Upgrade chances?
Jan 26, 2013 | 7:43 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 296
Upgrade chances?
Which is better for a chance to upgrade from business to first? The DXB to JFK A380 at 2.25am or the DXB to IAD 777 at 2.20am?
I have a certificate for a space available upgrade and can route either way to my final destination.
Thanks for your advice!
I have a certificate for a space available upgrade and can route either way to my final destination.
Thanks for your advice!
Jan 26, 2013 | 8:10 pm
#2
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Programs: UA GS-2MM, QF LTG, EK Gold, Marriott Amb, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 4,006
I am not familiar with upgrade certificates on EK (but I was once given a space available upgrade from SIN-JFK due to a service issue) - but if you let us know the dates of travel, we can easily check indicative loads. Remember, you'll have better luck on the A380 because the F cabin has 14 seats (as opposed to 8 on the 777) and the J cabin has 76 seats (as opposed to 42), meaning that they will have more space to op-up out of Y, if Y is oversold.
The other advantage of DXB-JFK is that you have 2 x A380 services a day, meaning you've technically got 28 available F seats a day...
Jan 26, 2013 | 8:29 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Programs: UA GS-2MM, QF LTG, EK Gold, Marriott Amb, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 4,006
You need Z class availability to open up and at present, EK's inventory management system has both the IAD and JFK flights locked down tighter than Fort Knox - ie no Z class available. Good luck, let us know how you go.
Jan 26, 2013 | 8:43 pm
#5
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,932
Welcome to the EK forum ordflyboy,
I am not familiar with upgrade certificates on EK (but I was once given a space available upgrade from SIN-JFK due to a service issue) - but if you let us know the dates of travel, we can easily check indicative loads. Remember, you'll have better luck on the A380 because the F cabin has 14 seats (as opposed to 8 on the 777) and the J cabin has 76 seats (as opposed to 42), meaning that they will have more space to op-up out of Y, if Y is oversold.
The other advantage of DXB-JFK is that you have 2 x A380 services a day, meaning you've technically got 28 available F seats a day...
I am not familiar with upgrade certificates on EK (but I was once given a space available upgrade from SIN-JFK due to a service issue) - but if you let us know the dates of travel, we can easily check indicative loads. Remember, you'll have better luck on the A380 because the F cabin has 14 seats (as opposed to 8 on the 777) and the J cabin has 76 seats (as opposed to 42), meaning that they will have more space to op-up out of Y, if Y is oversold.
The other advantage of DXB-JFK is that you have 2 x A380 services a day, meaning you've technically got 28 available F seats a day...
Jan 26, 2013 | 8:46 pm
#6
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Programs: UA GS-2MM, QF LTG, EK Gold, Marriott Amb, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 4,006
Jan 26, 2013 | 9:03 pm
#7
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,932
That was nice! I complained about my wife getting a pair of trousers ruined by the pre flight drinks - orange at the Tarmac at man before a flight to Vietnam. They weren't great on board and only apologised, I expected some miles or something. Anyway on the next j flight about a week after I got back the purser gave us a bottle of veuve, which was nice.