Who wants to shower with me? No one, that’s why I’m giving away 10,000 Membership Rewards points…

Who wants to shower with me? No one, that’s why I’m giving away 10,000 Membership Rewards points…

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As frequent readers of the blog know, back in December I flew Emirates first class from London to Dubai with only a couple of hours advance notice, and it was probably my ultimate travel “high.”

And while the shower was quite possibly the coolest thing ever, that’s not what I enjoyed most about the experience. What I liked most was the Wi-Fi, so I could share the experience with you guys live. That was a blast. I had made the following posts during my travels:

Is British Airways first class the world’s best business class product?
The story behind how I ended up in Emirates Airbus 380 first class…
The most, gaudy, obnoxious, and awesome f*&^$&# flight of my life!

Anyway, in about 12 hours I’ll be flying Emirates first class on the Airbus 380 again, and I’m really looking forward to doing it all again, from the shower to using the Wi-Fi to share my experiences.

I’ll be blogging, Tweeting, Instagramming, and Facebooking, so if you’d like to follow along be sure we’re “connected” in all places:

But I figured I’d take it one stop further and run a little giveaway for 10,000 Membership Rewards points, though I’m still open to ideas on how to do this (I try to run the blog as more of a democracy than anything else).

My general idea was this — once I take off I’ll post a link to my Flightaware, and whoever first guesses the sum of the following correctly while I’m still in the air wins 10,000 Membership Rewards points:

  • The number of times I’m addressed by name on the flight
  • The number of hot towels I’m served throughout the flight
  • The number of languages spoken by the crew (which is usually announced at the beginning of the flight)
  • The number of times I’m served drinks or they’re topped off

Anyway, would love some feedback on possible other “metrics” I can add to the above for fun.

Am totally open to ideas over the next 12 hours, and will post the official entry thread once I’m airborne.

Thanks, and safe/enjoyable travels!

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  1. Cindy B Guest

    So did you decide what the contest will be?

  2. Joey Diamond

    28. I heard emirates in first class is all a-la-carte dining?

  3. RS Guest

    a) The number of times I’m addressed by name on the flight = 13
    b) The number of hot towels I’m served throughout the flight = 4
    c) The number of languages spoken by the crew = 6
    d)The number of times I’m served drinks or they’re topped off = 11

  4. Steve New Member

    The number of times you met your "favorite stewardess for a certain airline"

  5. Aeroman380 Guest

    So what is the actual contest?

  6. Bob Guest

    How many times you think about Janesis and how her service would be different from EK FAs.

  7. Tom New Member

    39 total...counting Big Ben.

  8. lucky OMAAT

    @ Ken -- Only one of my flights was operated by a 787, so not too worried. Worst case scenario I'll have an old 767 for that segment.

  9. Ken Member

    ...on another note, your 787 adventure later this month might be in jeopardy with the birds being grounded! Any back up plan?

  10. EagerTraveler Guest

    How much the container of caviar weighs?

  11. Steelsnow Guest

    'One Shower at a Time' returns! First the HK lounge and now back on Emirates... We want a water pressure report!

  12. Ari Guest

    1. Number of times being adresed.
    answer-10

    2. hot towels

    answers- 2

    3. language by crew

    answer- 3

    4. water refills

    5 1/2

  13. lucky OMAAT

    @ Kai -- Nope, can transfer points to anyone's partner loyalty program account (though it has to be a US Membership Rewards transfer partner).

  14. Russell New Member

    a) The number of times I’m addressed by name on the flight
    You'll lose track - but it will be at least 8
    b) The number of hot towels I’m served throughout the flight
    3 = pre take-off, pre meal (both times)
    c) The number of languages spoken by the crew 5 - English, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese and German
    d)The number of times I’m served drinks or they’re topped off
    8 - including the water refills while you are sleeping!

  15. Kai Member

    I'm guessing the prize is only applicable for US readers?

  16. Nathaniel Guest

    @Joseph M 42.. 42 is the answer smh.. ;)

  17. Joseph M Guest

    The answer is 43!

  18. Ben Guest

    @lucky - My bad, misread you as saying that you'd be announcing the winner while blogging from 30,000 feet! Although you could still do that if you picked your categories accordingly.

    Perhaps we should do a poll on what to guess, being all democratic and such... ;)

  19. Adam Guest

    # of diet cokes consumed!

  20. Tracy T. Guest

    Great idea! Now I know what I'll be doing with my Saturday morning --> obsessively monitoring the comments section and trying to out guess everyone else. :)

  21. Andrew Guest

    How about number of times you have to explain your routing?

  22. Steven Guest

    i would say you are greeted by 5 different languages...

  23. BFrankley Guest

    I suggest a category for spontaneous fits of giggling while thinking, "I'm showering. On a plane!"

  24. Traveling Well For Less Guest

    With a blog title like that you might get the guy who wanted to buy the sweater off your back more interested. Wink :)

  25. lucky OMAAT

    @ Ben -- I'll keep a piece of paper handy and add a slash every time a number in each category is fulfilled. The winner would only be announced upon landing.

  26. Ben Guest

    Hmmm... I imagine it'll be rather difficult for you to verify any estimates as to the number of times you're addressed by name/hot towels/servings of drinks while you're still in the air and there surely are more to come up until you leave the plane!

    Unless, of course, you plan on simply waiting until your favourite fan's guess has been reached and declaring them winner! :P

  27. Solar Guest

    An extra 5k MR if you can drink more than 8 bottles of 2k Dom?

  28. TravelBloggerBuzz Guest

    Guessing languages spoken is way too hard! How about posting pics of them guessing where they are from?

    Just kidding.

    Are you ever NOT flying?????

  29. Levy Flight Guest

    We are a near miss again. I will be in Dubai next weekend. Heading to the Islands in the gulf this week. Enjoy the trip.

  30. prak Guest

    Age of the partner you join Mile High club with? ('0' for not applicable)

  31. Juan Guest

    How many times you passed gas?

  32. Benny Guest

    Ill be following along for sure!

    Just some wacky ideas
    How long you sleep for?
    How many times go to the bathroom?
    How many seats occupied?

  33. Dan A. Guest

    Love to join in but I'll be on SQ1 in my own suite :) unless they have the wifi up I will be out.. Have fun!

  34. lucky OMAAT

    @ dhammer53 -- Believe he was British. Perhaps born in HK to expat parents.

  35. dhammer53 Guest

    I'd like to know the nationality of the pilot. I love hearing English from the Captain on a foreign flagged carrier.

  36. Franklyn Guest

    I don't think there's a number that can cover the amount of times your drink is topped off/refilled in First or Suites.

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