As a hungry guy, just curious when do they start serving meals during the flight and how many meals there will be?

7-10 years ago when Emirates A380 was landing there was a nice sweet English language duet song “come home” something like this in the lyrics. Anyone has the song title and artist name ? It was played after landing during taxiing.

My mum is flying to Sydney with Emirates and has a** 9-hour layover in Dubai. She has severe anxiety, doesn’t speak English well, and I’m really worried about her managing such a long layover alone. She doesn’t have a physical disability, but she gets overwhelmed easily and I’m concerned she’ll get lost or panic.
Has anyone used **Marhaba Meet & Assist or Emirates wheelchair/special assistance for someone in a similar situation? Which would you recommend? Would someone help her through the airport, stay with her during the transfer, and make sure she gets to the correct gate after such a long layover?
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone with firsthand experience. Thank you.

Emirates flight hasn’t taken off since 1am, all passengers seated in flight and can only take off at 5:20 am due to airplane restrictions.

Yesterday, my wife and three young kids (including a 9-month-old infant) flew EK from LGW to ISB via DXB. It was their very first time flying with Emirates—a airline we thought stood for premium quality. Instead, it turned into the absolute worst experience of their lives.

The nightmare started at London Gatwick:

• The flight was delayed by 2 hours, keeping everyone cooped up on the plane before even taxiing. Distressing with an infant, but we tried to stay positive.

Then came the total breakdown in Dubai (DXB):

• Scheduled departure to ISB: 03:30.
• Boarding completed: 04:00.
• Actual departure: 13:00 (A 9.5-HOUR DELAY).

They literally held passengers hostage inside the aircraft for 5.5 straight hours. "You cannot leave" was the only repeated response from the crew.

Inside that cabin, it was pure chaos and inhumanity:

• My 9-month-old was crying hysterically with zero support.
• My wife was on the verge of fainting from distress and exhaustion.
• The cabin crew completely ghosted the passengers—hiding away while mothers and children suffered.

After 5.5 hours locked in a metal tube, they finally let passengers off, only to tell them: "Next check-in/re-boarding starts in 3 hours." Zero empathy. Zero duty of care.

And here is my dilemma: I am booked on this exact same itinerary next week. I immediately tried to cancel my tickets online, but the system keeps throwing errors/blocking the option (I suspect a flood of cancellations is breaking their site).

• Has anyone successfully managed to cancel/refund online recently during these meltdowns?
• What are my options here?

I am terrified of putting my family—or myself—through this cruel treatment again. Any advice on how to force a cancellation or escalate this with Emirates would be hugely appreciated.

Is it true that when Emirates Airlines websites need flight attendants, AST doesn't recommend any girl over 28 who doesn't have experience in hostess, sales, or waitress face-to-face to the recruiter's CV?

Can is carry this in check in luggage?

So I am travelling from Boston to DXB in premium economy with my SO. Wanted advice on what's better .... Row 14 (first row for premium economy....not sure if any limitations or issues with the seats) or row 15 (has to be in the middle and typically premium economy, we prefer the ones on the sides)

hello, anybody got any updates about this flight? it was supposedly diverted to land in another city in china called huangzhou and staff here don’t seem to know what’s going on?? emirates status says it will fly from shanghai 3 am? i know it might be a stupid question but just wanna see if anyone is on the same boat or has any idea about the flight and why it’s so delayed? we even asked if it was cuz of bad weather and they said they don’t know

Had a 9h layover in Dubai at night so decided to get a free hotel by Dubai. From plane to hotel was super well aranged and smooth and very happy with how Emirates handled it. We were given a room in Le Meridien, which I didnt expect, as JW Marriott is usually given to First passenger. I don't complain however because Le Meridien is super close to the airport.

In the morning, we were picked up exactly as arranged, but then were left at the entry of the airport with no further follow up. Departure was from a bus gate and we didn't get much info... They insisted that we take a private bus. We had to wait until the end of boarding, then the bus departed so we boarded last while we actually wanted to board earlier. The departure from bus gates can therefore be improved for Emirates imo.

Hii
I’m flying out of LGW to BLR via Dubai in a week and I opted for a 19 hour layover as I wanted to see some friends. I’m flying Economy and was wondering what are the usual hotels Emirates offers for economy passengers? From what I heard it’s a 2-3 star hotel (pls correct me if I’m wrong). I’ve asked them and they still haven’t confirmed. I do appreciate that there’s still some time for the flight.

