As frequent readers of the blog know, back in December I flew Emirates first class from London to Dubai with only a couple of hours advance notice, and it was probably my ultimate travel “high.”

And while the shower was quite possibly the coolest thing ever, that’s not what I enjoyed most about the experience. What I liked most was the wifi, so I could share the experience with you guys live. That was a blast. I had made the following posts during my travels:

Is British Airways first class the world’s best business class product?
The story behind how I ended up in Emirates Airbus 380 first class…
The most, gaudy, obnoxious, and awesome f*&^$&# flight of my life!

Anyway, in about 12 hours I’ll be flying Emirates first class on the Airbus 380 again, and I’m really looking forward to doing it all again, from the shower to using the wifi to share my experiences.

I’ll be blogging, Tweeting, Instagramming, and Facebooking, so if you’d like to follow along be sure we’re “connected” in all places:

But I figured I’d take it one stop further and run a little giveaway for 10,000 Membership Rewards points, though I’m still open to ideas on how to do this (I try to run the blog as more of a democracy than anything else).

My general idea was this — once I take off I’ll post a link to my Flightaware, and whoever first guesses the sum of the following correctly while I’m still in the air wins 10,000 Membership Rewards points:

  • The number of times I’m addressed by name on the flight
  • The number of hot towels I’m served throughout the flight
  • The number of languages spoken by the crew (which is usually announced at the beginning of the flight)
  • The number of times I’m served drinks or they’re topped off

Anyway, would love some feedback on possible other “metrics” I can add to the above for fun.

Am totally open to ideas over the next 12 hours, and will post the official entry thread once I’m airborne.

Thanks, and safe/enjoyable travels!

Posted on January 18th, 2013 by lucky
Filed under: Emirates, Travel | 50 Comments »

  1. January 18th, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    Jamison @ Points Summary said,

    great contest! can’t wait to enter Ben- have fun in the shower and remember only 2 max per person

  2. January 18th, 2013 at 7:19 pm

    Franklyn said,

    I don’t think there’s a number that can cover the amount of times your drink is topped off/refilled in First or Suites.

  3. January 18th, 2013 at 7:20 pm

    dhammer53 said,

    I’d like to know the nationality of the pilot. I love hearing English from the Captain on a foreign flagged carrier.

  4. January 18th, 2013 at 7:21 pm

    lucky said,

    @ dhammer53 — Believe he was British. Perhaps born in HK to expat parents.

  5. January 18th, 2013 at 7:24 pm

    Dan A. said,

    Love to join in but I’ll be on SQ1 in my own suite :) unless they have the wifi up I will be out.. Have fun!

  6. January 18th, 2013 at 7:24 pm

    Benny said,

    Ill be following along for sure!

    Just some wacky ideas
    How long you sleep for?
    How many times go to the bathroom?
    How many seats occupied?

  7. January 18th, 2013 at 7:30 pm

    Juan said,

    How many times you passed gas?

  8. January 18th, 2013 at 7:42 pm

    prak said,

    Age of the partner you join Mile High club with? (’0′ for not applicable)

  9. January 18th, 2013 at 7:45 pm

    Levy Flight said,

    We are a near miss again. I will be in Dubai next weekend. Heading to the Islands in the gulf this week. Enjoy the trip.

  10. January 18th, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    TravelBloggerBuzz said,

    Guessing languages spoken is way too hard! How about posting pics of them guessing where they are from?

    Just kidding.

    Are you ever NOT flying?????

  11. January 18th, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    FrequentBird.com said,

    In these shower suites, what percentage of the eligible passengers use it?

  12. January 18th, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    Solar said,

    An extra 5k MR if you can drink more than 8 bottles of 2k Dom?

  13. January 18th, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    Ben said,

    Hmmm… I imagine it’ll be rather difficult for you to verify any estimates as to the number of times you’re addressed by name/hot towels/servings of drinks while you’re still in the air and there surely are more to come up until you leave the plane!

    Unless, of course, you plan on simply waiting until your favourite fan’s guess has been reached and declaring them winner! :P

  14. January 18th, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Ben — I’ll keep a piece of paper handy and add a slash every time a number in each category is fulfilled. The winner would only be announced upon landing.

  15. January 18th, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    Traveling Well For Less said,

    With a blog title like that you might get the guy who wanted to buy the sweater off your back more interested. Wink :)

  16. January 18th, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    BFrankley said,

    I suggest a category for spontaneous fits of giggling while thinking, “I’m showering. On a plane!”

  17. January 18th, 2013 at 8:51 pm

    Steven said,

    i would say you are greeted by 5 different languages…

  18. January 18th, 2013 at 8:58 pm

    Andrew said,

    How about number of times you have to explain your routing?

