Upgrade availability grrrr
Sep 21, 2013 | 10:17 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,932
Upgrade availability grrrr
Ok so I mainly buy j, I have a load if skywards points over 300,000 between my wife and I.
I want a j flight man to dxb on 27 dec and return probably in the summer. Zero inventory available.
How easy is it to wait list as a gold and how often do they come good? I usually pay for j but at over 3k per ticket for a short flight that I paid 1800 for last year I just refuse....
I want a j flight man to dxb on 27 dec and return probably in the summer. Zero inventory available.
How easy is it to wait list as a gold and how often do they come good? I usually pay for j but at over 3k per ticket for a short flight that I paid 1800 for last year I just refuse....
Sep 21, 2013 | 10:39 am
#2
Join Date: May 2010
Location: BOM
Programs: EK Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 3,001
I've been able to successfully wait list myself a couple of times - supposedly wait listing is available to Golds and Plats, but occasionally I have been refused also. The idea is to keep trying until you meet with success/ get frustrated/ hit a wall.
Once wait listed, my experience has been that if they have unsold seats in J, EK will confirm the wait list 3-4 days before the departure date. See this thread for more info.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/emira...-ef-alert.html
Once wait listed, my experience has been that if they have unsold seats in J, EK will confirm the wait list 3-4 days before the departure date. See this thread for more info.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/emira...-ef-alert.html
Sep 22, 2013 | 6:36 am
#4
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 58
I would've thought at that time of year there will be minimal upgrade availability even less so than normal. I've managed to be waitlisted once before and got the upgrade the day after (this was 3 months before the flight) but every other time I've tried I've been told it's not available.
Sep 22, 2013 | 7:06 am
#5
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,932
I would've thought at that time of year there will be minimal upgrade availability even less so than normal. I've managed to be waitlisted once before and got the upgrade the day after (this was 3 months before the flight) but every other time I've tried I've been told it's not available.
I guess I will book try and waitlist/see what happens
Sep 23, 2013 | 3:15 am
#7
Join Date: May 2010
Location: BOM
Programs: EK Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 3,001
Sep 23, 2013 | 8:46 am
#8
Join Date: May 2013
Location: SYD
Programs: EK Skywards (Gold), QF (Silver)
Posts: 19
I haven't been able to find any upgrades available for a trip i'm taking in 2 weeks... (SYD-DXB-CDG, LHR-DXB-SYD) or anything on a short trip in Y (SYD-CHC return) at the end of October either.
I'm going to try and jump on this elusive waitlist tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
I'm going to try and jump on this elusive waitlist tomorrow. Fingers crossed.