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Zol Jan 19, 2013 5:06 am

Please post your Operational Upgrade experiences
 
As suggested by fellow members, we thought it might be useful to have a thread focusing on OP-UP experiences. Maybe with all this data, we can get to the bottom of this upgrade saga. Therefore, please post your experiences below the in the prescribed format:

Upgrade given: Y - J / J - F

Upgrade location: pre-OLCI, OLCI, Check-in desk, Lounge, Gate, Onboard

Route: e.g. DXB-LHR

Flight number: EK003

Type of ticket: Saver, Flex, Award, Saver+Upgarded, Flex+Upgraded

Date of travel: DDMMYY

Tier status: non-member / Blue / Silver / Gold / IO

Tier miles to date:

Skywards miles balance:

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single, couple, group of 3 or more

Skywards DOJ (approx): DDMMYY

And of course the first letter of your surname!

pjm1300 Jan 19, 2013 5:41 am

Upgrade given: J - F (Suites Baby!!! :D )

Route: FRA - DXB

Flight number: EK0048

Type of ticket: Flex+Upgraded (Y-J with miles for both the Wife and I)

Date of travel: 24 DEC 2012

Tier status: Gold / Wife is Blue

Tier miles to date: 86,000.00

Skywards miles balance: 11,000.00

Number of pax on the same PNR: Couple on same PNR

Family/Last Name Letter: M (both the wife and I)

Skywards Joining Date: March 2008

ft101 Jan 19, 2013 5:54 am

Upgrade given: Y - J

Route: DXB-GLA

Flight number: EK27

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 5/1/13

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 0

Skywards miles balance: 69,570

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

And of course the first letter of your surname! A

Other info: Upgraded at DXB lounge entry.

jackiedada Jan 19, 2013 7:02 am

Upgrade given: Y - J

Route: DXB-BLR

Flight number: EK568

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 12/1/13

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 151,750

Skywards miles balance: 375,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

And of course the first letter of your surname! S

Skywards DoJ: somewhere in 2003
Other info: Upgraded at Gate. Continued on from 202. No OLCI at JFK.

yyzlhr Jan 19, 2013 7:42 am

Upgrade given: Y - J

Route: YYZ-DXB

Flight number: EK242

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 28/12/12

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 110,000

Skywards miles balance: 325,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

And of course the first letter of your surname! T

Date of Joining: June 2006

Other info: Upgraded at check -in counter T-2.5hrs (no OLCI).

CoolTRVLR Jan 19, 2013 7:43 am

Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Check-in desk

Route: e.g. DXB-AMS

Flight number: EK0147

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 040812

Tier status: Blue/2

Tier miles to date: 0

Skywards miles balance: 35,500, 33,500 for wife

Number of pax on the same PNR: Couple

Skywards DOJ (approx): 151010

Last letter of surname: C

Other info: Upgrade occured in KWI for the DXB->AMS leg. Awesome anniversary gift from Emirates!

RedDxb Jan 19, 2013 10:39 pm

Upgrade given: J-F (on an A380)

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: HKG-BKK

Flight number: EK385

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 16/11/12

Tier status: Silver at the time

Tier miles to date: 30,000

Skywards miles balance: 60,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2011

First letter of your surname: D

RedDxb Jan 19, 2013 10:45 pm

Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: Check-in

Route: KWI-DXB

Flight number: EK872

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 09/01/13

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 11,000 (miles reset in Dec after Gold qualification)

Skywards miles balance: 80,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2011

First letter of your surname: D

Gringuito Jan 20, 2013 2:53 am

Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: DXB-FCO

Flight number: EK97

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 07/01/13

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 45,300

Skywards miles balance: 92,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): Oct 2011

First letter of your surname: L

Perk Jan 20, 2013 3:42 am

Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: Lounge, only Gold in Y in full Y

Route: SIN-MEL

Flight number: EK404

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 05/01/13

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 0 (miles reset in Dec after Gold qualification)

Skywards miles balance: 25,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2011

First letter of your surname: M

daniel46211 Jan 20, 2013 7:43 am

Upgrade given: J-F

Upgrade location: Check-in

Route: SYD-AKL

Flight number: EK412

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 6/01/13

Tier status: Gold/Gold

Tier miles to date: 65,000

Skywards miles balance: ~295,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Couple

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2012

First letter of your surname: K and M

daisymay2 Jan 20, 2013 7:47 am

Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: e.g. MRU-DXB-MAN

Flight number: EK3705/EK021

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 29/12/2012 30/12/2012

Tier status: Silver

Tier miles to date: 28125

Skywards miles balance: 65,324

Date of joining: 2009

Couple


First letter of surname: V

m3red Jan 20, 2013 8:08 am


Originally Posted by daisymay2 (Post 20086740)
Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: e.g. MRU-DXB-MAN

Flight number: EK3705/EK021

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 29/12/2012 30/12/2012

Tier status: Silver

Tier miles to date: 28125

Skywards miles balance: 65,324

Date of joining: 2009

Couple


First letter of surname: V

Which leg? MRU-DXB?

daisymay2 Jan 20, 2013 9:10 am

MRU-DXB and DXB-MAN!
Not bad going !

gorbatzjov Jan 20, 2013 11:57 am

Upgrade given: 1) Y - J 2) Y -J

Upgrade location: 1) Gate 2) Gate

Route: 1) DXB-NBO 2) DXB-AMM

Flight number: 1) EK721 2) EK901

Type of ticket: 1) Saver 2) Saver

Date of travel: 1) July 2012 2) October 2012

Tier status: 1) Blue/Blue 2) Gold

Tier miles to date: 1) Don't remember 2) 52,000

Skywards miles balance: 1) Don't remember 2) approx 50,000

Date of joining: Jan 2012

1) Couple on same PNR 2) single


First letter of surname: 1) D/P 2) D


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