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jamjaruk Sep 28, 2013 11:16 am

Beat way to upgrade
 
What is the best way of getting the upgrade from Economy to Business?

I have a holiday booked for 4 people, heathrow to Dubai, travelling at 9am flight on 30 October to 3.15pm flight on 5 November 2013. We all have the required miles for 1 leg on business.

My parents were on the 8.40am flight this morning heathrow to Dubai, but no upgrade flights came up the night before and a week before, checked everyday, even though there were plenty of business class seats available.

I suppose it is rare to get an upgrade?

tezzer Sep 28, 2013 11:34 am

Upgrades SEEM to be offered less and less, I used to have a 75% or so upgrade rate, when I was a top tier frequent flyer with EK, but now I'm two tiers down, at Gold aith Platinum and IO above me, so haven't had an upgrade in any of my last 8 sectors.

jamjaruk Sep 28, 2013 11:42 am

Wow. So looks like all these miles will go to waste. Hopefully I have until Jan 2016 to try and upgrade.

Mind you.. Booked an economy ticket and got offered by email an upgrade to business for £410 per person by email last week... I think that's rare but was a good offer.

jamjaruk Sep 28, 2013 11:47 am

That was for one leg though

MarkusToe Sep 28, 2013 12:47 pm

Easygoing, Book your flight early in advance, by phone....
EK Agent confirm Upgrade instantly....

jamjaruk Sep 28, 2013 1:32 pm

Are you sure?

jamjaruk Sep 28, 2013 1:52 pm

Also. If I book a flex ticket, could I book an upgrade online or do I still need to wait for emirates to release these tickets

MarkLHR Sep 28, 2013 2:27 pm

Just keep checking until departure. You can upgrade at the lounge before departure too or even on board with miles. These days ( and especially from LHR) EK has restricted upgrade availability but it changes by the day.

jamjaruk Sep 28, 2013 5:35 pm

Okay I'm. Blue member so I can't upgrade on board

ft101 Sep 29, 2013 2:37 am


Originally Posted by MarkusToe (Post 21520001)
Easygoing, Book your flight early in advance, by phone....
EK Agent confirm Upgrade instantly....

The OP's flight is 4 weeks away so he/she cannot book early.

As upgrade availability is checkable on-line this could be done and flights booked on line to avoid the surcharge on telephone bookings.

jamjaruk Sep 29, 2013 3:48 am

I will try that when I travel to Dubai again next year.


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