I am no frequent flyer, but having tried Emirates’ economy product on previous long-haul international flights, I decided to stick with it for this trip home. It also helped that I was getting a decent enough deal when using my leftover Skywards miles. Additionally, I got a free upgrade to Business Class the last time I traveled with this Emirati carrier and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hoping for it to happen again (spoiler alert: it didn’t )
The complete trip was from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) in the United States to Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM). However, this flight review will only focus on the first leg of the journey to Dubai International Airport (DXB). Emirates flies to Boston once daily using the Boeing 777-300ER and on that particular evening, the flight was to be operated by a six-year-old airframe registered as A6-EQA.
Apart from Emirates, other viable one-stop options on this route are offered by Qatar Airways and the Air France-KLM group utilizing its partnership with Delta Air Lines. While Qatar will stop at Doha’s Hamad International Airport (DOH), passengers traveling with AFKLM would either stop at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (AMS) or at Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) depending on the airline operating the second leg of the journey.
