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Please post your Operational Upgrade experiences

Old Jan 13, 2014, 1:07 am
  #256  
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Programs: Skywards Gold, Etihad Gold
Posts: 462
Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: check-in

Route: LIS-DXB

Flight number: EK 192

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 09/01/2014

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles from Nov 48.000

Skywards miles balance: 19k

Number of pax on the same PNR: 2 (second person upgraded also gold)

First letter of your surname: s

Excellent business class service staff first class. Just a shame that our paid a380 business flights have been so poor compared to the 777-200lr upgrade.

Last edited by lightyear40; Jan 13, 2014 at 1:22 am Reason: Footnote
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 1:53 am
  #257  
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: hus, KID/CPH
Programs: EK Platinum, Hertz President's Circle, IHG Spire Elite Royal Ambassador
Posts: 204
Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Check-in

Route: CPH - DXB

Flight number: EK 152

Type of ticket: Saver (me) + rewards tickets (family)

Date of travel: 25/12/2013

Tier status: Platinum (me) + gold (spouse)

Tier miles from April 1 250k

Skywards miles balance: 103k

Number of pax on the same PNR: 3

First letter of your surname: R

Very nice Christmas bonus... we were the only family upgraded, 2 others got Y-J upgrade on the flight
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Old Jan 19, 2014, 1:33 am
  #258  
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: DXB
Programs: EK Platinum
Posts: 289
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: check-in
Route: DXB-MUC
Flight number: EK051
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 12/01/2014
Tier status: Plat
Tier miles: 124K
Skywards miles balance: 220K

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
First letter of your surname: H
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Old Jan 19, 2014, 7:33 pm
  #259  
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: A haze of disconnected thoughts
Programs: EK, VA, QF, AC etc
Posts: 121
I love having all those QF pax on the plane...

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Check-in
Route: DXB - PER
Flight number: EK 420
Type of ticket: Saver(!)
Date of travel: 17/01/2014
Tier status: Silver
Tier miles :24k in last 12mo (but only 8K this "silver" year)
Skywards miles balance: 108k
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
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Old Jan 20, 2014, 2:02 am
  #260  
Mol
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 12
Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: SYD - DXB

Flight number: EK 415

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 18/01/2014

Tier status: Blue

Tier miles from April 1 14k

Skywards miles balance: 12k

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

First letter of your surname: M

Honestly no idea why I received an upgrade. First time ever I did a round trip with Emirates, AMS - SYD through DBX.

On the way down on Jan 7 I missed my connection at DBX because of late arrival of the inbound flight and I made a gigantic yet polite fuzz for almost an hour at the transfer desk to get me to SYD asap. They ended up rerouting me through BKK. I refuse to believe though the upgrade on the return flight is to make up for it.

Have to say I was mightily impressed by the J experience on an A380.
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Old Jan 31, 2014, 12:42 am
  #261  
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,825
Route: dxb cmb

Upgrade j to f (suites)

Pax 2

Tier status gold

Tier miles 70k plus

Skywards balance 90k

Ticket was flex

Checked in online, upgraded at gate

There was space in j and f was 3/8. There were 5 j to f inc mrs m3red and myself. Y was oversold by the looks of things.
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Old Feb 3, 2014, 3:52 pm
  #262  
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: YOW, LHR, SIN
Programs: AC-SE, EK-G, GF-G
Posts: 672
DXB-BAH

Upgraded Y to J

4 paxs

Tier: blue

Tier miles: like 1K

Skyward balance: maybe 2K

Ticket was the cheapest possible

Why we got upgraded? The gate agent said "Four Drs. and Canadians, of course we will upgrade you!"
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Old Feb 6, 2014, 9:56 am
  #263  
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,825
Dxb ist

Y to j

Flex/saver combo

2 pax both gold

Tier miles now 80k

Skywards balance 109k

Last minute op up checked my mobile Bp and they changed just as was leaving the lounge so got the lounge dragon to print new bp's. We were on the same row but sat apart and someone moved for us so we ended up together. There were 4 op ups and the flight was packed.