  19. January 18th, 2013 at 9:02 pm

    Tracy T. said,

    Great idea! Now I know what I’ll be doing with my Saturday morning –> obsessively monitoring the comments section and trying to out guess everyone else. :)

  20. January 18th, 2013 at 9:06 pm

    Adam said,

    # of diet cokes consumed!

  21. January 18th, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    Ben said,

    @lucky – My bad, misread you as saying that you’d be announcing the winner while blogging from 30,000 feet! Although you could still do that if you picked your categories accordingly.

    Perhaps we should do a poll on what to guess, being all democratic and such… ;)

  22. January 18th, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    Joseph M said,

    The answer is 43!

  23. January 18th, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    Nathaniel said,

    @Joseph M 42.. 42 is the answer smh.. ;)

  24. January 18th, 2013 at 11:06 pm

    Kris Ziel said,

    Times you are served of have your drink topped off.

  25. January 18th, 2013 at 11:37 pm

    Kai said,

    I’m guessing the prize is only applicable for US readers?

  26. January 18th, 2013 at 11:54 pm

    Russell said,

    a) The number of times I’m addressed by name on the flight
    You’ll lose track – but it will be at least 8
    b) The number of hot towels I’m served throughout the flight
    3 = pre take-off, pre meal (both times)
    c) The number of languages spoken by the crew 5 – English, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese and German
    d)The number of times I’m served drinks or they’re topped off
    8 – including the water refills while you are sleeping!

  27. January 19th, 2013 at 12:07 am

    lucky said,

    @ Kai — Nope, can transfer points to anyone’s partner loyalty program account (though it has to be a US Membership Rewards transfer partner).

  28. January 19th, 2013 at 12:39 am

    Ari said,

    1. Number of times being adresed.
    answer-10

    2. hot towels

    answers- 2

    3. language by crew

    answer- 3

    4. water refills

    5 1/2

  29. January 19th, 2013 at 1:00 am

    Steelsnow said,

    ‘One Shower at a Time’ returns! First the HK lounge and now back on Emirates… We want a water pressure report!

  30. January 19th, 2013 at 1:28 am

    EagerTraveler said,

    How much the container of caviar weighs?

  31. January 19th, 2013 at 2:45 am

    Ken said,

    I have flown Emirates in F a few times and although very nice, by far not the best experience out there. I chuckle every time I see you posting about EK F, like a kid in a candy store, you seem out to get enough of showering and bling suites. You have flown so many carriers and yet still you get excited like a little kid? It is cute in a way….. Is it because EK is generally not in reach for you as an award booking (i.e. mileage award?). I know, Alaska and Japan Airlines enable you to book, but obviously not as easy as booking with your UA or AA miles (via CC churn). Nonetheless, enjoy your experience, great value flying ex CMB. Hope you’ll giveus some background on what you booked and what it costed you.

  32. January 19th, 2013 at 2:57 am

    Ken said,

    …on another note, your 787 adventure later this month might be in jeopardy with the birds being grounded! Any back up plan?

  33. January 19th, 2013 at 3:46 am

    bluto said,

    23

  34. January 19th, 2013 at 5:29 am

    Dann M said,

    35

  35. January 19th, 2013 at 5:42 am

    lucky said,

    @ Ken — Only one of my flights was operated by a 787, so not too worried. Worst case scenario I’ll have an old 767 for that segment.

  36. January 19th, 2013 at 6:57 am

    Tom said,

    39 total…counting Big Ben.

  37. January 19th, 2013 at 7:53 am

    Bob said,

    How many times you think about Janesis and how her service would be different from EK FAs.

  38. January 19th, 2013 at 8:01 am

    Aeroman380 said,

    So what is the actual contest?

  39. January 19th, 2013 at 8:09 am

    Steve said,

    The number of times you met your “favorite stewardess for a certain airline”

  40. January 19th, 2013 at 8:12 am

    RS said,

    a) The number of times I’m addressed by name on the flight = 13
    b) The number of hot towels I’m served throughout the flight = 4
    c) The number of languages spoken by the crew = 6
    d)The number of times I’m served drinks or they’re topped off = 11

  41. January 19th, 2013 at 8:12 am

    Chris S. said,

    24

  42. January 19th, 2013 at 8:27 am

    Ann said,

    42.

  43. January 19th, 2013 at 9:05 am

    Joey said,

    28. I heard emirates in first class is all a-la-carte dining?

  44. January 19th, 2013 at 9:11 am

    Cindy B said,

    So did you decide what the contest will be?

  45. January 19th, 2013 at 9:24 am

    Jay said,

    I think it will be 48.

  46. January 19th, 2013 at 9:53 am

    David said,

    33

  47. January 19th, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Melinda said,

    59!

  48. January 19th, 2013 at 10:33 am

    Vinay said,

    49

  49. January 19th, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    Vivek D said,

    Ill say 41

  50. January 19th, 2013 at 8:25 pm

    Andrew said,

    40

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