Originally Posted by
bobmirror
Oops, yes I did sorry!
At what point pre-departure does Emirates hand over its flights to airport control and what then is stopping them allowing miles based upgrades to First assuming there are empty seats showing in First?
If there are seats free in the last minute before boarding, what rationale would they be applying to deny an award upgrade at that point?
And would they ever deny the upgrade once on board itself (assuming seats are vacant in First).
They would not deny you an onboard upgrade if there was space in a working seat, but you may only get J catering.
At out stations ie not dxb upgrades can be done (space available) at check in, although if the food is catered from dxb you may get the problem above ie J food as they can’t guarantee enough F meals.
Ex dxb on busy flights the flight control team block upgrades and check in need to call to ask them if they can release a seat - if they do great if not then anyone that wants an upgrade expresses an interest to use miles and they are then waitlisted and confirmed in priority order (status for sure and probably ticket type). This is processed when the flight closes at T60.
it’s easier to get upgrades after online check in has opened from out stations (it will never happen for flights from dxb if not available at t-48 in my experience). I had an experience out of Man where my wife and kid were in F (paid for what it’s worth
BadoRas ) and I was in J on a different ticket). No seats opened up at check in but using twitter I got one 24 hours before - they unchecked me in and upgraded me. This will not happen in DXB in my experience.