Originally Posted by
thijsseh
As per DYKWIA’s suggestion, just set auto upgrade and also keep on checking with the call centre as auto upgrade tends to miss opportunities from time to time. Also I think auto upgrade only becomes ‘active’ a certain amount of time before the flight, it will tell you when you set it up.
January 2023 is a long way away and EK will undoubtedly try to sell seats for cash before making them available as award / upgrade stock.
My experience is that if you ‘work’ at getting the upgrade, chances are much better than just waiting for it to happen.
Thanks for your comments! I'll keep on trying later in the year - i'm in no rush to book to be honest. The last time I went for the upgrade, I booked about 6 weeks before travel, but I was really impressed with the service and NEED to do it again!! As I only need one seat I'm hoping I might be in luck...time to get some more miles credited in the meantime...