Yesterday I wrote about how I sometimes don’t take inaugural flights. Nonetheless, I made a decision to make an exception…
I’m taking Emirates’ Miami to Bogota inaugural flight
Within the coming days, Emirates will launch a brand new day by day flight between my house airport of Miami (MIA) and Bogota (BOG). As a fan of Emirates, suffice it to say that having such a fifth freedom flight near house is extremely thrilling.
This new Emirates flight is type of an enormous deal for Miami, even amongst non-aviation geeks. For that matter, I really feel like I’ve seen an advert on each road nook for this flight in latest weeks.
I knew I wished to take this flight in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later. Yesterday I used to be simply looking award availability on this route for enjoyable (as one does!), and was pleasantly shocked to search out simply how available top notch awards have been. For instance, there’s top notch award availability for 2 passengers virtually day-after-day over the approaching weeks, with the price being 60,000 Skywards miles per particular person one-way (plus round $100 in taxes and costs).
After I looked for award availability and noticed top notch award area on the inaugural, I couldn’t assist myself, and determined I’d take the flight. I’ve reviewed Emirates top notch a numerous variety of instances over time, so I’m coming at this from a distinct angle than my normal overview journeys:
- I’d like to get a primary have a look at the expertise, provided that it will unarguably be probably the most luxurious flight from the USA that’s not a protracted haul (this can be a flight that’s blocked at underneath 4 hours in every route)
- I’m very curious to see what inaugural festivities will probably be like, provided that this route is a large deal for Colombia, because it’s the primary of such a service that Bogota is getting
If anybody else is on the inaugural, please say howdy (although ideally earlier than the flight and never after, for causes I’ll get into under). 😉
My poor abdomen & liver!
I used to be curious to see what the smooth product can be like on this flight, provided that we’re speaking a couple of flight that’s solely round 1,500 miles. Was Emirates going to match the smooth product of its opponents on this market, American and avianca? 😉
Emirates normally publishes menus and drink lists upfront, however for the brand new route, I wasn’t in a position to pull it up previous to reserving. Now that I’ve booked, the menu and drink checklist confirmed up in my reservation, so I can report again. All I can say is… wow! Emirates has its full top notch service on this route.
That features limitless caviar…
…a wide range of appetizers…
…a number of principal programs…
…and naturally dessert.
Maybe extra spectacular is the drink choice. No airline invests as a lot cash in wine as Emirates, and the wine checklist on this flight is leaving me speechless. Look, I don’t actually drink alcohol at house, however I’ll make exceptions on planes and when touring.
And I don’t need to counsel that wine being costly implies that it’s additionally distinctive, however there’s additionally typically a correlation between the funding an airline makes in wine, and the standard. Significantly, check out the under wine checklist, and the variety of outrageously costly wine choices.
After all as at all times, you’ve Dom Perignon 2013 (~$250/bottle), a staple of Emirates top notch. However that’s not even the costliest wine on the checklist, as that title goes to Opus One 2012 (~$500/bottle). Heck, the Dom Perignon isn’t even the second costliest, as that might be the Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru 2014 Louis Latour (~$375/bottle).
However these aren’t the one standout choices. Then you’ve Château Valandraud 2008 (~$180/bottle), in addition to Château Pape Clément Blanc 2016 (~$150/bottle).
So right here’s a problem for our resident OMAAT wine connoisseurs. Can anybody advocate how I can finest strive all these wines, and which dishes to pair them with? And I suppose I must also have a glass of Hennessy Paradis…
On that matter, enable me to apologize upfront if there’s not an entire lot of weblog content material on Wednesday afternoon, and/or if I begin simply publishing random mixtures of letters. If that occurs, it’s Emirates’ fault.
Whereas 60,000 Skywards miles for a one-way flight in top notch would possibly sound steep, once you have a look at the foods and drinks choice, it virtually looks like a discount. Heck, in case you’re searching for a blingy Miami night, that is cheaper than going to Papi Steak, or one thing.
Backside line
Emirates is launching a brand new route between Miami and Bogota shortly. This may surely be probably the most luxurious non-long haul flight departing the USA, so I’m thrilled that that is being operated from my house airport.
Whereas I had at first supposed to take this flight in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later, I couldn’t assist however e book the inaugural after I noticed that there was top notch award area. Having now seen the menu and wine checklist for the flight, I’m much more enthusiastic about what awaits me onboard…
Anybody else plan on flying Emirates from Miami to Bogota?
