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Originally Posted by thijsseh
(Post 36066208)
Just got another one of these. Flying J LGW/DXB/CPT next week. “Special” email upgrade offer for LGW/DXB only for ZAR 25347. Via MMB I can upgrade the entire trip for ZAR 22530.
“Special” my foot! Attempt at ‘criminal exploitation’ is more like it (if something like that would exist). Also strange that I can now upgrade with miles although it’s a Saver (‘O’ bucket) ticket which should only be upgradable after check in opens. |
Originally Posted by Will08
(Post 36066254)
Do you not encounter an error message when you try to go through the miles upgrade option?
I did not try it, as I’m flying with Mrs t and we don’t have enough miles to upgrade both of us. The difference however was that the ‘upgrade with miles’ option, which had been greyed out until. now, had become available and when selecting showed each leg separately and also the entire trip together. All with the correct mileage requirements. But I would not be surprised if there was going to be an error message when continuing. |
Originally Posted by thijsseh
(Post 36066208)
Just got another one of these. Flying J LGW/DXB/CPT next week. “Special” email upgrade offer for LGW/DXB only for ZAR 25347. Via MMB I can upgrade the entire trip for ZAR 22530.
“Special” my foot! Attempt at ‘criminal exploitation’ is more like it (if something like that would exist). Also strange that I can now upgrade with miles although it’s a Saver (‘O’ bucket) ticket which should only be upgradable after check in opens. |
Originally Posted by thijsseh
(Post 36067926)
Just got the email for an upgrade of the second leg (DXB/CPT) for R20K. So total R46K vs R22.5K for the entire trip. Plus this ‘special offer’ does NOT give me F Lounge access in DXB and only gives J Skywards and tier miles. An offer which is easy to refuse!
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Has anyone had any luck with any Man>DXB flights? I’m on EK20 in early July, so definitely too early at the moment.
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Originally Posted by chunkylover71
(Post 36069096)
Has anyone had any luck with any Man>DXB flights? I’m on EK20 in early July, so definitely too early at the moment.
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Originally Posted by thijsseh
(Post 36067926)
Just got the email for an upgrade of the second leg (DXB/CPT) for R20K. So total R46K vs R22.5K for the entire trip. Plus this ‘special offer’ does NOT give me F Lounge access in DXB and only gives J Skywards and tier miles. An offer which is easy to refuse!
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Just got an offer for Y > J of £396 for the Jakarta - Dubai leg only. It is kind of tempting.
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i understand there is no upgrade emails anymore
but what are the options available now for cash upgrade from economy to business? have a flight on 16th so wondering if i can upgrade one seat to biz |
Originally Posted by bittihuduga
(Post 36293625)
i understand there is no upgrade emails anymore
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i got that from your post no.1 on this thread and no activity in this thread for last 3 months.
was i wrong? |
Originally Posted by bittihuduga
(Post 36293625)
i understand there is no upgrade emails anymore
but what are the options available now for cash upgrade from economy to business? have a flight on 16th so wondering if i can upgrade one seat to biz And this morning they had the same leg available for miles upgrade. |
Originally Posted by bittihuduga
(Post 36293823)
i got that from your post no.1 on this thread and no activity in this thread for last 3 months.
was i wrong? (They might have pulled the offers for a period after the Dubai weather incident.) |
Originally Posted by bittihuduga
(Post 36293823)
i got that from your post no.1 on this thread and no activity in this thread for last 3 months.
was i wrong? Emails are still sent. |
Originally Posted by DYKWIA
(Post 36297478)
The first post was from 12 years ago, and referred to something else that I can't recall :)
The emails used to have a URL that was a common format. Something like Skywards Number + Flight Number + Date. So, it was easy to generate the URL for any upcoming flights to check if upgrades were available - even if you hadn't received the email. Didn't last long once it had been discovered :) |
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