Please post your Operational Upgrade experiences
Apr 13, 2014, 11:39 am
#316
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 35
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-LCA
Flight number: EK107
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 17-June-2013
Tier status: non-member
Tier miles to date:
Skywards miles balance:
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
First letter of surname: G
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-LCA
Flight number: EK107
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 17-June-2013
Tier status: non-member
Tier miles to date:
Skywards miles balance:
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
First letter of surname: G
Apr 14, 2014, 8:38 pm
#317
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Dubai, UAE
Programs: Skywards Plat, Etihad Gold, Aerosvit Gold, Virgin Silver, AA lifetime Gold, Sirius Gold
Posts: 1,229
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Check-in
Route: SEZ to DXB
Flight number: EK 708
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 13/04/2014
Tier status: Two of us were upgraded - me a Plat and wife a Gold
Tier miles: ~ Me - 1,200 (reset to zero on 31st March 2014 - had requalified for Plat at that point) Wife - 53,000 approx
Skywards miles balance: ~ me - just under 1.1 million - wife about 94,000
Number of pax on the same PNR: 2 (oddly enough we started out on one PNR along with with our two kids and our two nannies all of whom are blue but I noticed through MMB that a couple of days before the return flight we had been split off from that PNR and were now on our own PNR)
First letter of your surname: T - as stated in outbound op up report which appears earlier in this thread my wife is B and is first named on the PNR as a result - tier status means nothing on a PNR orderwise so I suspect Plats on PNR with non plats will effectively be ranked based on the tier of the one on the PNR with surname that appears highest in alphabet - just my theory which was further reinforced on board when the Purser introduced herself to my wife but totally ignored me, this was probably a coincidence but ...
Upgrade location: Check-in
Route: SEZ to DXB
Flight number: EK 708
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 13/04/2014
Tier status: Two of us were upgraded - me a Plat and wife a Gold
Tier miles: ~ Me - 1,200 (reset to zero on 31st March 2014 - had requalified for Plat at that point) Wife - 53,000 approx
Skywards miles balance: ~ me - just under 1.1 million - wife about 94,000
Number of pax on the same PNR: 2 (oddly enough we started out on one PNR along with with our two kids and our two nannies all of whom are blue but I noticed through MMB that a couple of days before the return flight we had been split off from that PNR and were now on our own PNR)
First letter of your surname: T - as stated in outbound op up report which appears earlier in this thread my wife is B and is first named on the PNR as a result - tier status means nothing on a PNR orderwise so I suspect Plats on PNR with non plats will effectively be ranked based on the tier of the one on the PNR with surname that appears highest in alphabet - just my theory which was further reinforced on board when the Purser introduced herself to my wife but totally ignored me, this was probably a coincidence but ...
Apr 16, 2014, 11:12 am
#318
Join Date: Jan 2014
Programs: EK Gold
Posts: 4
uograde not given
Hi, I had a strange experience today. Checked in early for EK 953 to BEY. Was told it is pretty full.
"Volunteered" at the lounge for upgrade. Was told that 6 people had to be upgraded, she checked there were no plats expected, but 10+ golds.
She put in request for me, and told me it is enough to check at the gate.
At gate guy said no, other were preferred, there were plats upgraded.
These stories do not match up. My guess is someone somewhere had wasta, considering that the flight is full of Lebanese, it could be true...
"Volunteered" at the lounge for upgrade. Was told that 6 people had to be upgraded, she checked there were no plats expected, but 10+ golds.
She put in request for me, and told me it is enough to check at the gate.
At gate guy said no, other were preferred, there were plats upgraded.
These stories do not match up. My guess is someone somewhere had wasta, considering that the flight is full of Lebanese, it could be true...
Apr 16, 2014, 9:27 pm
#319
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
Hi, I had a strange experience today. Checked in early for EK 953 to BEY. Was told it is pretty full.
"Volunteered" at the lounge for upgrade. Was told that 6 people had to be upgraded, she checked there were no plats expected, but 10+ golds.
She put in request for me, and told me it is enough to check at the gate.
At gate guy said no, other were preferred, there were plats upgraded.
These stories do not match up. My guess is someone somewhere had wasta, considering that the flight is full of Lebanese, it could be true...
