Emirates and shoe policy?
Apr 26, 2016, 7:09 pm
#16
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Most of the posts in this thread confuse paid pax in class of service vs op ups. Pay for J or F and you can wear whatever you like.
Most airlines have rules for op ups, including dress codes. Using points or cash is less strict but op ups are often subject to similar policies.
Most airlines have rules for op ups, including dress codes. Using points or cash is less strict but op ups are often subject to similar policies.
We now appear to have gone from no rules to two sets of them.
Apr 26, 2016, 9:55 pm
#17
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So as you approach the (same) gate and hand over your (identical) boarding pass, how does the gate agent categorise you, and decide whether to let you board? There is nothing on his small screen to differentiate an op-up from a paid ticket.
We now appear to have gone from no rules to two sets of them.
We now appear to have gone from no rules to two sets of them.
I know on EY there are codes on the boarding pass that state you are an op up, it's just that pax can't decode them.
Apr 26, 2016, 10:48 pm
#18
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For EK it will depend on the number of people a controller needs to move.
It will first be done on status pax - they will be marked for an upgrade as a matter of course. That will generally not be cancelled unless a staff member calls the controller and tells them not to upgrade them (e.g. because they have been rude at check-in or are drunk). So, flip-flops and t-shirts and shorts etc. etc. is no problem.
If additional op-ups are still required, then staff will have directed check-in desk to mark passengers as safe-for-upgrade using whatever criteria they are used to (e.g. solo travellers who look "respectable"). The controller will then select as necessary.
Thus if you are a non-status pax, you have a slightly better chance if you don't look like an unkempt backpacker, but if you are an unkempt backpacker who is Platinum, then you don't need to worry.
It will first be done on status pax - they will be marked for an upgrade as a matter of course. That will generally not be cancelled unless a staff member calls the controller and tells them not to upgrade them (e.g. because they have been rude at check-in or are drunk). So, flip-flops and t-shirts and shorts etc. etc. is no problem.
If additional op-ups are still required, then staff will have directed check-in desk to mark passengers as safe-for-upgrade using whatever criteria they are used to (e.g. solo travellers who look "respectable"). The controller will then select as necessary.
Thus if you are a non-status pax, you have a slightly better chance if you don't look like an unkempt backpacker, but if you are an unkempt backpacker who is Platinum, then you don't need to worry.
Apr 27, 2016, 5:17 am
#19
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May 2, 2016, 2:44 pm
#20
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I frequently wear Birkenstocks and have been opupped wearing them. They are easier to slip off for security and more suitable if going to hot countries (my husband picked me up from a trip to Malaysia in January when there was snow in the UK and remembered to bring a ski jacket - didn't think (didn't know) to bring shoes so I walked through the car park at MAN in 3 inches of snow with a ski jacket and Birkenstocks - not my best look!)
May 3, 2016, 10:53 pm
#21
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I frequently wear Birkenstocks and have been opupped wearing them. They are easier to slip off for security and more suitable if going to hot countries (my husband picked me up from a trip to Malaysia in January when there was snow in the UK and remembered to bring a ski jacket - didn't think (didn't know) to bring shoes so I walked through the car park at MAN in 3 inches of snow with a ski jacket and Birkenstocks - not my best look!)
Thanks for the inputs.
May 4, 2016, 11:24 am
#22
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Absolutely not. I just flew EK J (A380 Houston>DXB) and there was one passenger, middle aged male, dressed in sloppy loose shorts, untucked shirt, sandals. I remember thinking "who travels looking like that".
It wasn't the J that made me think that, simply travel of any sort. But I'm old school... I always felt you should look decent to fly. Not dressed up, just clean, neat, etc. But hey, that's me.
It wasn't the J that made me think that, simply travel of any sort. But I'm old school... I always felt you should look decent to fly. Not dressed up, just clean, neat, etc. But hey, that's me.
I've worn shirts and sandals in paid J (hopefully not 'sloppy'). Not wearing business casual in the Maldives, Mauritius thanks.
May 4, 2016, 11:34 am
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May 5, 2016, 12:14 am
#26
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Yep, it is policy for most airlines that pax MUST BE SUITABLE for op upgrades, and that includes dress code.
Otherwise, if you fly in the class of travel you have paid for, unless the way you dress is deemed offensive you won't have any problems.
DOH airport is notorius for objecting to offensive t-shirts (sex, drugs and expletives), while other airports in ME (DXB, MCT), etc are less concerned
Otherwise, if you fly in the class of travel you have paid for, unless the way you dress is deemed offensive you won't have any problems.
DOH airport is notorius for objecting to offensive t-shirts (sex, drugs and expletives), while other airports in ME (DXB, MCT), etc are less concerned