Originally Posted by
farulg
I got upgraded AMS-DXB over the weekend from economy to business. Economy must've been full and I was travelling alone. First time flying EK too

AMS-DXB is a new route for them, think they're still working out how many seats to overbook
Flying J with them, have been upgraded to F twice this year as well. Including last weekend from AMS; must be because someone upgraded from Y to J took my seat in J
Pity though I think they didn't have anyone paying full fare in F -- so service was just J, no caviar or Dom Perignon this time :P
Ah well. Love the suites and space, don't care as much for the other extravaganza.
Btw, great service and great seats (if you fly the newer planes), but quite a lot of long delays. Since AMS-DXB is scheduled to arrive at midnight, that meant checking into my hotel past 3am twice now. Since then, I'm booking flights to arrive a day earlier, hard to arrive sharp at work with such short nights sleep... Departure at 8:35am to AMS is far from ideal, as well.
And actually trying to get an upgrade with Skywards is impossible, have tried on every flight but it's never available from the site. Even though on two of those flights they actually upped me for free, so they *did* have plenty of room in F!