Originally Posted by
schmalex
Despite being Gold for the last 4 years and always ending the year with around 140k tier points and, generally flying on Flex or Flex Plus tickets, I have never received an Op Up from Emirates
From now on, I’m just going to fly with them the bare minimum to get the 50k points to keep Gold and then put the remainder of my eastbound travel to Qatar or Singapore Air.
The first condition that needs to be met to get an op up is that the cabin into which you are booked is oversold.
Next there is the algorithm which decides who gets upgraded: Plats first, then Flex+ ticket holders in order of status, then Flex and so on.
To sulk because these rules have never resulted in an op up for you is not entirely logical. Unless SQ or QR have rules which give you a better upgrade probability. And even then, the overall ‘package’ (fare, schedule, hard and soft product) must justify that change.
My first (and to date only) op up was on a Flex+ J ticket. And I was a lowly blue member at the time. Went ‘through the ranks’, now Gold. No more upgrades given. Sad but that’s how the system works.