Originally Posted by
Fernweh
Thanks again guys.

Yes, as much as I'd love to, flying in J just isn't an option for us sadly - I suspect the "we're on our honeymoon, please give us an upgrade" line only works in the movies.

Our budget for the entire honeymoon is £5k, and according to Google Flights our flights are currently going for about £2500 each in J...
Still, I'm putting as many wedding and honeymoon costs as possible onto my BAPP credit card, and it should be enough for us to get a 2-4-1 voucher - so we should get to try BA J soon. Probably not quite as good as Emirates J, but it's a start.

Have you considered sticking your wedding costs on an Amex Gold credit card? They offer possibly the most handsome mileage bonuses in the UK at the moment and can easily be transferred to EK. If you and your Mrs got one and met the minimum spends, you would end up with 20k miles each. That would be a good dent towards a J upgrade between GLA and DXB (39,000/30,000 usually).