Originally Posted by
UAEBANDIT
I was waiting for an opening for 2 reward seats on EK from LGW and thought it was futile..... then one night at 2am I did a check (even though I had registered for auto upgrade) and low and behold they had the 2 seats available.
it was a rare find.
Dxb - lgw was wasta Z ..... otherwise they were not giving.
3 seats would be like a lottery.
Two points here:
1.Auto upgrade is very unreliable. Don't rely on it!
2. I find availability ex LGW not that bad as the loads are generally lightish. In September I was one of three on an A380. It was a paid seat, but I am fairly confident that there would have been 'Z' availability a few days out (and obviously at check in and on board). (ex DXB I usually take EK11 which is a 2 class service. As it's a night flight, arriving at 7:30 am and I sleep fine in J on a A380 I don't bother trying to upgrade - let alone paying for F).