Originally Posted by JFIVienna
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.
!!! It is possible that technically gold members should only be given upgrades but ive seen blue members as well as silver members getting uprades often. You just need to be checking in at the right time