Originally Posted by
eightblack
We have heard that changes are on their way, but until we can confirm and have approval to publish here, anything you might hear is innuendo.
You mean they're going to make it harder for me to get an op up or any other kind of upgrade? I guess that would push me back to the Star Alliance and to abandon EK totally (I really don't have any long-term commitment to EK. If they scratch my back I'll scratch theirs, otherwise...).
Originally Posted by
eightblack
99% of all the op-ups I have received have been given to me at check-in (not at the gate). Typically, its non status passengers who receive gate upgrades - because the staff are still working the flight and are under the pump to get the flight out on time.
Well, my experience is quite the opposite. 99% of my op-up's have been at the gate, and I've been Gold for a while now. My only op-up at checkin was last Tuesday in Europe.
Other than that, what you say makes a lot of sense.