Please post your Operational Upgrade experiences
Feb 23, 2013, 9:19 pm
#46
Suspended
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 155
Upgrade NOT given: J-F (for 2 Skywards Gold )
Pax 1 Tier Miles: around 97,500
Pax 2 Tier Miles: 50,000
Route: PVG-DXB-VIE-DXB-PVG (http://i50.tinypic.com/33xyiv7.jpg)
Flight number: EK302 / EK 127 / EK 126 / EK303
Ticket Type: Flex
Tier status: Gold x 2
Number of pax on the same PNR: 2 x J
Pax 1 joined Skywards in 2005 (Gold Member for 3 years, Silver Member 2 years)
Pax 2 joined Skywards in 2010 (Silver member 1 year, recently achieved Gold )
First letter of pax 1 surname: A
First letter of pax 2 surname: Z
Business Rewards Company Account Miles Earned: around 156,214 Business Rewards Miles / now 1 Mile per US$1 spent
Pax 1 Tier Miles: around 97,500
Pax 2 Tier Miles: 50,000
Route: PVG-DXB-VIE-DXB-PVG (http://i50.tinypic.com/33xyiv7.jpg)
Flight number: EK302 / EK 127 / EK 126 / EK303
Ticket Type: Flex
Tier status: Gold x 2
Number of pax on the same PNR: 2 x J
Pax 1 joined Skywards in 2005 (Gold Member for 3 years, Silver Member 2 years)
Pax 2 joined Skywards in 2010 (Silver member 1 year, recently achieved Gold )
First letter of pax 1 surname: A
First letter of pax 2 surname: Z
Business Rewards Company Account Miles Earned: around 156,214 Business Rewards Miles / now 1 Mile per US$1 spent
Last edited by SQUALO; Feb 23, 2013 at 9:45 pm
Feb 23, 2013, 9:29 pm
#47
Suspended
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 155
Upgrade given: J-F
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: PEK-DXB
Flight number: EK306
Date of travel: 31/03/2012
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles in 2012 (until March 31 2012) around 25,000
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Joined Skywards in 2005
First letter of your surname: A
Seat 3E on Airbus A380-800
Flight-Details: http://i46.tinypic.com/flhcaa.jpg
Seat 3E: http://i50.tinypic.com/2w69xrp.jpg
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: PEK-DXB
Flight number: EK306
Date of travel: 31/03/2012
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles in 2012 (until March 31 2012) around 25,000
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Joined Skywards in 2005
First letter of your surname: A
Seat 3E on Airbus A380-800
Flight-Details: http://i46.tinypic.com/flhcaa.jpg
Seat 3E: http://i50.tinypic.com/2w69xrp.jpg
Feb 23, 2013, 9:43 pm
#48
Suspended
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 155
Upgrade given: J-F
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: PVG-DXB
Flight number: EK302
Date of travel: 6/07/2012
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles in 2012 (until July 6 2012) around 55,000
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Joined Skywards in 2005
First letter of your surname: A
Seat 1A on Airbus A380-800 Photo of Private Suite: http://i49.tinypic.com/245hd9k.jpg
X-Treme-Situation: Used Emirates Business Rewards Account with 125,000 Miles to purchase flight ticket in J for only CNY 229 and got the upgrade to First.
East or West, Emirates is BEST, photo as follows: http://i50.tinypic.com/t8uejb.jpg
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: PVG-DXB
Flight number: EK302
Date of travel: 6/07/2012
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles in 2012 (until July 6 2012) around 55,000
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Joined Skywards in 2005
First letter of your surname: A
Seat 1A on Airbus A380-800 Photo of Private Suite: http://i49.tinypic.com/245hd9k.jpg
X-Treme-Situation: Used Emirates Business Rewards Account with 125,000 Miles to purchase flight ticket in J for only CNY 229 and got the upgrade to First.
