rowanparker

Actually, does anyone know if I should receive business miles for a paid upgrade ticket? The manage your booking section on the Emirates site still has the economy miles.

nzchick

You get the miles for the original ticket.

Cheers

edy4eva

That depends. Now I am not sure if this still applies post the 2010 changes, but I once paid for DXB-BKK on board upgrade. I did not get the miles until after my return trip when I passed by the Skywards desk in the F lounge in DXB and gave them the boarding pass and the receipt for upgrade.
I had called and faxed Skywards in Melbourne but never received a confirmation.

HB7

Im not sure if this counts as an "on-board cash upgrade", however last month i was flying mel-sin-dxb-fra return. I was stopping over in sin and dxb on the leg ex melbourne, and when i was in singapore, i was offered 1500 dirhams (approx US$415) for the dxb-fra-dxb legs. I didn't take the deal because I only checked my email when I was in germany. I would like to ask however, if I had taken the offer, would I have received the extra tier miles for flying the europe sector in biz class?

edy4eva

HB7, these email offers usually come with earning miles as per the base ticket and not the upgraded.

ung1

Here's the full terms and conditions for the email upgrade offer:

http://www.emirates.com/english/dest...onditions.aspx

volta

Is this still available?

looking to buy a ticket NYC-DXB-CMB and would love to upgrade NYC-DXB part. Any idea on the price I would pay? Also, if I call their call center, could I do it on the phone (this is last minute purchase, looking to fly this Monday)

thx

ung1

Only if you actually receive the email from them.

Quicksilver21

I'm flying LAX-DXB-HYD this weekend and I just received an upgrade offer form Emirates via email. It said i could upgrade my LAX-DXB leg to business for just $990. i happily took the offer. They try to sell as many seats as possible as your departures closes in so watch out for that email if you are a skywards member and you booked your ticket with emirates directly. good luck!

Quicksilver21

KeepDiscovering

I received an email upgrade offer on my MEL/AKL/MEL journey in mid-Mar 10. On the MEL/AKL sector, an upgrade from Y to J cost AUD160. A340-500 was deployed. I took the offer.

But I didn't receive an email upgrade offer on the return segment.

Boddingtons

Anyone have any experience of upgrading Y miles ticket to J on Male - Colombo sector by paying a cash fee onboard or at airport?

amcdw

I am surprised at these cash upgrades. I fly Ek probably once every 2 weeks or so either in J or F. Whenever I fly with the family i.e I am paying. I allways book in Y. For the past 3 or 4 years my family and I have allways been op-up to J and on some occasions even straight to F. I started getting those emails about a cash upgrade to J but ignor them. The last time I flew for my own account I was flying JNB-DXB-LAX with the wife and 2 children we where boked in Y, at the gate given new boarding cards to J for JNB-DXB and I thought "rather op-up for the DXB-LAX" so was a bit miffed looking at the 16 Hour second leg when at the gate in DXB where again op-uped but this time from Y to F!! On return where in F LAX-DXB-JNB. Again no cash was paid.

What surprises me is I saw a guy at LAX flying J (he was in the lounge) trying despratly for an F op-up but was told it is full. At this stage I was still in Y but again at the gate straight into F. How do they amke these decisions?

AA_EXP09

Welcome to FT!
HKG-BKK $2700 HKD

Tracebuzta

September 2011 - DXB-MLE - $750 from J to F...

RickFuller

Is it possible at check in to request to pay extra to go to J? My one way ticket was around $250.00 USD (discounted Y). Can this be done at the gate in DXB? What is the going price for a last minute upgrade? (a one way business ticket on this route is about $550 USD.)

When I have been on this flight before business and first are almost always completely empty...