Originally Posted by
Emirates202
You are correct. I know that the fare will be higher since I've paid to UG this route before. I just wasn't sure that you could upgrade without there being seats in your booked class of travel first.
If paying to travel in 1st class, all that is required is availability in 1st class ; it is no different to it would be if you were just buying a new 1st class ticket now; you would not need there to be availability in business class or economy class in order to purchase a 1st class seat on the flight ; think of it as cancelling the business ticket and just buying a 1st ticket