Originally Posted by extramileage

It is a bit tight on the lounge considering it will be a small fraction of the seats sold (and only people with no status), unless they really up the availability. It will also surely cause issues at the lounge entrance....

But it all depends on how attractive that J Special fare will be relative to Saver and Flex, especially relative to previous J Saver fares. A couple spot checks look like 15-17% discount to current Saver, but similar in price to previous Savers, with new Saver being closer in price to old Flex, and new Flex to old Flex Plus, with Flex Plus prices rising. (spot checks...not data)

So I wonder if by expanding this new fare bucket (I'd seen J Special only very rarely before, most of the time not even shown as sold out), Emirates is just downgrading the offering (including cancellation fees, miles to upgrade) for each of the fare classes by one notch. Same thing as creating a Flex Plus Plus bucket instead.