Originally Posted by
thijsseh
The (only) other way to do this, is via an upgrade. But that of course assumes that there is availability and that you have sufficient skywards miles to do this. You buy an economy ticket and the upgrade the sector that you want to be in business. To find availability you would have to try a ‘classic awards’ dummy booking for the sector you want to upgrade as this comes from the same inventory. Or look for ‘D’ bucket availability on ExpertFlyer.
I know this is an old thread, but I am running into an issue and this might be a solution.
I am trying to fly US-DXB-MLE (or reverse) and can find the seat on the long haul in F that I want, but on the DXB-MLE flight there is only business currently available. Since I can't do a mixed award and I don't want to downgrade to Biz for the long haul, this might be the answer. From what I am reading, I can book the full itinerary in J and then immediately upgrade the long haul segment to F? I can then keep an eye out for the shorter leg and upgrade if it opens up at some point, if not, do the 4 hr flight in J. Does this sound correct to anyone who understands how EK works?
If this does work, I can book the flight online and then call in to do the upgrade? Is there anything else I need to know about this?
This will be my first time flying EK, something I have been wanting to try for a while. I am hoping I will get lucky and get to try out the new F somehow (was on DXB-MLE route at one point, not sure if it still is) but I can live with the 380 (and compare it to EY F apartments I flew a few years back)
Thanks for any help anyone can offer!