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Old May 18, 2010 | 2:37 pm
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B747-437B
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Originally Posted by jackiedada
I have always wondered why I rarely got upgraded on the BOM-DXB leg even though the flights were full and the conclusion that I have reached is that there are some folks who seem to have good personal contacts with the ground staff who manage to get upgraded and the other folks like me have to put up a smile and walk straight into Y. Anyone else have a similar experience?
No personal contacts with any of the EK staff in BOM, but I have about 50% op-up success rate as Silver/Gold on the BOM-DXB leg. I'm usually on EK501 though which is ALWAYS full/oversold compared to the other flights.
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