Originally Posted by
whimike
Actually, neither. I started flying Emirates during the crazy sale in December 2011. I bought a ton of F an J tickets ($75k+) and e-mailed EK about getting Gold status since I will be flying them so much. EK USA responded with Gold status before I flew my first flight.
So, I was EK Blue during the few days between me opening an EK account and EK USA making me Gold. However, I have never flown an EK flight being anything other than Gold.
That's how! Thanks for the explanation.
So I don't get assaulted for veering somewhat off topic, never been upgraded since flying EK 10 months ago. I do have a question though, how often do 'unconventional' upgrades happen at EK at their outstations? I used to fly with another Middle Eastern airline and would (if there's availability) get upgraded by the Station Managers of the airline at various destinations when I get to speak with them/run into them at check in.