the lounge thread and see if I can snatch up someone's unused Q passes!

you will get QF points but a low number. No Qantas status credits if you have booked Emirates flight numbers. We didn't get any lounge access in Melbourne on the way out as I am only QF silver, however as I said above Emirates gave us lounge access in Dubai on the way back. Presumably due to my Qantas Club membership - or Luck!

 

[Ade]

EK PE coming to Melbourne

wish they offer the same from Melbourne as looking at making a booking this year - been suggested I delay booking

Got this from a TA

Emirates Premium Economy Melbourne Service - Important Update Due to supply chain delays impacting the Emirates retrofit program, the deployment of aircraft fitted with Emirates Premium Economy seats on the Melbourne to Dubai EK 409 and Dubai to Melbourne EK 408 services has been delayed.

 

[AIRwin]

Got this from a TA

​ Emirates Premium Economy Melbourne Service - Important Update Due to supply chain delays impacting the Emirates retrofit program, the deployment of aircraft fitted with Emirates Premium Economy seats on the Melbourne to Dubai EK 409 and Dubai to Melbourne EK 408 services has been delayed.

Delayed from 1 August to 29 October?

Emirates 2023/24 4-class A380 Operations – 04JUN23 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1200GMT 05JUN23 Emirates in last week’s schedule update continues to revise its planned operation of its 4-class Airbus A380 aircraft, featuring Premium Economy cabin. From 01JUN23, planned 4-class A380 operation (based on OAG schedules listing that includes booking class W / E), as o

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[Beano]

We flew EK on QF codeshare MEL- DXB-MAD end April 2023 and back GLA-DXB-Mel mid June in Y. Planning same again in May 2024 but in PE. Noticed the PE but only on the MEL routes. All flights A380.
Tried searching the route on QF website but no luck. I do need my SCs to keep up my platinum for 2025. Any suggestions? Separate bookings may be the way as discussed above. Lounge access shouldn't be a problem as LTG.

 

[Beano]

Forgot to add that we booked Emirates flight numbers as the PE sectors were not offered on Qantas. We had no lounge access going out, but Emirates gave us J lounge access in Dubai on the return leg, which I was not expecting. I assume that was because of my Qantas Club membership. We booked for paid access to the ANA lounge in Lisbon for the return leg to Dubai. It was fine and not too crowded as our flight to Dubai left around 22.00 hours. There didn't seem to be any policing of the three-hour maximum stay for this lounge.

I think the toilet in the galley between Y and PE is really for PE. I usualy sit one row back from front of Y and saw lots of Y passengers using it, me included. FAs dont seem to mind. It's also where the between meals snacks are kept.