I have stopped checking in online for a couple of years now. On my most recent trip, I straightaway got a J BP for my DXB-BOS flight when I checked in at the counter at BOM. Not sure if it was cause & effect but its the first time it has happened in my 15 or so years of flying with EK, and with a relatively high op-up frequency. See post #254 here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/emira...2016-a-17.html