Originally Posted by
ung1
That depends on the loads in J vs F. There are people who have received upgrades on redemptions and mileage upgrades, but I'd imagine they would do revenue pax before those who have done mileage upgrades. Whether they would do Gold mileage before Silver revenue, I don't know. It's not unheard of, but it's extremely unlikely!
Last year was travelling from AKL to BKK on Y ticket which I upgraded using miles to J. During Sydney layover nice lady in EK lounge came to me with a smile saying this is your new boarding pass and handed me F boarding pass. So yes it is happening.