I've read that Emirates is retiring two 777-300's* (not ER) by the end of 2016. These have the old Skycruiser seats in F. They will likely be replaced by 2-class cabin aircraft (Economy and Business).

Does anyone know which routes the aircraft that are being replaced fly on?

I ask this because I am scheduled to be in EK F (JFK-DXB; DXB-CAI) in March. I'm afraid that I might get bumped down to J on my second segment, if one of the newer planes replaces the 777-300 that currently flies this route. It's not so much that I object to getting "downgraded" from an old F Skycruiser seat to a new lie flat Business Class seat, it's that I want access to the Emirates F lounge in Dubai, which I would not qualify to enter with a J boarding pass**.


* http://www.emirates.com/media-centre...in-30-minutes#

** My second segment (DXB-CAI) is 3 days after my first segment (JFK-DXB), so I would not qualify to enter the EK F lounge in DXB on the basis that my first leg was in F