Originally Posted by oliver2002
Once upon a time when EK skywards stutus members were rare EK used to upgrade like you experienced... now there are so many status pax in MUC, this has become a rarity
It seems I was very lucky that day. My girlfriend used to work for Emirates and I know that unless you are a gold member they do not give any special consideration at all. I have never received an upgrade on numerous flights out of Dubai.
PS Cheers for the info relating to Lufthansa exit rows you posted a while ago. Looking back i realised i had not acknowleded your post at the time.