2 op ups in a week. Loving ek right now ^
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Old Feb 9, 2014, 12:18 pm
  #264  
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,825
Originally Posted by m3red
Dxb ist

Y to j

Flex/saver combo

2 pax both gold

Tier miles now 80k

Skywards balance 109k

Last minute op up checked my mobile Bp and they changed just as was leaving the lounge so got the lounge dragon to print new bp's. We were on the same row but sat apart and someone moved for us so we ended up together. There were 4 op ups and the flight was packed.

2 op ups in a week. Loving ek right now ^
As above but in reverse ist to dxb
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Old Feb 11, 2014, 3:06 am
  #265  
 
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: DXB :) or NCE
Programs: Platinum : Amex | Gold : EK Bonvoy Carlson Hilton
Posts: 303
Upgrade given: J - F (77W suites)

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: DXB-HKG

Flight number: EK 382

Type of ticket: Flex Y, upgraded to J (miles)

Date of travel: 07/02/11

Tier status: Platinum

Tier miles from Oct 1: 42.5 k

Skywards miles balance: ~137k

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

First letter of your surname: J

First class wasn't loaded... only 4 pax including me. I was the only one bumped in front. Excellent service
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 3:05 am
  #266  
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: JP & UK
Programs: EK Skywards, JL Mileage Bank
Posts: 81
Upgrade J to F.

Upgrade location: Check in.

Route: MAN-DXB (1st leg MAN-HND)

Flight number: EK 20

Type of ticket: Saver J.

Date of travel: 14 Jan 2014

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles from Oct renewal 8.75K previous 12 months c 60K.

Skywards miles balance: 83.5K

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

First letter of your surname: B

Checked in a little earlier than usual as planned to take shower in lounge. Nice lady at the counter told me that I was "on standby" and that she might have some good news for me, then made a call and gave the upgrade.
I'm an older person, and wondering if my clumsiness and short-sighted fumblings may have elicited her sympathy?
Had a few upgrades last year Y and saver Y to J, all between MAN-DXB (both ways) and all en route to/from Tokyo.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 6:14 am
  #267  
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,279
Originally Posted by Tokyobuta
Date of travel: 14 Jan 2014

Checked in a little earlier than usual as planned to take shower in lounge.
2 days earlier than usual by the looks of it.

Don't use all the hot water.
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Old Feb 14, 2014, 2:20 pm
  #268  
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: London
Posts: 610
Got an upgrade after a few months.

Upgrade Given: J - F

Upgrade location: Lounge

Route: LHR - DXB

Flight number: EK 002

Type of ticket: Flex J

Date of travel: Feb 14

Tier status: Platinum

Tier miles to date: 274k

Skywards miles balance: 598k

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2010

Last Name begins with: D

Last edited by 678flyer; Feb 16, 2014 at 7:17 am
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Old Feb 16, 2014, 1:54 am
  #269  
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: India
Programs: EK Silver
Posts: 45
Upgrade Given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: AMD - DXB

Flight number: EK 541

Type of ticket: Saver Y

Date of travel: Feb 14

Tier status: Silver

Tier miles to date: 43000

Skywards miles balance: 24000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2005

Last Name begins with: R
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Old Feb 16, 2014, 5:16 am
  #270  
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: BOM
Programs: EK Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 2,867
Originally Posted by 678flyer
Got an upgrade after a few months.

Upgrade Given: J - F

Upgrade location: Lounge

Route: LHR - DXB

Flight number: EK 002

Type of ticket: Flex J

Date of travel: Feb 14

Tier status: Platinum

Tier miles to date: 280k

Skywards miles balance: 580k

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2010

Last Name begins with: D
Good to see you flying 1 stop EK MAA-LHR rather than non-stop BA...
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