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TaipeiWang Jul 17, 2014 3:30 am

Upgrade given: y to c

Route: DXB - TPE

Flight number: 366

Type of ticket: saver

Date of travel: 7/15/2014

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 86,000.00

Skywards miles balance: 12,500.00

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

Family/Last Name Letter: D

Skywards Joining Date: March 2013

biggee77 Jul 23, 2014 5:33 am

Upgrade given: Y to C

Route: DXB - AMD

Flight number: 540

Type of ticket: saver

Date of travel: 22/7/2014

Tier status: Silver

Tier miles to date: 30,000

Skywards miles balance: 46,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

Family/Last Name Letter: R

Skywards Joining Date: NOV 2005

isle11 Jul 23, 2014 8:07 am

Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Check-in

Route: MAA-DXB

Flight number: EK 543

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 20/07/2014

Tier status: Blue

Tier miles: 23k

Skywards miles balance: 3k

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

First letter of your surname: R


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Second op-up in the span of 2 months.I didnt do OLCI this time. flight was over-booked many who ends their journey in DXB were asked to take the next flight ( not sure how they were compensated ). There were atleast 15 op-ups and many of them are non status pax.. Service was full J ^

YohYohY Jul 30, 2014 7:36 pm

Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: lounge

Route: DXB -JFK

Flight number: EK ??? The morning flight.

Type of ticket: flex

Date of travel: 16/07/2014

Tier status: Plat

Tier miles: 120k ish

Skywards miles balance: no idea

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1 as it turns out

First letter of your surname: V


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I was travelling with my other half, I booked the tickets via the Skywards Desk, paid cash for one and miles for the other ticket. Seems we we're put on different bookings.

I DIDN'T take the upgrade.

When checking in we asked if the economy section was full and was told that it was oversold. As we couldn't get exit seats we decided to ask just before leaving the lounge if any upgrades were being offered, there was... But just myself, my other half is a gold member, I asked if she could be upgraded as well, but alas, no.

We're now in the JFK lounge waiting to fly back, the flight isn't full, boooooo.

jackiedada Jul 31, 2014 3:16 am


Originally Posted by YohYohY (Post 23284956)
I DIDN'T take the upgrade.

That's quite nice of you to decide to sit together...


Originally Posted by YohYohY (Post 23284956)
We're now in the JFK lounge waiting to fly back, the flight isn't full, boooooo.

I know how it feels. The only time that you really care about an upgrade is when traveling with family and then things don't go your way...

678flyer Aug 3, 2014 10:19 pm

Upgrade given: J - F

Upgrade location: Check in

Route: LGW - DXB

Flight number: EK 010

Type of ticket: flex

Date of travel: 03-Aug-2014

Tier status: Plat

Tier miles: 15k

Skywards miles balance: 600k

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

First letter of your surname: D

EKTasha Aug 4, 2014 3:14 am

Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: Check in

Route: MAN - DXB

Flight number: EK 022

Type of ticket: flex

Date of travel: 24-July-2014

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles: 67k

Skywards miles balance: 45k

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

First letter of your surname: W

Was actually sent an upgrade email a week before the flight too but ignored it.

EK788 Aug 4, 2014 6:13 am

Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: ACC - DXB

Flight number: EK 788

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 01-Aug-2014

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles: ~66k

Skywards miles balance: ~30k

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

First letter of your surname: M

bbar2000 Aug 12, 2014 11:14 pm

Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: checkin @Airport Express Hong Kong Station

Route: HKG-DXB

Flight number: EK381

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 100814

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 45000

Skywards miles balance: 120000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 01102010

mrhoeson Aug 17, 2014 7:21 am

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Check-in desk
Route: FCO-DXB
Flight number: EK96
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 15/08/14
Tier status: 1 gold 1 silver
Tier miles to date: 60k/33,700
Skywards miles balance:323k/62,975
Number of pax on the same PNR: 2
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2012
And of course the first letter of your surname! H

I booked this trip as a surprise 30th birthday present for my wife. I upgraded the outbound leg DXB-NCE when I first booked the flights when they were first released and left the return leg economy to see whether my wife thought it worthwhile to upgrade for a reasonably short return flight.

