Originally Posted by thijsseh

Something to bear in mind for future fights is that J to F upgrades on the DXB/LGW routing are significantly easier to get than on the LHR flights. I have been successful twice this year and third time I was proactively offered a miles upgrade when entering the A J lounge at DXB. Was not very flush on miles at that time and was happy with my 23K seat so declined the ‘offer’ (to stress, this was not an op-up). So if you don’t have a good reason to fly to LHR, consider LGW instead.