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The one thing I don't like, and this may just be Emirates cabin configuration, but the space between the seat back and the cabin wall on the widow seat is too large to be able to rest your head "comfortably" against the wall to sleep.

I flew MEL DXB LON KEF a couple of weeks ago. First 2 flights were A380, and the last was 757. I got better sleep on that 4 hour flight than either the other 2 legs (13 and 8 hours).

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No, this is a common complaint. The size is too big to lean on and too small to do anything useful with. I've flown First on AF and it's no better up there.

Why would you need to lean against the wall in 1st class?

Doesn't matter. Now we know he flies Air France First class.

I'm a they.

Yea I'm not surprised.

To look out the window. I realize it's the definition of a first world problem, but the gap is weird. They can't put shelves or something because the window is obviously there

That would be due to the wall tilt on the lower deck. The seat couldn't be closer to the wall, there is no gap at the seat level.

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