Originally Posted by
CDKing
Yes they will upgrade elites in J to F in order to make J seats available for an oversold Y. There was even a reports of an AS elite who was offered Op-op due to oversold Y. Those fully Y tickets can actually bring in more money than a discount J passenger.
Is there a way to see Emirates seat availability? I'm pretty sure with all the capacity they're dumping on the US market, it's highly unlikely they'll ever have a sold out flight, and they do have 4+ first seats left on several days. They're just blocking it out of principle because it's busy season, then giving them away last minute.