Originally Posted by
carlsonclan
hi, looking at maybe going to Emirates. I have a lot of questions though.
1. family flight benefits? Extended family?
2. housing, what does it look like? Yards?
3. animal friendly in the villas?
4. are there marital art schools there?
5. how big is the city, do you need a car to get to store, etc.
6. they pick you up and take you to work, correct?
7. after I pay for two kids to go to school, will the money still be worth it?
ANYONE DOING THIS NOW???
I think that about sums up all my questions I cant find online. Thanks to anyone who can help
1) Once a year one free confirmed ticket(Economy upgradeable to Business if space available) each family member back to EK destination in your home country.
Unlimited Cat A (space available tickets). These cost about $500 RT Business Class to U.S. Destinations. Trust me, for a 16 hr flight you're going to want business. Around $250 RT Business to Europe or Far East from Dubai roughly.
2) Single F/O's get two bedroom apt. Married F/O's three bedroom apt. Married with kids a villa. Apartments and villa's vary. I'm happy with my place.
3) Don't know about villa's, some apartments allow pets.
4) Yes, mostly a few Kickboxing and BJJ. A couple are real good the rest pretty weak. Going rate seems to be around 500-550 dirhams a month.
5) If you live in apartment on Sheik Zayad Road near Metro you could actually
make do without car using taxi and metro but still a pain without car. Villa's forget it, you need a car. EK gives you four year interest free loan.
6) Correct
7) Don't have kids so can't answer that. I find that some things are more expensive(food) and some things are cheaper. All in all I think it's pretty comparable to the U.S. But then again I don't have any schooling cost. I'm relatively frugal and manage to save a decent amount of money at the end of the month. But then again I don't go out drinking much in Dubai so that certainly helps, beer's expensive here.
