I have a Y flight on the 380 next month and have ended up with a Y saver*. Since I dont have status now it looks like I have to pay for a seat if I want to choose one in advance.

I am on EK 12 which is currently scheduled as a 2 class but I have seen it change sometimes.

I can see that EK has a disclaimer that the seats can change for operational reasons but do they refund the seat fee if they swap seats?

Was thinking of trying the upper deck in Y and it looks like its £67 for LGW DXB for the seat .

* managed to get a Y saver for 2 for around £300 less than what EK wanted via a third party site . Also had 40kg luggage allowance which I wanted.