Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: DXB-PVG

Flight number: EK302 (A380)

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 25/04/14

Tier status: Gold (Joined Gold October 2013)

Tier miles to date: ~100,000 (will be Platinum in July 2014)

Skywards miles balance: ~30,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single - just me, myself, & I

Skywards DOJ (approx): May 2010

The first letter of your surname: R

Was kinda expecting it, with expertflyer showing heavy seat occupancy in Y and light in J, with zero in F, and Y selling out for 3 days two weeks prior to the flight with avaliablity opening up in Y right until the date of flying.

In the end not a seat left in J cabin, not sure how many were in F.

Was quite nice to have after just having done a 16 hour in Y LAX-DXB with an 8 hour transit prior.

Wonder why you are slugging it out in Y to PVG from the other side of the world....

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: B Lounge
Route: DXB - MUC
Flight number: EK 049
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 5/5/2014
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles: ~48k
Skywards miles balance: ~32k
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
First letter of your surname: D

Lounge guy said Y is oversold

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: B Lounge
Route: DXB - JED
Flight number: EK 803
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 20/4/2014
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles: ~50k
Skywards miles balance: ~97k
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
First letter of your surname: R

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Counter
Route: CCU - DXB
Flight number: EK 0571
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 03/05/2014
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles: ~50k
Skywards miles balance: ~97k
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
First letter of your surname: R

Had called the call center a day earlier asking to upgrade with miles and the person told me I could only upgrade at the counter, he mentioned that I should be getting a free upgrade as Y was oversold and I was the only Gold in that flight.

The counter staff informed me that EK had changed the aircraft A330 from 2 class to 3 class and due to very low sale on J tickets, all J class will be upgrade passengers and service will be from Y. All in all - decent seat with Y service (a bit weird)

Wow - can't believe they op-uped 42 pax to J....

Yes, and when we got down at DXB, they stopped people from boarding the J class bus to the terminal. So all in all - J class seats and real Y class services.
:rolleyes:

Was on a EK385 BKK-DXB the other day, 20 Y-J op-ups, 10 J-F op-ups, 10 or so denied boarding... During runway works it will be worse: they were op-uping down to Silvers, so probably a good route if you like the op-ups...!

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: At the Gate
Route: DXB - ATH
Flight number: EK 105
Type of ticket: Qantas Codeshare - O
Date of travel: 14/04/2014
Tier status: Qantas Silver & Qantas Club
Tier miles: N/A
Skywards miles balance:N/A
Number of pax on the same PNR: 2
First letter of your surname: N

Just to clarify, the J cabin was sold as Y and the F cabin was kept as J? Was anyone moved from Y to "J" i.e. the F cabin?

This happens often enough ex KHI too, F becomes J and the J cabin becomes part of the Y cabin.

Upgrade given: J - F

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: DOH - DXB (-CGK)

Flight number: EK 356

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 19/05/2014

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles: 51k

Skywards miles balance: 110k

First letter of your surname: H

Comments: Overfull plane in Y and J it seems, so several of us were moved to F. Full F service for the sub-one-hour flight, with full F wine list and full F dinner menu, despite it being the last flight of the day, at nearly midnight.

Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: DXB-HKG

Flight number: EK003

Type of ticket:Flex

Date of travel: 23/05/14

Tier status: Silver

Tier miles to date: (2 PAX 1: 35 000 PAX 2: 31 000)

Skywards miles balance:

Number of pax on the same PNR: couple

Skywards DOJ (approx): 1998

...but that one goes to LHR....

Sorry first time posting, it was EK382.

Upgrade given: J- F

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: DXB-KWI

Flight number: EK859

Type of ticket:Flex

Date of travel: 22/05/14

Tier status: Platinum

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

While checking in I asked if I could get seat 6A or 6K. Was told that no seat was available on this flight other then my preselected one since J is overbooked. I was asked if I would like to use miles to upgrade to F and I declined stating I would rather hope for an opup. The checkin agent said let ne request that for you. She called someone and said to place me on the opup list.

Got my J boarding pass and proceeded to the lounge. When boarding was called the person infront of me got told that you requested for an opup and it cleared. He was upgraded to F. At my turn I was told the same thing and upgraded to F. Is this something new now?