Ours is greyed out - but it stated we could only upgrade at check-in right from the beginning anyway.

And tickets definitely still say 'Saver'.

If you originally purchased the ticket before the fare changes it's best to make any changes through the call center, as any future changes puts the ticket onto the new system/fare types when they get revalidated.

However, EK will still honor the old rates if you call them.

Its annoying that when you do advanced search ie into one airport and out of another you can't chose fare type online.

So I wanted flex plus DXB MAN LGW DXB and it would only give me a flex saver combo - no good when I wanted to use 60k points to upgrade to J.

I had to call which I'm guessing cost me more money!

It might already be mentioned, but I miss the "Previous Day" and "Next Day" buttons when going through the booking process.

Also having to go back to the initial screen to get the +/-3 days option after changing dates.

just noticed that Swiss is using the exact same system EK is using. Who had it first? And yes that you can't select the fare type with multi city is stupid but I let me TA book R class for me.

Pretty sure that Swiss had it first.

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The fare changes, are they that bad? I haven't noticed any drastic changes to price, in some cases it's cheaper than before, did this only hit those that are booking/upgrading with miles more than Biz/First passengers?

In terms of actual cash fares, it doesn't seem so: I think the pricing is much more affected by the competitive pressures they are facing on quite a few routes, as well as falls in oil etc. Also, ex-UK, the reduction in Air Passenger Duty for this new fiscal year seems to be quite noticeable, especially on Y fares, for example, I just saw LHR-BKK for next month going for 374 GBP all-in - haven't seen something like that since 2008-9!

But the main negatives are vastly reduced earning potential on restricted Y/J fares and the increase in upgrade costs: not too different to the general devaluations that happen every few years on all programs. They just took the opportunity to overhaul the booking engine at the same time, which has its pluses and minuses!

Hi

some guys thought to switch to EY after the change, they will also change EY Guest on 8th JUL, looks like it is even worse than the SW change:



All fares based on low season.

Class // Miles // Fare // miles per USD

AUH � JFK OW // EY
Earn:
T E 1713 NA
G U V 3426 1035 � 1097 USD 3.20
L Q M K 5139 1296 � 1705 USD 3.42
H B Y 6852 2094� 2957 USD 2.71

Upgrade Y - C
U V G 83252 1035 � 1097 USD
L Q M K 62439 1296 � 1705 USD
B H Y 41626 2094 � 2957 USD

DXB � JFK OW // EK
Earn:
X V 1500 NA
T L Q 2100 626 � 844 USD 2.85
U B M W 4200 904 � 1231 USD 3.93
R E Y 6000 1612 � 2293 USD 3.07

Upgrade Y - C
T L Q 95000 626 � 844 USD
U B M W 70200 904 � 1231 USD
R E Y 54000 1612 � 2293 USD

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LHR � SYD OW // EY
Earn:
T E 2729 720 � 843 USD 3.49
G U V 5458 955 � 1082 USD 5.35
L Q M K 8186 1280 � 1832 USD 5.26
H B Y 10915 2077 � 2568 USD 4.70

Upgrade Y - C
U V G 155353 955 � 1082 USD
L Q M K 115083 1280 � 1832 USD
B H Y 85294 2077 � 2568 USD

LHR � SYD OW // EK
Earn :
X V 2750 NA
T L Q 3850 383 � 598 USD 7.84
U B M W 7700 713 � 1219 USD 7.97
R E Y 11000 1464 - 1954 USD 6.43

Upgrade Y - C
T L Q 118750 383 � 598 USD
U B M W 81250 713 � 1219 USD
R E Y 62500 1464 - 1954 USD

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CDG � BKK OW // EY
Earn:
T E 1586 157 � 235 USD 8.09
G U V 3171 291 � 358 USD 9.77
L Q M K 4757 397 � 665 USD 8.95
H B Y 6342 900 � 1694 USD 4.88

Upgrade Y - C
U V G 102344 291 � 358 USD
L Q M K 69842 397 � 665 USD
B H Y 56840 900 � 1694 USD

CDG � BKK OW // EK
Earn :
X V 1500 144 USD 10.4
T L Q 2100 185 � 308 USD 8.51
U B M W 4200 408 � 621 USD 8.16
R E Y 6000 732 � 1236 USD 6.09

Upgrade Y - C
T L Q 98750 185 � 308 USD
U B M W 68250 408 � 621 USD
R E Y 52500 732 � 1236 USD

What I can see is that EY is �better� for fares ex AUH than EK ex DXB. However flights ex EU or ex US, looks like EK would be �better�

@mods any way to format the text? preview looks fine, afterwards its a mess

If you put it in a code block it will perhaps look how you want it

start with [ code] and end with [/ code] ( without the spaces )

Have tried it, didnt worked (or I am the error here ). Will try later again as soon as I have more time

Thanks Dave. My idea was that everything is a little bit structured like with tabulators (or similar) so that someone can see the difference easier.