I just flew on Emirates from Singapore to Dubai, and decided to run a little giveaway for those of you that wanted to “play along.” While the flight ended up being an utter failure on my part, I was sober enough to record the answers to the questions, surprisingly. As a reminder, I’m giving 10,000 Membership Rewards points to whoever first correctly guessed the sum of the correct answers to the below questions.
Here are the correct answers:
- The number of times I’m addressed by name on the flight / Answer: 1 (by the purser when being presented my menu)
- The number of hot towels I’m served throughout the flight/ Answer: 2 (once during boarding and once before landing)
- The number of languages spoken by the crew (which is usually announced at the beginning of the flight) / Answer: 12
- The number of times I’m served drinks or they’re topped off / Answer: 17
So if my math is correct, that makes the correct answer 32.
That was first guessed by Matt S in the fifth comment. Congrats, Matt, and I’ll be in touch shortly regarding the points!
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January 20th, 2013 at 4:31 am
wwk5d said,
Congrats to Matt S but…but the booze aside, sounds like a bit underwhelming that in international FC you were only addressed once by name and only offered 2 hot towels. Yes, #firstworldproblems and whatnot, but you expect more from an airlines of EK’s caliber. Janeses must be laughing really hard somewhere…
January 20th, 2013 at 5:47 am
harry said,
wwk5d,
that’s because he was “out” of things for most of the flight:)
January 20th, 2013 at 8:58 am
Matt s said,
Wow! What a great surprise to see this. Thanks again for all your information on this blog and for the opportunity to enter contests.
January 20th, 2013 at 9:05 am
Lucky said,
No problem, Matt. Next week I will be giving away 250,000 SPG Points!
January 20th, 2013 at 9:44 am
vijay p said,
would be interesting to compare the answers above with an equivalent SQ and CX flight….
January 20th, 2013 at 9:47 am
Cbender49 said,
250k SPG points?!
January 20th, 2013 at 10:01 am
ffi said,
Congrats Matt
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2013/01/19/worst-emirates-flight-ever/
Lucky, from a pure logical point, how do we know id your answers to your own question were right if you were as plastered?
January 20th, 2013 at 10:08 am
Tom / SitInFirst.com said,
Damn. Off by one. I was heavy on the “call by name” in my analysis…and light on the “languages spoken.”
January 20th, 2013 at 11:24 am
vijay p said,
instead of pure guesses I suggest the answer be based on understanding of the different elements of service. Thus the right answer would be the one closest to the square root of the sum of the differences squared. Might be tough though after a few tequilas and Krug/Dom!
January 20th, 2013 at 12:17 pm
Miguel said,
” Next week I will be giving away 250,000 SPG Points!”
Holly Molly! That’s $3000+ in airfare or 8-10 nights in a category 7 hotel.
January 20th, 2013 at 12:19 pm
Miguel said,
@vijay, I would throw some imaginary numbers in the requirements as well. A square root of -1 always lightens up my day.
January 20th, 2013 at 2:52 pm
Joey said,
I’m not surprised by the number of languages spoken by EK FA on your flight! From all the EK flights I’ve flown, the minimum number of languages the cabin crew spoke was 10.
Hopefully you were awake for most of the DXB-LHR flight so the FA had more opportunities to address you by name
January 20th, 2013 at 3:15 pm
Manti Te'o said,
I want to win the SPG points so I can visit my girlfriend
January 20th, 2013 at 4:23 pm
lucky said,
@ wwk5d — LOL, I tend to agree.
@ Lucky — Faker, that’s not me. C’mon now. Sorry folks, no 250K Starpoints.
@ ffi — So if I were sober you would have been able to verify the answers somehow? I recorded the answers so they’re accurate, and the friend I was traveling with confirmed.
@ vijay p @ Miguel — ROFL!
January 20th, 2013 at 4:49 pm
Scott said,
This is bs. Matt is your friend.
January 21st, 2013 at 12:40 pm
Sheena said,
@Scott – that’s pretty damaging to your already worthless reputation to suggest Ben would do something like that. Maybe gain a little credibility before you spout lies.
But I guess it’s hard to build credibility when you’re a liar…with a direct link back to your arrogant, pretentious blog. By the way, it’d be helpful if you started a blog with 1.) original content and 2.) actually had experience in this field.
Don’t walk up to the plate if you’re not ready to hit.
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