If y’all can tell from your experience, I can plan and coordinate with my mates properly based on the area where the hotel’s located!!

Thank youuu :)

Hi. Has anyone here recently flown from DXB to NRT?

On which side of the plane should I sit to see the Mount Fuji?

Travelling as a family with three young children. All of us are British passport holders except one family member, who holds a Pakistani passport.

We qualified for Emirates Dubai Connect because of our 22-hour layover, but the UAE transit visa for the Pakistani passport holder was refused without any explanation. As a result, we had no choice but to pay a significant amount at the last minute to change our flights and reduce the transit time. I guess think twice to book Emirates from now on.

Captain just said that over the speakers. DXB is packed packed damn

Is it still safe to travel via dubai airport ? My flight is on thursday evening and i am seeing reports of warnings for dubai and abu dhabi airport by Iran on youtube. I cannot completely recollect if it was a similar situation (in terms of warnings) the last time dubai airport was attacked.

Emirates customer support told my family they cannot return from Canada > Dubai > Tehran but they can travel from Canada > Dubai > Istanbul but there is no guarantee that they can actually get on board on the flight to Dubai because of their Iranian passports.

They further said we should go to airport in Canada before learning whether they can fly or not. So, we will not know beforehand!!

When I asked how have other passengers handled these return flights booked many months ago, the Emirates costumer support said they have no ideas and have no records about this (!!!unbelievable that they have not been briefed by the airline about this situation!!!). They also were as terse as possible and only replied with yes and no without offering any helpful solution.

Anyways, my family is stuck in this situation. Do you have any updated news if Iranians can have a transit in Dubai?

Hello!

Flying with wife + MLW and my mother and basically me and my wife are going for our honeymoon.

My overall question is what's the best strategy to try and ask for an upgrade, assuming flight won't be full.

I fly from Europe to Dubai to Bangkok on one ticket. Flight to Dubai will with Emirates and then Flydubai.

I got an email for online check in in Dubai.

Is this really necessary? Do I have to check in in Dubai?

I thought I purchased insurance doesn’t seem too have gone through rang emirates in Ireland let’s be polite and say useless can I purchase it after booking

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice regarding EU261 compensation for an upcoming Emirates journey.

My original itinerary is:

Dublin (DUB) → Dubai (DXB) → Adelaide (ADL)

Original scheduled arrival in Adelaide: 23 July 2026 at 20:05

I received an email from Emirates on 19 July at 04:36, around 3 days before departure, saying:

“For operational reasons, your flight has changed.”

They have rebooked me onto another flight, and my new scheduled arrival in Adelaide is:

24 July 2026 at 20:05 - exactly 24 hours later than originally scheduled.

I contacted Emirates and asked about an earlier alternative flight, but they told me this is the only available option. They have also confirmed Dubai Connect/STPC accommodation for the overnight stay in Dubai.

Since my entire journey starts in Dublin, Ireland, would I be eligible to claim €600 compensation under EU261 after completing the journey?

Has anyone had a similar experience with Emirates where a connecting flight was changed for “operational reasons” and you arrived at your final destination 24 hours late? Did Emirates pay the €600 compensation, or did you have to escalate the claim?

Thanks in advance for any advice or experiences!

Hello guys,

Ive recently seen a lot of people posting about changes to their bookings but seeing no actual changes.

This seems to be happening to a lot of people as Emirates seem to be changing their aircrafts or just changing arrival/departure times by 5 to to 10 mins at most.

It happened to me as well and it turned out my arrival time was 5 minutes earlier.

I think they should do a better job with these type of communications to customers as it honestly just seem alarming when its nothing.

I ended up calling the airline to make sure everything is fine since i panicked and it turned out many people received the same so their lines ended up busy and I stayed on the phone waiting for 40 minutes just for the agent to tell me that it's all fine in 5 minutes.

Its honestly just a waste of time so I advise you guys to just check your departure and arrival times for all flight rather than calling.

They really should do better smh.

Asking for 980 aed to upgrade

I’m travelling from mumbai to toronto with two stops in dubai and boston. i have a valid usa visa and a canadian copr.

do i have to recheck my bags in boston?? My layover is 2h10m and im afraid that I might fall short of time.

It’s on one ticket. Has anyone flown this route before? I would appreciate the help!