East or West, Emirates is BEST, photo as follows: http://i50.tinypic.com/t8uejb.jpg
Feb 23, 2013, 11:54 pm
#49
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: CDG
Programs: Emirates Gold, Delta Gold, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 338
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Lounge
Route: CDG-DXB
Flight number: EK074
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 23 February 2013
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 49 800
Skywards miles balance: 82 000
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): Oct 2011
And of course the first letter of your surname! L
There was a French filming crew on board doing a documentary about Emirates and Dubai airport. They will be in DXB the next few days!
Upgrade location: Lounge
Route: CDG-DXB
Flight number: EK074
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 23 February 2013
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 49 800
Skywards miles balance: 82 000
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): Oct 2011
And of course the first letter of your surname! L
There was a French filming crew on board doing a documentary about Emirates and Dubai airport. They will be in DXB the next few days!
Feb 24, 2013, 2:22 pm
#50
Join Date: May 2010
Location: BOM
Programs: EK Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 2,882
Upgrade given: Y - J, Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate, Lounge
Route: BOM-DXB, DXB-JFK
Flight number: EK509, EK203
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 24-Feb, 25-Feb
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 0
Skywards miles balance: 375K
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2003
And of course the first letter of your surname! S
At BOM, they have a list of folks who were upgraded and keep on cross checking it with the pax BP as they board. If the list is long, then they miss you (BPs are not scanned but just collected and then scanned later on at a separate station) then you have to wait inside the a/c for a seat assignment until all pax have boarded, which is a pain. Fortunately, the list was only 4 pax long and she gave me a new seat assignment at the gate itself!
Upgrade location: Gate, Lounge
Route: BOM-DXB, DXB-JFK
Flight number: EK509, EK203
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 24-Feb, 25-Feb
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 0
Skywards miles balance: 375K
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2003
And of course the first letter of your surname! S
At BOM, they have a list of folks who were upgraded and keep on cross checking it with the pax BP as they board. If the list is long, then they miss you (BPs are not scanned but just collected and then scanned later on at a separate station) then you have to wait inside the a/c for a seat assignment until all pax have boarded, which is a pain. Fortunately, the list was only 4 pax long and she gave me a new seat assignment at the gate itself!
Feb 25, 2013, 10:19 pm
#51
Join Date: May 2010
Location: BOM
Programs: EK Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 2,882
Did it actually give you a seat in J when you did OLCI? A couple of times (including last), when I did OLCI, I noticed that in MMB it would show the onward from DXB as "No Seat" but when I checked in, it would still print my original seat in Y in the OLCI receipt.
Feb 25, 2013, 11:00 pm
#52
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Singapore
Programs: SQ KF, CX MPC
Posts: 41
BP pinged when scanned at the boarding gate and was manually amended to 2K by the agent. Flight went out 100% full.
Feb 27, 2013, 11:55 pm
#53
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Qatar
Programs: Skywards Gold, Qatar Privilege Club,
Posts: 23
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: e.g. BKK-DXB
Flight number: EK375
Type of ticket: Flex+Upgraded
Date of travel: 26/02/2013
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 28500
Skywards miles balance:140000
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 01/05/2004
And of course the first letter of your surname: F
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: e.g. BKK-DXB
Flight number: EK375
Type of ticket: Flex+Upgraded
Date of travel: 26/02/2013
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 28500
Skywards miles balance:140000
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 01/05/2004
And of course the first letter of your surname: F
Last edited by thehighlander959; Mar 9, 2013 at 3:26 am Reason: missed information
Mar 7, 2013, 12:52 am
#54
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sydney & London
Programs: UA Lifetime Exec Plat (2MM)
Posts: 744
I wouldn't be surprised if my details hadn't been leaked to influential people at EK to get them to treat me badly.
Who can convince me otherwise?
Mar 9, 2013, 2:50 am
#55
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,600
Oh, wait, you already did that many times before... or at least you said you did.
