Originally Posted by
aceboy44
Something is wrong here! I also was on a Y flex ticket from BKK - DXB, but for the upgrade they wanted 50,400 miles (which I did not have and why I proceeded with the cash upgrade.) Why did they offer you 39k miles on upgrade? Even 45k is lower than 50,400 miles, and your flight (DXB - LGW) is longer than mine!


50700 is the normal, published (
https://www.emirates.com/account/za/...alculator.aspx) mileage upgrade for a Y Flex ticket BKK/DXB. So they simply weren’t offering reduced mileage upgrades at that time. No conspiracy here.