Originally Posted by
UAEBANDIT
I'm waiting for the auto upgrade for a flight on 26th Jan, LGW - DXB J to F. The auto function is no longer there. I called EK and they said that since there are only 4 seats available in F the chance is slim (we need 2 seats)....but I went online and tried to book 8 seats And they are available. I don't believe anything anymore.
I had a quick look on EF:
All three LGW - DXB flights on 26/1 have lots of availability in all classes (F4 A4 is the highest ‘count’ one can get in F).
Seatmaps show 2 , 3 and 2 seats reserved respectively. We all know that seat maps only give a rough idea, but in my experience many F (and to a certain degree J) travellers reserve seats when booking.
I don’t understand why auto upgrade would have been disabled, I have never experienced that (but then it’s not something I have looked at a lot).
If I were you, I would pay $9.99 for an EF subscription for a month and set an alert. Also set an alert on the EK website.
If all else fails, try to upgrade at the airport (or, as you have gold Skywards status, on board).
FWIW, looking at award availability for the next week, only EK10 has availability for 3 out of 7 days. And - even more crude - looking at today’s seat maps also suggests EK10 has the best upgrade potential of the three flights (EK12, 16 and 10)