Hi Jammy, in order to receive an email offer it is not really about the status - certain conditions must occur so that offers are sent, e.g. business class wide open and economy close to be overbooked. As such, it is not possible to generally assume..

All good suggestions thanks and made me chuckle!

People have mentioned that the booking needed to be made through the emirates web site. Not sure why...

EK Staff?

Curious as I have only ever seen AZ employees working the desk that far before flight. When connecting from LX to EK flights they call me up for reissuance/reprinting of tickets.

I used to get paid upgrade emails for upgrades from Y to J when I was a lowly blue and then silver. Once I became gold I have never been sent a paid upgrade email:confused:.but I have been flying in J for the last 3 years of being gold. Got 2 free op ups J--- F in 2009 but none since then

AFAIK it depends on the sector/date/load etc. Your skywards status plays only a very small role.

I'm hoping for a upgrade email at Christmas... Otherwise it's Y class on the A330 from MAN :eek:

Thanks for the replies :)
I am still wondering if it makes any difference if the ticket is booked directly through emirates or not ...anyone know?
Also, how far out from the flight would an email offer be sent?

For my first J trip I booked through Opodo and I got a J class saver fare. Since then I have always booked directly and got a J class Flex fares. As you are paying more for a flex I would expect it would make a difference.

If it assists you, I have never had an op up and I am traveling one one of the busiest routes LHR-DXB-SIN twice a month

...Ah well, not sounding very promising. ...a girl can dream. Thanks for the reply.

It helps for sure if you have booked via EK because that the primary way they harvest your contact details to send you the email offer. It also helps that you have a Skywards number in the booking.

A colleague of mine flew her first EK flight about a week after signing up for Skywards. She got the email upgrade offer about 3 days before the flight.

Strange booking situation - upgrade possibility ?
 

Hi there,

currently I am looking at SIN-MEL in about 3 weeks time - being booked in Economy (Saver). I would like to upgrade but currently can't.

Checking with EF and KVS I get a 'strange' booking situation:
1. KVS: Flight is zeroed out in all economy
2. EF: showing a half empty flight in the economy section
=> basically contradicting 1

3. EF: only flex awards/ upgrades available


So what's your take/advise on that ? Should an (saver) upgrade become available ? Why would EK zero out the booking class when the seating plan is not really showing this ?

I would REALLY like to upgrade and was even thinking about paying the difference between saver economy and flex economy fare, but with this booking situation I can't even do that.

Cheers
TheAirman

I'm a little confused - do you want to upgrade from saver economy to flex economy, or to business class? For upgrading to business, the fare bucket is the same (D), irrespective of whether you upgrade from saver or flex economy, just the miles required are different.

This happens a lot because EK toys around with their inventory management a lot. Does EF show Y0E0R0W0 etc? A half empty seat map could also mean people haven't pre selected seats.

Are you trying to compare Availability with Seat Maps?

http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Q1

Sorry if I was unclear.

Regular flex awards in business are available, upgrades not.
And yes I want to upgrade fom a booked economy (saver type) to business class.

Ok - then just wait for a couple of weeks as they'll be blocking upgrade inventory till closer to the flight. Shouldn't be a problem getting one on this route.