Mar 10, 2013, 3:01 am
#56
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dubai, UAE
Programs: EK Skywards Platinum; Bonvoy Titanium Elite
Posts: 398
Upgrade given: J - F
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-ZRH
Flight number: EK087
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: Early March
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 70k+
Skywards miles balance: 250k+
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2001/2002
And of course the first letter of your surname: N
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-ZRH
Flight number: EK087
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: Early March
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 70k+
Skywards miles balance: 250k+
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2001/2002
And of course the first letter of your surname: N
Mar 17, 2013, 9:09 pm
#57
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: DXB
Programs: Skywards Gold Member
Posts: 27
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Lounge
Route: SIN-BNE
Flight number: EK432
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 16.March
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 34250
Skywards miles balance: 70078
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2002
And the last letter of my surname: M
Couple of pax were upgraded that day. At least 3 more got new BPs in the lounge.
Upgrade location: Lounge
Route: SIN-BNE
Flight number: EK432
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 16.March
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 34250
Skywards miles balance: 70078
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2002
And the last letter of my surname: M
Couple of pax were upgraded that day. At least 3 more got new BPs in the lounge.
Mar 24, 2013, 10:55 pm
#58
Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 85
Hi All,
Based on this information I wondering if to book a flex flight or saver flight as it doesn't seem to make any difference on receiving an 'op-up'. See details below: -
I am Gold and will never fly enough to achieve platinum.
My partner will make it to Silver whether I book a saver or flex ticket (she only requires 2,500 tier miles).
The return PVG-LHR saver is £865 each. 7k miles plus 6k tier miles (without tier bonuses)
The return flex is £1031. 13k miles plus 12k tier miles (without tier bonuses)
1k miles is roughly £25, so the additional miles I get equates to pretty much the same price if I just bought them through skywards.
So the question is, am I more likely to be upgraded with a flex fare? If so I'm happy to pay a little extra, if not I may as well book the saver ticket and buy the miles if I need to.
P.S. It's a Christmas flight so I will not want/need to change the ticket, so this flex benefit is no good to me.
Thanks all!
Based on this information I wondering if to book a flex flight or saver flight as it doesn't seem to make any difference on receiving an 'op-up'. See details below: -
I am Gold and will never fly enough to achieve platinum.
My partner will make it to Silver whether I book a saver or flex ticket (she only requires 2,500 tier miles).
The return PVG-LHR saver is £865 each. 7k miles plus 6k tier miles (without tier bonuses)
The return flex is £1031. 13k miles plus 12k tier miles (without tier bonuses)
1k miles is roughly £25, so the additional miles I get equates to pretty much the same price if I just bought them through skywards.
So the question is, am I more likely to be upgraded with a flex fare? If so I'm happy to pay a little extra, if not I may as well book the saver ticket and buy the miles if I need to.
P.S. It's a Christmas flight so I will not want/need to change the ticket, so this flex benefit is no good to me.
Thanks all!
Mar 29, 2013, 1:07 am
#59
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Cairo
Programs: EK Skywards Gold, TK Elite Plus, QR Platinum, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 290
Upgrade given: J - F (suites! :-))
Upgrade location: Gate (Hand written correction to seat number)
Route: JNB-DXB
Flight number: EK764
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 26 March 2013
Tier status: Gold (will be Platinum)
Tier miles to date: 47750
Skywards miles balance: 48750
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2006, gold since 2009
And the last letter of my surname: D
Upgrade location: Gate (Hand written correction to seat number)
Route: JNB-DXB
Flight number: EK764
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 26 March 2013
Tier status: Gold (will be Platinum)
Tier miles to date: 47750
Skywards miles balance: 48750
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2006, gold since 2009
And the last letter of my surname: D
Mar 29, 2013, 1:07 am
#60
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Cairo
Programs: EK Skywards Gold, TK Elite Plus, QR Platinum, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 290
Upgrade given: J - F (suites! :-))
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-CAI
Flight number: EK923
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 27 March 2013
Tier status: Gold (will be Platinum)
Tier miles to date: 47750
Skywards miles balance: 48750
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2006, gold since 2009
And the last letter of my surname: D
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-CAI
Flight number: EK923
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 27 March 2013
Tier status: Gold (will be Platinum)
Tier miles to date: 47750
Skywards miles balance: 48750
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2006, gold since 2009
And the last letter of my surname: D