Just spoke to them...

Emirates quoted me cash upgrade, not with miles.

So with 32500 Miles they say:

£75 date change fee
£20 fare difference
£69 APD from BHX

Presumably that's right now?

The lady also quoted APD from MAN as £130.41!!!! Is that right? I asked why the high APD, she said each airport is set differently, that's MAN, I asked if it was because the flight was A380, she said no.


PS. Just looking at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/apd.htm it says:

2.6.4 Upgrades
If a passenger upgrades for a fee, at any stage in the journey, we consider that they are travelling in the higher class and that the agreement for carriage has been modified accordingly.

The same applies to free upgrades if there is an element of entitlement or priority not enjoyed by other (standard class) passengers, for example in the case of 'perks' enjoyed by airline employees.

It is only where the passenger has no expectation of, or entitlement to, a free upgrade that it will not take them out of standard class for APD purposes (for example where the passenger gets an upgrade solely because they have booked early).

So standard class fee applies for upgrades to business?

For UK airports to DXB in business, it can never be the reduced rate of £69?

It should always be £138, no?