upgrade chart?
Jan 3, 2017, 10:49 am
#17
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Oxon, UK
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Jan 3, 2017, 5:59 pm
#19
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Europe
Programs: EK plat, ex-FB gold, Accor plat
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No - but if you have Skywards status, you can request an upgrade on board - the purser has a tablet with your Skywards details and can deduct miles instantly and make the seat assignment.
Technically you need to show the physical card and passport to do this but some pursers do not ask for them (or only the physical card).
Technically you need to show the physical card and passport to do this but some pursers do not ask for them (or only the physical card).
BP can be swapped of course, but usually it is between family members, close friends, so basically, between trusted ones.
If the upgrade is performed using someone else's miles, then, EK needs obviously to check that the card holder is OK.
Anyway, it doesn't hurt to check ID.
Jan 4, 2017, 5:45 am
#20
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,454
It might be a stupid question but why do they ask for passport ? BP should be enough no ? Pax identity is checked, crosschecked and triple checked until boarding. And skywards number appears on the BP.
BP can be swapped of course, but usually it is between family members, close friends, so basically, between trusted ones.
If the upgrade is performed using someone else's miles, then, EK needs obviously to check that the card holder is OK.
Anyway, it doesn't hurt to check ID.
BP can be swapped of course, but usually it is between family members, close friends, so basically, between trusted ones.
If the upgrade is performed using someone else's miles, then, EK needs obviously to check that the card holder is OK.
Anyway, it doesn't hurt to check ID.
Even if the person is "trusted" EK doesn't know that - and when you are talking about multi hundred $$$ value redemptions, they don't want to be caught out, I think!
Jan 4, 2017, 11:47 pm
#21
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: UK
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A hypothetical question. " If I was travelling business class with a Blue member, would there be any comeback in using Silver luggage tags on Blue members luggage?"
Jan 4, 2017, 11:53 pm
#22
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Jan 4, 2017, 11:58 pm
#23
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
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Ahh, found them. Thanks. Are there any other advantages to using the tags ( or even my Silver card) if I am travelling business class. Do I have to activate the card? My Silver status is acknowledged in my account.
A hypothetical question. " If I was travelling business class with a Blue member, would there be any comeback in using Silver luggage tags on Blue members luggage?"
A hypothetical question. " If I was travelling business class with a Blue member, would there be any comeback in using Silver luggage tags on Blue members luggage?"
Jan 5, 2017, 12:13 am
#24
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Which brings me to something I remembered from the boarding gate for my GLA flight yesterday. The signs at the gate for cabins said First, Business, Platinum & Gold and when they made the announcement those ones were invited for priority or at their leisure and then economy boarding zones. There was no mention of Silver?? New? Sign of things to come? Skywards page still mentions Silver priority boarding.
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Jan 5, 2017, 12:17 am
#25
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
They can assist with priority boarding as a visual indicator for gate staff. Seen it happen at GLA once when a gate agent directed a Silver (without looking at his BP) to the priority lane who was queuing up in the Y line.
Which brings me to something I remembered from the boarding gate for my GLA flight yesterday. The signs at the gate for cabins said First, Business, Platinum & Gold and when they made the announcement those ones were invited for priority or at their leisure and then economy boarding zones. There was no mention of Silver?? New? Sign of things to come? Skywards page still mentions Silver priority boarding.
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Which brings me to something I remembered from the boarding gate for my GLA flight yesterday. The signs at the gate for cabins said First, Business, Platinum & Gold and when they made the announcement those ones were invited for priority or at their leisure and then economy boarding zones. There was no mention of Silver?? New? Sign of things to come? Skywards page still mentions Silver priority boarding.
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DXB gates have never advertised Silver (well when I say never, not that I ever remember in the last 2 years).
Jan 5, 2017, 12:30 am
#26
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Technically priority...
Jan 6, 2017, 8:21 am
#28
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Which brings me to something I remembered from the boarding gate for my GLA flight yesterday. The signs at the gate for cabins said First, Business, Platinum & Gold and when they made the announcement those ones were invited for priority or at their leisure and then economy boarding zones. There was no mention of Silver?? New? Sign of things to come? Skywards page still mentions Silver priority boarding.