Upgrade emails offers FAQ
Jan 8, 2012, 5:34 am
#16
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: Skywards Blue :-(, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, GHA Platinum
Posts: 2,531
OT but A6-EGG joined the fleet on 11th October and made first flight on 14th October flying EK420 DXB-PER.
Source: http://theeksource.com/october2011.html
Source: http://theeksource.com/october2011.html
oops, my bad
Jan 9, 2012, 5:07 am
#17
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Dubai, UAE
Programs: BA Gold, GGL, Virgin Silver, Skywards Platinum, SPG VIP
Posts: 193
4 years with over 200k tier miles (mostly J) each year (so lots of sectors) and never received a single upgrade e-mail.
Must be totally random. Either that or they have some sort of a policy that does not send it to Golds because they figure that they could pay full price anyway??
Must be totally random. Either that or they have some sort of a policy that does not send it to Golds because they figure that they could pay full price anyway??
Jan 9, 2012, 7:52 am
#18
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: Skywards Blue :-(, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, GHA Platinum
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4 years with over 200k tier miles (mostly J) each year (so lots of sectors) and never received a single upgrade e-mail.
Must be totally random. Either that or they have some sort of a policy that does not send it to Golds because they figure that they could pay full price anyway??
Must be totally random. Either that or they have some sort of a policy that does not send it to Golds because they figure that they could pay full price anyway??
Jan 9, 2012, 7:23 pm
#19
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Dubai, UAE
Programs: Skywards Plat, Etihad Gold, Aerosvit Gold, Virgin Silver, AA lifetime Gold, Sirius Gold
Posts: 1,229
Jan 10, 2012, 4:17 am
#20
Moderator: Emirates Skywards and Qatar Airways Privilege Club
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: 12R/30L
Programs: EK Gold|EY Gold|Bonvoy Ambassador| IHG Plat|HHonors Diamond
Posts: 2,818
Jan 10, 2012, 5:44 am
#21
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: Skywards Blue :-(, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, GHA Platinum
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Jan 10, 2012, 9:04 am
#22
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Dubai, UAE
Programs: Skywards Plat, Etihad Gold, Aerosvit Gold, Virgin Silver, AA lifetime Gold, Sirius Gold
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I have flown J a few times I promise (when F was full) so I suppose they did not need to send any upgrade offers ... I guess I just feel left out sometimes!
Jan 10, 2012, 11:36 pm
#23
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Dubai, UAE
Programs: BA Gold, GGL, Virgin Silver, Skywards Platinum, SPG VIP
Posts: 193
Jan 11, 2012, 12:25 am
#24
Join Date: Dec 2011
Programs: AY Platinum, EK Gold
Posts: 177
I have once shortly after becoming gold, but after that I haven't been flying that much in economy so it's hard to tell whether that was just a system error or something else.
Jan 11, 2012, 6:57 am
#26
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Dubai
Programs: BA Silver, FB Plat, EK Gold, BonvoyAmb
Posts: 2,021
I have only recevied one in 4 years as Gold.
Friend who is gold just got their first one last week for DXB-PEK for1750AED (Y to J) I checked Expert flyer and looked like all signs of being overbooked Y and empty J -- It was in the end and he was op-up'd
Friend who is gold just got their first one last week for DXB-PEK for1750AED (Y to J) I checked Expert flyer and looked like all signs of being overbooked Y and empty J -- It was in the end and he was op-up'd
Jan 11, 2012, 1:25 pm
#27
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pennsylvania
Programs: AA Platinum Pro, AC *S, Marriott Gold Elite, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 9,689
Just from reading this forum it seems that Y->J offers are much more common than J->F ones and a good % of the gold pax here fly paid J and/or F at least some of the time so the sample is a bit skewed.
Jan 11, 2012, 1:36 pm
#28
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Jan 11, 2012, 2:39 pm
#29
Moderator, Trip Reports
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Denver, CO
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I can't recall of ever receiving an offer to upgrade from J-F (and I'm pretty sure EK don't do this) but don't quote me on it. However, I have received plenty of email offers from Y-J. If the flight looks busy down the back - I refuse the email offer and each time I have done that, have been op-upped anyway.
Jan 11, 2012, 3:28 pm
#30
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pennsylvania
Programs: AA Platinum Pro, AC *S, Marriott Gold Elite, Hyatt Explorist
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I can't recall of ever receiving an offer to upgrade from J-F (and I'm pretty sure EK don't do this) but don't quote me on it. However, I have received plenty of email offers from Y-J. If the flight looks busy down the back - I refuse the email offer and each time I have done that, have been op-upped anyway.