Thanks for the advice jumanji. Yes i have a colleague who uses that service, but i don't feel like i should have to pay for the liberty of knowing when such tickets are available. Emirates should be encouraging people to earn miles, not the other way around. To be honest my job is very easy, so calling skywards every few days might actually fill in the hours at work!!! So i will get there, eventually, it will just take a few (hundred) phone calls thats all!