"Volunteered" at the lounge for upgrade. Was told that 6 people had to be upgraded, she checked there were no plats expected, but 10+ golds.
She put in request for me, and told me it is enough to check at the gate.
At gate guy said no, other were preferred, there were plats upgraded.
These stories do not match up. My guess is someone somewhere had wasta, considering that the flight is full of Lebanese, it could be true...
They are pretty hot on doing upgrades in the correct order from dxb, and from man these days.
Apr 17, 2014, 6:54 am
#320
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: Skywards Blue :-(, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, GHA Platinum
Posts: 2,531
even LGW is good now. As I mentioned earlier, I got my first OP up Ex UK from LGW( Ive been flying on EK from LGW for over 5 years and have been mostly Gold throughout)
Apr 17, 2014, 7:07 am
#321
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
Apr 17, 2014, 6:46 pm
#322
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: Skywards Blue :-(, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, GHA Platinum
Posts: 2,531
Lots of golds on DXB to UK flights especially the overnighters. There were 3 golds and 1 platinum in the forward mini cabin of the 777 I was on . I suspect that most Frequent flyers prefer the forward mini cabin on the 777. But that's nearly 50% ( there was only one pax in one of the 6/7DEF seats.)
Apr 18, 2014, 4:23 am
#323
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 3
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: At the Gate
Route: DXB - GLA
Flight number: EK 027
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 17/04/2014
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles: ~46k
Skywards miles balance: ~30k
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
First letter of your surname: K
Upgrade location: At the Gate
Route: DXB - GLA
Flight number: EK 027
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 17/04/2014
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles: ~46k
Skywards miles balance: ~30k
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
First letter of your surname: K
Apr 20, 2014, 4:21 am
#324
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 14
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: KHI - DXB
Flight number: EK 601
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 19/04/2014
Tier status: Silver
Tier miles 35k
Skywards miles balance: 9k
First letter of your surname: M
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: KHI - DXB
Flight number: EK 601
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 19/04/2014
Tier status: Silver
Tier miles 35k
Skywards miles balance: 9k
First letter of your surname: M
Apr 20, 2014, 4:24 am
#325
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 14
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB - LHR
Flight number: EK 005
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 19/04/2014
Tier status: Silver
Tier miles 35k
Skywards miles balance: 9k
First letter of your surname: M
My second ever op-up from DXB to LHR in my last 15 years flying with EK
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB - LHR
Flight number: EK 005
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 19/04/2014
Tier status: Silver
Tier miles 35k
Skywards miles balance: 9k
First letter of your surname: M
My second ever op-up from DXB to LHR in my last 15 years flying with EK
Apr 20, 2014, 10:52 pm
#326
Join Date: Jan 2014
Programs: EK Gold
Posts: 4
upgrade not given
What was very strange that one person at the lounge checked and there were not plats, and the guy at the gate (1.5 h later) claims that there were 6 plats...
Apr 22, 2014, 9:42 am
#327
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: India
Programs: EK Silver
Posts: 45
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Check in desk
Route: AMD - DXB
Flight number: EK 539
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 21/04/2014
Tier status: Silver
Tier miles: 30k
Skywards miles balance: 35k
First letter of your surname: R
Upgrade location: Check in desk
Route: AMD - DXB
Flight number: EK 539
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 21/04/2014
Tier status: Silver
Tier miles: 30k
Skywards miles balance: 35k
First letter of your surname: R
Apr 24, 2014, 8:28 am
#328
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 1,941
Did EK change anything about their operational upgrade rules? I used to get upgraded every third flight (Y to J), but for the last three months nothing. I am a Plat, 500k miles, 130 tier miles.
Ugly on fully packed economy flights. Thinking about moving back to EY where I had a fantastic hit rate as EY Gold Elite.
Ugly on fully packed economy flights. Thinking about moving back to EY where I had a fantastic hit rate as EY Gold Elite.
Apr 24, 2014, 10:07 am
#329
Join Date: May 2010
Location: BOM
Programs: EK Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 2,883
Apr 24, 2014, 4:17 pm
#330
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 1,941
EY is very organized about it. Gold Elites are always upgraded first. EY is generally an airline where employees follow the law-and-order approach, if you break a rule you are out quickly. So upgrades work like clockwork.