Originally Posted by
imhere2stay
can someone please check the loads for EK 653 on September 6th, and EK 201 on september 7th? I have flex tickets booked from maldives to JFK(as part of the fare error 3 months ago). I want to upgrade the flex tickets via miles but I see no D availability, when there there are many O seats available. If D availability does not open up online, can I still upgrade our flights with miles using miles out of my father's account?(im assigned as a travel coordinator in his skywards account)
and lastly, since I booked flex tickets, would we still have a higher chance of an op-up even though our flex tickets were only like $100?
Sounds like you've already checked or have access if you can see D and O availability.
You can upgrade once OLCI opens, but not sure about using someone else's account. once OLCI opens it's based on space available, perhaps by calling you'd be able to use his account, though there have been reports of EK not processing space-available upgrades until boarding in hopes of selling the seats.
The physical USD cost of the ticket is irrelevant to op-ups, it's ranked as follows:
1. All Plats (sub-ranked by fare type and fare bucket)
2. All Flex Plus (sub-ranked by status first and fare bucket next)
3. All Flex (sub-ranked by status first and fare bucket next)
4. All Saver (sub-ranked as per 3.)
5. All Special (sub-ranked as per 3.)
fare bucket = the single-letter fare bucket identifier, e.g. Y, W, M, T, etc. If it was a mistake fare and you're in Flex you're probably in a decent fare bucket, I don't think the USD or base fare cost ever ranks in, except maybe in a fare bucket tie.