Once my wife found out the trip (I managed to get her actually sitting on the plane before telling her!!) she thought it would be a nice end to the tripto upgrade so I set up an alert on Expertflyer 3 weeks before the return leg. No alerts were triggered and no availability showed either on EF or MMB.

A friend checked the load the day before and saw it was 10 overbooked with 5 staff booked also so we thought we may have a good chance of a freebie but still kept checking for availability.

We got to check in where there was a guy in front of us who appeared to be homeless and was stood with his backside hanging out, and was causing a bit of a scene. It turned out he had stolen someone's ID and was trying the different airlines to try and get on a flight! The check in agents were very apologetic and kept apologsing for the wait whichwe were fine withand sypathised with them until they managed to call the police and the guy left. Once we got to the check in counter we joked with the lady and said because of all the waiting any chance of an upgrade? She said she could put a note against our names but couldn't guarantee anything which we were fine with then once we handed over our passports she realised we were gold and silver and said oh let me look into this further since you are status passengers. A few minutes later 2 business boarding passes were printed out and she then proceeded to find us 2 seats together!

A brilliant way to end the holiday.

PS it looked like a few people were upgraded to F also since it only had 1 booked in when the load was checkedand a few people who had checked in before us at J counter were sat in F.

dubaiblue Aug 17, 2014 11:28 pm

Upgrade given: J - F
Upgrade location: Check-in desk
Route: DXB-LHR
Flight number: EK28
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 17/08/14
Tier status: platinum
Tier miles to date: 148K
Skywards miles balance: 220K
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2007
And of course the first letter of your surname! F

I was in the new business lounge as had a few friends flying elsewhere that i met up with before flight.

Lots of upgrades in front of me Y-J, person in front and I both upgraded J-F. Then plane was delayed for about 20mins as they offloaded bags for people who didn't show up, lucky the don't wait for boarding before upgrading!

m3red Aug 18, 2014 12:36 am


Originally Posted by dubaiblue (Post 23380619)
Upgrade given: J - F
Upgrade location: Check-in desk
Route: DXB-LHR
Flight number: EK28
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 17/08/14
Tier status: platinum
Tier miles to date: 148K
Skywards miles balance: 220K
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2007
And of course the first letter of your surname! F

I was in the new business lounge as had a few friends flying elsewhere that i met up with before flight.

Lots of upgrades in front of me Y-J, person in front and I both upgraded J-F. Then plane was delayed for about 20mins as they offloaded bags for people who didn't show up, lucky the don't wait for boarding before upgrading!

another reason to check the mobile BP and keep refreshing in the lounge, then if good news ask the lounge entrance to print a new BP then run to board! :D

manutd123 Aug 24, 2014 4:09 pm

Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: DXB - BHX

Flight number: EK 37

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 24-Aug-2014

Tier status: Blue

Tier miles: ~8k

Skywards miles balance: ~9k

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

First letter of your surname: R

eternaltransit Aug 24, 2014 4:16 pm

Upgrade Given: Y-J, Y-J, J-F, J-F

Upgrade Location: Gate

Route: LGW-DXB, DXB-BKK, BKK-DXB, DXB-LGW

Flights: 12,374,419,15

Type of ticket: Flex, Flex, Saver, Saver

Date of travel: Aug-14

Tier Status: Platinum

Tier Miles: ~40k

Skywards Miles Balance: ~300k

Pax on PNR: 1

First Letter: B

kq747 Aug 27, 2014 7:54 am

Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: Check in

Route: NBO-DXB

Flight number: EK 722

Type of ticket: flex

Date of travel: 24-Aug-2014

Tier status: Blue (was my silver qualifying flight)

Tier miles: 16k

Skywards miles balance: 25,500

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

First letter of your surname: P


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