Just checked on EF for you (testing out my new membership haha) - it does indeed look very sold out! All of economy and all of business, with 1 seat in first.

I have a question of my own for those more knowledgable than myself; flying a segment from CDG-DXB on EK74 on 26th December. EF is showing up to W9 in economy (M onwards 0) with J7C7I7 in business. I was hoping for a miles upgrade for myself and wife, just wondering if this sort of load makes it more or less likely that availability will open up closer to departure?

Thanks!

That's just because they've blocked all Saver inventory (M onwards) during the holiday period. The flight is probably empty. They'll open up Saver inventory later if they can't fill up the seats. But getting an upgrade shouldn't be hard in holiday season as premium loads are low, though Paris can be a bit of an exception to that.

Ahh that makes sense, thanks a lot ung1 :)

Just checked on EF the availability for my flights to KUL on Sunday/Monday...

J0 C0 I0 O0 Y0 E0 R0 W0 M0 B0 U0 K0 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0

F4 A4 J0 C0 I0 O0 Y0 E0 R0 W0 M0 B0 U0 K0 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0

Hoping that the Op-Up gods look down on me (solo traveller) favourably!

I am flying to MUC this weekend and my flight is almost sold out in Y (and I am in Y this time). J has seats.

Should I do OLCI or refrain from it and show up last minute?

I always keep asking this myself and don't have an answer. Even though I have flown with EK for so many years.

What's your guys take?

I wouldn't do OCLI. As far as I can tell, all op-ups are handled/processed at the 30-min mark prior to flight closing. Funny thing is I've never been upgraded ex DXB, so have no idea how the process works. I reckon if you keep checking with the desk in the lounge "how does the flight look etc", it's the best way to monitor the load...good luck. Let us know how it goes.

How many J seats (if any) do EK block off incase of Y being oversold?

Thanks for checking!

They don't block off J seats, as that would be counter productive. They do however oversell each cabin up to a certain limit (except F, I believe), and then usually a bunch of no shows mean they can still fit everyone into the aircraft. If not, they go into offering VDB vouchers and asking people to take the next flight.

GigoloArt I've got exactly the same situation this weekend. Flight is zeroed out in Y (though seat map still has a fair number of seats vacant), but J has seats.

Of course, I'm only Silver so will probably be in Y either way, but I'd like to know what happens if you're flying before Saturday noon.

Turns out EK has special fares to SIN right now from DXB. AED 2100 in Y and AED 8000 in J (haven't seen that in a while), so expect flights to be completely full!

I flew out to SIN via DXB from LHR on the 22/10. Got and op up from J to F LHR-DXB on EK4. For the record I did OLCI as soon as I could and selected a seat as soon as I booked the ticket. The flight was full and got my first 'First' boarding pass when boarding from the lounge at Heathrow. Up to then I had 23K, the girl just said 'We have had to move you, as the flight is very busy'. I didnt even notice until I was in the queue to get on the A380.

So just reporting back that we did not get ugpraded the flights were fully sold out. Returning from KL on 7th Nov we were given the option to give up our seats at 19:30 flight and take the 2 am one, at first we were offered one free ticket to any Asian sector. We refused this as we were giving up two seats EK then offered us two free tickets, taxi fare back to the city and a free dinner. We were also told that they would try to upgrade us for the 2 am flight. We took up the offer and received our free tickets and taxi fare there was some cofusion with the dinner claim so i will be sending an email to customer affairs shortly. We were sadly not ugpraded for the 2 am flight although another passenger who decided to skip the earlier flight was, he also had no status with EK and I had Silver! I think it may be due to the fact that we were 2 passenger and they only had one seat.

Been checking EF quite regularly for upgrade to business for a flight CDG-DXB on 26th Dec. Up until recently have had no availability for the entire week but just today I noticed all days except the 25th & 26th have upgrade availability now.

Availability is showing approx J4C4I4 for those days and J7C7I0 for the 26th. Would this recent change make the possibility of the 26th opening up in the near future or does it mean given they have but the 26th hasn't, it's less likely now?

Cheers

Hello Ladies and gents,

Can anybody explain to me what does this mean?

P2 A2 J4 C4 I4 O7 Y7 E7 R7 W7 M7 B7 U7 K7 H7 Q7 L7 T7 V7 X7

I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you!!