Originally Posted by
mecabq
I am not sure if you're being serious or half-serious, but it is complete folly to expect an op-up, on Emirates or any other airline. Yeah, EK offers more op-ups than others, but it happens only a fraction of the time system-wide.
Definitely half-serious.
I knew the op-up chance would be high in particular scenarios, but certainly knew there were chances of it not happening and carefully chose my Y seats for that possibility.
This experience was more of a test of the system for me, and posting here to provide data points for others.