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Please post your Operational Upgrade experiences

Old Mar 29, 2013, 4:29 pm
  #61  
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: DWC
Programs: OWS, *A G
Posts: 626
Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: e.g. DXB-VIE

Flight number: EK127

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 280313

Tier status: Silver

Tier miles to date: 0 in current qualification year (total 83,750)

Skywards miles balance: 42,500

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 011010

First letter of your surname: D

Last edited by zat_dude; Mar 30, 2013 at 3:54 am Reason: data correction
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Old Mar 29, 2013, 10:15 pm
  #62  
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Dubai, UAE
Programs: Skywards Plat, Etihad Gold, Aerosvit Gold, Virgin Silver, AA lifetime Gold, Sirius Gold
Posts: 1,229
Originally Posted by peterdudas
Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: e.g. DXB-VIE

Flight number: EK127

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 280313

Tier status: Blue

Tier miles to date: 83,750

Skywards miles balance: 42,500

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 011010

First letter of your surname: D
If your Tier Miles to date balance is actually the balance for this qualifying year then you are (or should be) Gold as opposed to Blue.
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Old Mar 30, 2013, 3:57 am
  #63  
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: DWC
Programs: OWS, *A G
Posts: 626
Originally Posted by mrtdxb
If your Tier Miles to date balance is actually the balance for this qualifying year then you are (or should be) Gold as opposed to Blue.
Thanks - correction done. I don't know why I wrote blue at the first place (probably the jet lag), but my tier milage before the flight in current qualification year was 0.
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Old Mar 30, 2013, 9:48 am
  #64  
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 10
Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: BLR-DXB

Flight number: EK565

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 30/03/13

Tier status: Blue

Tier miles to date: 2400

Skywards miles balance: 2400

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 01/03/13

First letter of your surname: J
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Old Mar 30, 2013, 12:11 pm
  #65  
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: India
Programs: EK Silver
Posts: 45
Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Advised at Check in. seat change at gate. Manual

Route: e.g. AMD-DXB

Flight number: EK539

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 30/03/13

Tier status: Silver

Tier miles to date: 27000

Skywards miles balance: 44000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 01/10/2005

And of course the first letter of your surname! R
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Old Mar 30, 2013, 12:13 pm
  #66  
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: India
Programs: EK Silver
Posts: 45
Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Advised in Lounge we were on list. Told to come back 1 hour before departure. New boarding pass issued

Route: DXB-VCE

Flight number: EK135

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 30/03/13

Tier status: Silver

Tier miles to date: 27000

Skywards miles balance: 44000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 01/10/2005

And of course the first letter of your surname! R
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Old Apr 6, 2013, 10:35 am
  #67  
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Cairo
Programs: EK Skywards Gold, TK Elite Plus, QR Platinum, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 290
Upgrade given: J - F

Upgrade location: At the gate

Route: DXB-JNB

Flight number: EK765

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 05/04/2013

Tier status: Platinum

Tier miles to date: 47750

Skywards miles balance: 73750

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2006

And of course the first letter of your surname! D
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Old Apr 7, 2013, 4:44 am
  #68  
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BHX\LHR
Programs: EK Gold
Posts: 238
Upgrade given: J - F

Upgrade location: At the gate

Route: MAN-DXB

Flight number: EK18

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 25/03/2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: ~70,000

Skywards miles balance: ~90,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2012

And of course the first letter of your surname: L
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Old Apr 7, 2013, 5:54 am
  #69  
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,826
Originally Posted by LE4603
Upgrade given: J - F

Upgrade location: At the gate

Route: MAN-DXB
Flight number: EK18

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 25/03/2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: ~70,000

Skywards miles balance: ~90,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2012

And of course the first letter of your surname: L
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Old Apr 7, 2013, 6:14 am
  #70  
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: BA Silver, EY Silver, EK Gold, MPC - Green
Posts: 61
Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: At the gate in A concourse Lounge

Route: DXB-CGK

Flight number: Cant remember sorry

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 28/03/2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: ~50,000

Skywards miles balance: ~50,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Two - my son is a Blue Skywards family

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2009

And of course the first letter of your surname: C
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Old Apr 7, 2013, 6:49 am
  #71  
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: KWI via IAH via DUR
Programs: BA Execclub G, Flying Blue S, One Pass E, Skywards G, Voyager B. AVIS PC and counting
Posts: 26
Upgrade given: J-F

Upgrade location: At the gate in Term B

Route: DXB-DMM

Flight number: 823

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 4/4/2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: ~75,000

Skywards miles balance: ~150,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2007

And of course the first letter of your surname: N
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Old Apr 7, 2013, 7:29 am
  #72  
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BHX\LHR
Programs: EK Gold
Posts: 238
Originally Posted by m3red
Yeah I know! Unheard of!

I think I overheard something about a Qatar flight with issues, so I'm wondering if some of their passengers got moved onto our flight. Not sure though. However if so, F wasn't full, so they didn't cram the flight 100% full.
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Old Apr 7, 2013, 9:43 am
  #73  
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,826
Originally Posted by LE4603
Yeah I know! Unheard of!

I think I overheard something about a Qatar flight with issues, so I'm wondering if some of their passengers got moved onto our flight. Not sure though. However if so, F wasn't full, so they didn't cram the flight 100% full.
I'm gold after my trip next week. I then have j to man in July , j back to dxb then to j'burg then back to man at Xmas in j. I've never been upgraded ever from man flying that much on a regular basis....
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Old Apr 8, 2013, 2:19 am
  #74  
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: BOM
Programs: EK Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 2,880
Originally Posted by Simon Cuckoo
Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: At the gate in A concourse Lounge

Route: DXB-CGK

Flight number: Cant remember sorry

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 28/03/2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: ~50,000

Skywards miles balance: ~50,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Two - my son is a Blue Skywards family

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2009

And of course the first letter of your surname: C
How old is your son?
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Old Apr 8, 2013, 4:22 am
  #75  
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: BA Silver, EY Silver, EK Gold, MPC - Green
Posts: 61
Originally Posted by jackiedada
How old is your son?
An adult paying fare, mid teens.
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