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$600 US? No, I don’t think I have that kind of money! I can dish about a buck-twenty for a couple of nights, however.

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well it depends on the location you have the souk area which is all the markets and the city and the beach
if you have the $$ stay at the burj al arab about 600$us a nite its the worlds only 7 star hotel and the highest hotel in the world its by the beach. A little cheaper by the beach is the le meridian royal which is about $120 us a nite in the city the rydges plaza is $120 us a nite hope that gives you some help.Yeah i agreee i dont need ff points

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Dude, when you’re a pilot on a 777, you don’t need no damn Frequent Flyer points! I don’t feel sorry for you! As far as Dubai being one of the most thriving cities, I think it’s pretty safe to say that it is THE MOST thriving city in that whole region. As far as it being cheap, that’s good to hear. I was under the impression that it was rather pricey. What does a decent hotel go for, in American Dollars?

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Just to add to the 747SP bit, the Qatar Government use it, I got a picture at Heathrow once (VP-BAT).

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you wont get a emirates flight in the usa just yet maybe in the future but not yet we dont enter the usa.
you must have a few ff points wish i could get some to but the again for me to fly half way around the world only costs about 300$ so you cant beat that.
dubai is fantastic and real cheap to its one of the most thriving cities in the midlle east

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I’d love to follow Chelsae’s advice and “Fly Emirates” one of these days. Unfortunately, they don’t fly to LAX, which is my primary international gateway as I live in Southern CA, so that makes it rather difficult. I’m not sure where to the U.S. they fly, I think Chicago and N.Y. The only way I’d be able to fly them in the near future is if I fly from Australia to Greece via Singapore and Dubai, or if I just flew to Dubai from Athens, which I would like to do, possibly next summer while I’m in Athens. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Dubai recently, so I’d like to go there for a couple of days. I’m not in the airline industry, at all, in regards to that. As far as staying clear from United, it’s kind of difficult when you have as much frequent flyer mileage with them as I do, plus I’m premier executive and rack up the bonus mileage and get free domestic upgrades, plus, they’re the biggest airline by far out of LAX, where as I mentioned before, I do most of my flying out of. Furthermore, they’re the only U.S. carrier to fly to Australia, where I go often. I won’t fly Oneworld, so I have no choice there. Besides, with all of United’s partners, I can fly virtually anywhere and have the confort of knowing I’ll get my mileage, and get to go into partner lounges. Besides, United even has codeshare agreements with your company! United, believe it or not, is a decent airline with decent service. Yeah, they’re no Singapore, or Emirates or Virgin, but then again, who the hell is?

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can i ask what your job is? do you work for an airline and steer clear of united

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yeah i speak fluent greek to
we fly the 777-200 into syd via sin 4 times a week and the 777-300 to melb daily via sin we are looking at getting 777er for dxb-perth nonstop in march 02
ath-dxb is equiped by the a300 which we use on shorter routes but with a good capacity
you should try emirates out one day i think you may like it for service and class

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I speak fluent Greek. How about you? Emirates uses the 777-200 for their Sydney flights, right? Is that a daily service? Are they able to fly that service non-stop, because I know they make a stop in SIN. Also, Which aircraft do they use for their ATH services?

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yeah i get tutoring in dubai for arabic and i fly into sydney for emirates
i had been on a 747-238 my god it is a old thing i think nearly 25 years old
so do you speak any greek i am flying dubai heathrow on sunday next week we have a bidding system that allows us to choose our routes which is a very good idea.
fave destination is hong kong

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Just an enthusiast. I’m assuming you fly to Sydney for Emirates? How did you learn Arabic, did you go to school for it? By the way, you mentioned QANTAS 747-238s. I flew on one on my return flight. They have 4 on strenght, along with 2 SP’s. Needless to say, the plane showed it age with the interior!

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yeah i speak greek and arabic
arabic cos i work for emirates so its good to be able to understand a lil of the language i was in sydney 2 weeks ago but moer greeks are in melbourne
do you work for an airline or u just an enthusiast

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Govt. of Dubai uses MD 11 as VIP jet…not the 747.

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I was born in the U.S. My parents are from Ano Pattissia. I was just in Sydney this last weekend, mate! I’ve been there five times. Lot’s of Greeks there. I’m assuming you also speak Greek?

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i am a australian with greek parents my parents live in australia but the rest of the family live in glyfada and kifissia and kipseli in athens
what part of greece are you from

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No, I don’t live in Greece. I’m full-blooded Greek, but live near Los Angeles. When you say you’re family is Greek, does that mean you are Greek, as well?

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hey greek dude do you live in greece cos my family is greek and all live in greece are you in athens

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i think you will find the governments of dubai and bahrain use them as vip jets and the saudis also not a bad vip jet if u ask me

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A few of the middle-eastern governments have them as V.I.P. transports, not quite sure which ones right off the top of my head.

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All you guys are wrong. It was based on the -100 model, with a shorter fuselage and taller fin. If it was based on the -200 model, it would have had absolutely insane range. If it was based on the -300 model with the extended upper deck, it would have been the world’s first full length double decker. There is a really good book on the SP(I happen to own it) put out by World Transport Press. Lots of excellent pictures and informative.