I happen to have 55,000 skywards miles and have an 6 upcoming flights over the next 9 months. I have contacted Emirates and unfortunatly i cannot attain an upgrade seat for ANY flight even though i am flexible 2 weeks either way of any of the 6 flights that i have booked.

The one particular flight i want to get an upgrade from buinsess class to First Class for is Melbourne to Dubai due to it being such a long flight. My flight is on 31st may 2010. However emirates cannot offer me any kind of upgrade for the ENTIRE month of May or June (even though they have a minimum of 3 flights per day for this particular route).

This would amount to a total of 180 flights and therefore mean there is not a single reward seat available to anyone on this planet for that entire period. Is it just me or does anyone else think that is a bit crazy?!

Does anyone have any advice on how i can get one of these upgrade seats that does not involve ringing up the skywards department every day for the next 9 months on the off chance that i may manage to stumble upon a cancellation?!

Any advice would be much appreciated. thanks, James