"Dear Emirates, if this is a business class - I stay in the economy, thank you

The moment I stepped from the Boeing 777, I was fascinated. After decades of leaving the pose seats on the back of the plane, I was suddenly a distinguished passenger.

What a happiness! Only four seats compared to 10 on the back of the plane. A hectare of personal space.

I have flown in the Emirates in the economy class and I know what to expect. Great cabin crew. Enough food and drink. Prominent hobbies on flight.

What else can she want?

Well, about the opportunity to “look forward to a comfortable journey in some of the best seats in 40,000 feet”? This is what you get in the commercial class, according to the advertising of the airline. In addition, the opportunity to “trade remix with pleasure” apparently.

Since I was looking forward to my first business experience in one of the world’s largest airlines, I was not deeply printed on the website. If I have done so, I may have read: “Disclaimer: The UAE manages a mixed fleet of previous and subsequent models of A380 and B777 aircraft. Products, services and features of actual flights depending on the routes and aircraft configuration May be different.

Almost as soon as I was riding and biting the glory and glory of a premier traveler, I realized I was looking at the first grade, which occupies Row 1 and 2 instead of a business class.

I continued with seven seats in a cabin.

I thought it was strange. This year, as I am walking in long -term businesses in British Airways and Singapore, I know that I am looking for smart and spacious seats in exchange for high costs. So why will the premium economy be here instead of behind the business?

I asked a member of the cabin crew. “This Is, Business class, “he said.

He and his colleagues were amazing. When they came around with champagne before I fly, I rejected and said that I love tea. Five minutes later a suitable cup was served in my chair.

Tea was great. But not even for those who are not commercial -class experts. I am accustomed to the Economics Class 10 Atefeh, with only 17 inches. The business class will buy you more easily for you, but not as hard as the elbow room.

With the chair divisions that inspire their own from cutting the Berlin Wall, everything is narrow, and I dare say it, like a casket.

The closest experience I’ve had in the dentist’s seat. To be fair, being on the Emirates aircraft has made significant progress in the treatment of root canal: kind people bring you in a cup (or Moet & Chandon Imperial Brut in a glass) instead of neokaine. They don’t do this in my dentist (still).

Sleeping time? Good luck with those seats described as “angled lie”. In my book, “flat” means horizontal. But on the plane where I was on, the UAE business seats refused to approach every 4 degrees to the horizon.

If you happen to be one of the three business passengers in each row, you must step in to reach the ring.

“We, as a world airline, make our customer comfort and well -being as a top priority. In line with our brand promise to better fly customers, we continue with our multi -billion -dollar retrofit To fully restore more than 200 planes with the new interior and the very populous cabinet of the economy.

“So far, we have rotated 40 fully restored aircraft (27 A380s and 13 Boeing 777) and are looking forward to deploying more restored aircraft in our network in the coming months.”

The main problem seems to be: the UAE has a brilliant “hard product” in some of its fleets, generous atmosphere and proper flat beds. But elsewhere, seven seats and non -flat beds are all twentieth century. The airline must identify the defects in its pricing and advertising.

While the UAE continues to renovate its fleet “speed”, I praise the Airlines Economy Class.

Simon Calder, also as a man who pays his own way, has written about traveling to The Independent since 1994. In the column of his weekly beliefs, he examines a main issue of travel – and what does this mean to you