Originally Posted by
DYKWIA
So, you want to book an F seat, cancel at the last minute, and then use points to upgrade?
Many problems with this :-
1. After you cancel the F booking, you'd then need to book a last minute J (probably at Flex Plus pricing). That could be eye-wateringly expensive.
2. Hope that J actually has some availability.
3. Hope that there was nobody waitlisted to get an F ticket.
4. Hope that there was nobody waitlisted to get an F upgrade.
If you were hoping to have both a J & F booking on the same flight, and then cancel the F booking, then this would probably get picked up as a duplicate booking. One of the bookings would be automatically cancelled.
I think what they are going for is purchase with cash a "fake" F ticket in a name that is not yours in order to take that seat out of inventory. Then just before you check in cancel it, thereby putting that seat back into inventory and opening it for an upgrade. I suppose there is nothing in theory from stopping you from doing this, but if Emirates catches on that could be an issue for you, and could ruin the current generous upgrade policy for everyone else if they feel people are gaming the policy.