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!

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

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.

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.

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).

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Did you get both upgraded BPs at MRU or one at MRU and one at DXB gate

Zol - one at the gate in MRU and one at the gate in DXB.
Was my lucky day! :)

I have had upgrades regularly on these flights before as I fly this route monthly.However this is the first time I have been upped on both legs of the journey.

Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate, E8 BKK

Route: BKK-DXB & DXB-DOH

Flight number: EK375 & EK849

Type of ticket: Saver,

Date of travel: 01 January 2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 26000

Skywards miles balance:147000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): January 2005

And of course the first letter of your surname! F

Upgrade given: J-F

Upgrade location: Gate EK Business Lounge

Route: DXB-JFK

Flight number: EK201 (flight was delayed by 9 hours - change of a/c but op-up remained)

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 20 January 2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 33,050 (miles were reset on Jan 1st 2013)

Skywards miles balance: 329,576

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): January 2002

And of course the first letter of your surname: N

Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: Check-in counter, Dusseldorf Airport

Route: DUS-DXB

Flight number: EK56

Type of ticket: Flex (reward flight)

Date of travel: 24 December 2012

Tier status: Silver (just qualified)

Tier miles to date: 25,200

Skywards miles balance: <16,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): May 2012

And of course the first letter of your surname: S

Other notes: I arrived at check-in with Just over 90 minutes till we were due to leave. I had already checked in online. Y looked kinda full but still a few empty seats in J.

Upgrade given: J-F

Upgrade location: Check in, Changi

Route: SIN-MEL

Flight number: EK404 (flight was oversold in Y and looking for volunteers, J was heavily booked, only ticketed yesterday, did OLCI)

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 25 January 2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 9,500 (tier miles reset 01 January)

Skywards miles balance: a lot

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): April 2009

And of course the first letter of your surname: C

Upgrade given: J - F (Suites!)

Location: at the gate

Route: DXB - JFK

Flight number: EK 203

Type of ticket: J Flex

Date of travel: 27-Jan-2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 0 (haven't travelled after the new period started)

Skywards miles balance: 230,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

Family/Last Name Letter: D

Skywards Joining Date: Apr 2009

Date : 15/1/2013
Flight: EK 510. DXB to DEL
Ticket: Was saver economy upgraded to J using miles
Upgrade given : J to F ( but old F seats )
Where : At gate but new boarding pass given
Skywards joining date : early 2008
Current status : skywards gold since late 2008
Tier miles at the time : approx 35000
Skywards miles at the time : approx 40000
Surname begins with V
Number of pax on same PNR : single.

Don't remember if it was F service as I slept all the way through.

Upgrade given: Y - J

Location: check-in counter

Route: FRA - DXB

Flight number: EK 48

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 25-Dec-2012

Tier status: Silver

Tier miles to date: 11000

Skywards miles balance: 11000

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

Family/Last Name Letter: K

Skywards Joining Date: Jan 2008

Thank you Emirates for this Christmas present

Upgrade given: J-F

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: DXB-SYD
Flight number: EK412

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 26/01/13

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 105,400 (Roll date: 08/12)

Skywards miles balance: 300k

Number of pax on the same PNR: 1

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2012

First letter of your surname: M

Upgrade given: Y-J

Upgrade location: Lounge

Route: BKK-DXB

Flight number: EK385

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 02/02/13

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 14,500

Skywards miles balance: 66,000

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): 2011

First letter of your surname: D

Y was overbooked, J was completely full and there were just 2 seats available in F. So, guessing that 2 pax received a J-F and 2 received a Y-J upgrade including me. Apparently, there were 19 Golds travelling in Y. Given my mediocre tier and skyward miles balance, I have to assume that they used the alphabetical system for upgrades and having a surname starting with 'D' worked to my advantage

Upgrade given: J - F

Upgrade location: Check-in desk, although as others have pointed out I noticed it about 6hrs before check-in opened when my seat selection on MMB showed "no seat selected"

Route: KWI-DXB

Flight number: EK860

Ticket Type: Flex

Date of travel: Feb 2013

Tier status: Gold


Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): Jan 2011

And of course the first letter of your surname![/QUOTE] A

Good start to my mileage run, here's hoping that my onward flight gets upgraded as well as it is overbooked as well.

Upgrade given: J - F

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: Dxb-Cmb

Flight number: EK650

Ticket Type: Flex

Date of travel: Feb 2013

Tier status: Gold

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): Jan 2011

And of course the first letter of your surname![/QUOTE] A

As post above it. Got off my arriving flight, went straight to the gate of this flight as it was boarding and got upgraded at the gate. Now in the lounge waiting for my flight back to DXB in a ticketed F. Not bad really. Flight was full!

This is very interesting stuff, no doubt about it.

But does everyone really want their personal details being sifted through by who knows who?

Surely, if I had a friend at Emirates I could get all your personal details based on the information in the post. And there are lots of people on this board who have friends at Emirates.

So I would suggest posters might think about that. I certainly wouldn't post my details on this forum, but the mods know exactly who I am anyway.

Food for thought!

How is it personal details? How can you identify the individual from that information?

Seriously?

You are announcing which flight you were upgraded on.

It would not be difficult to whittle it down from that info alone, no?

Who has access to passenger info? Emirates....do you think they a) care or b) would do anything with this? Point is no one on here can identify anyone. If emirates did they would be committing a breach of data protection which is a criminal offence here in the UAE.

True..maybe should just post month and year. But anyway what would someone do with anyones info, and I doubt someone at EK would risk their career over that.

Exactly

Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: OLCI 4 hours before departure, seat had been changed

Route: FRA-DXB

Flight number: EK048

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 09 February 2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 8500 (reset date Dec 31 2012)

Skywards miles balance:26250

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): January 2007, Gold Since August 2009

And of course the first letter of your surname! D

Upgrade given: J - F (Y - J with miles 1 week before travel)

Upgrade location: At the gate

Route: DXB-CAI

Flight number: EK923

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 10 February 2013

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 8500 (reset date Dec 31 2012)

Skywards miles balance:26250

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

Skywards DOJ (approx): January 2007, Gold Since August 2009

And of course the first letter of your surname! D

Would have received Y - J opup probably, so maybe wasted the miles to upgrade 1 week before.

Strange no one seems to have been upgraded to and from Toronto.

this must happen on every one of those flights as they are all overbooked....not everyone who flies EK posts here!

M3RED

Upgrade given: J - F, (Y - J with miles 1 day before travel)
Upgrade location: At the check in(?) (in GLA)
Route: DXB-KUL
Flight number: EK346
Type of ticket: Flex (exactly: one way Flex Y, but return Saver J)
Date of travel: 03 Aug 2010 (long time ago, but maybe good to notice as I was only Blue, almost no miles, name start with L, looks like just good luck)
Tier status: Blue
Skywards miles balance:almost 0 after upgrading from Y to J
Number of pax on the same PNR: Single
Skywards DOJ (approx): 2008 (always only Blue)
And of course the first letter of your surname! L

I noticed it on the plane from DXB, not earlier, although new seat number was on the board pass printed in GLA;)

Or maybe you got upgraded at the gate at DXB - they usually print out a new boarding pass, tear the old one, and hand over the stub of the new BP back to you. Unless you actually looked to see what the agent was doing behind the counter, you may not have noticed it.