Upgrade given: Y - J, Y-J

Upgrade location: Check-in, Gate

Route: BOM-DXB-BOM

Flight number: EK509, EK506

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: Early June

Tier status: Platinum

Tier miles to date: 17k

Skywards miles balance: approx. 250K

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

First letter of your surname: S

OK, for the first time in my 10+ years of flying EK I was upgraded at check-in at BOM. It wasn't as if she had to call a supervisor to release a seat, it was already done. I had checked in online and after she scanned my passport and printed out my BPs, I suddenly noticed that my BP was a J bp. Pretty much lends credence to my suspicion that BOM handled upgrades alphabetically and I never managed one as Gold because I was way way down the alphabetical pecking order and BOM DXB is a Gold heavy flight, though not Platinum heavy (max 1 or 2 in the entire plane). Several members had posted earlier that they got upgrades at check-in and I rarely every got one even at the gate, leave alone check-in in the past 10 years. Now that I hit Platinum, I guess it puts me right in front in the upgrade priority. Great - hope it continues that way!