Originally Posted by
qprjames
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
from what i can tell.. i seems emirates isn't opening up seats very far inthe future like they used to.. now they are opening them up slowly 1-2 months in advance.. whereas before.. they were available on almost every flight which you could purchase a ticket.
my recommendation.. go to expertflyer.com pay for the service.. set up notifications and you will receive an email should a flight ever open up and then you can immediately upgrade yourself.
not much else you can do i'm afraid.