Originally Posted by
Pandor
Because of this, I’m thinking of booking Y flex using cash and then upgrading for 39000 miles each way, of course depending on availabilty.
My question: if I was successful in upgrading from Y to J using this method, would EK also ask me for extra cash, be it due to taxes (premium cabin) or surcharges?
There's only a couple of places I've ever heard of extra being charged on mileage upgrades. One is on flights from the UK where the additional APD is charged and there's one other country with a similar charge but it escapes for now who it is.