Please Post Your Operational Upgrade Experiences - 2015/2016
Apr 8, 2015, 12:33 am
#31
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Keskellä metsää
Programs: Onko teillä S-etukorttia?
Posts: 916
Upgrade given: J-F
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: KUL-DXB
Flight number: EK 347
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 06/4/15
Tier status: Blue
No of PAX on PNR: 1
First letter of your surname: K
Tier miles - 15k
Skyward Miles Balance - 35k
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: KUL-DXB
Flight number: EK 347
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 06/4/15
Tier status: Blue
No of PAX on PNR: 1
First letter of your surname: K
Tier miles - 15k
Skyward Miles Balance - 35k
Apr 11, 2015, 3:16 pm
#32
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: BCN Spain
Programs: AF P, BA G, A3 *G, EK G
Posts: 73
Seq no.
Can we add sequence number when possible I'm curious to see if this seems to play into upgrade chances
Apr 11, 2015, 5:09 pm
#34
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,398
Am very much in agreement.
Of the many things that can influence op-up decisions, sequence numbers are not amongst them.
Of the many things that can influence op-up decisions, sequence numbers are not amongst them.
Apr 12, 2015, 3:47 am
#35
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: BCN Spain
Programs: AF P, BA G, A3 *G, EK G
Posts: 73
Upgrade given: Y-J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-PEK
Flight number: EK 308
Type of ticket: FLEX-PLUS
Date of travel: 31/03/2015
Tier status: GOLD
No of PAX on PNR: 1
First letter of your surname: N
Tier miles - 49,750
Skyward Miles Balance - 69,750
Always thought it might play a FCFS type thing when going down the manifest but now I will not worry about it.
Incoming flight was 2 hours late arriving and was chased down with new boarding pass while walking to the gate. Thankfully the PEK plane was the same plane I flew in on so no chance of missing it since the PEK flight was now late too
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-PEK
Flight number: EK 308
Type of ticket: FLEX-PLUS
Date of travel: 31/03/2015
Tier status: GOLD
No of PAX on PNR: 1
First letter of your surname: N
Tier miles - 49,750
Skyward Miles Balance - 69,750
Always thought it might play a FCFS type thing when going down the manifest but now I will not worry about it.
Incoming flight was 2 hours late arriving and was chased down with new boarding pass while walking to the gate. Thankfully the PEK plane was the same plane I flew in on so no chance of missing it since the PEK flight was now late too
Apr 13, 2015, 3:38 am
#36
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 69
J to F
DXB - ARN
Upgrade location: gate
Date of travel: January 2
Ticket: Saver
Tier status : just made gold
I loved the unexpected upgrade. Maybe EK wanted to show me what the good life was really about now that I had made Gold - in the hope I would book into F in the future? In any case, great flight.
DXB - ARN
Upgrade location: gate
Date of travel: January 2
Ticket: Saver
Tier status : just made gold
I loved the unexpected upgrade. Maybe EK wanted to show me what the good life was really about now that I had made Gold - in the hope I would book into F in the future? In any case, great flight.
Apr 14, 2015, 1:26 pm
#37
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: UK/Mauritius
Programs: EK Skywards silver Miles and Smiles Hilton Honours Hyatt Priority Club Kestrel A
Posts: 683
Upgrade given: Y-J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-MRU
Flight number: EK 701
Type of ticket: SAVER
Date of travel: 14/04/2015
Tier status: SILVER
Surname begins with V.
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-MRU
Flight number: EK 701
Type of ticket: SAVER
Date of travel: 14/04/2015
Tier status: SILVER
Surname begins with V.
Apr 14, 2015, 1:29 pm
#38
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,829
Apr 14, 2015, 2:27 pm
#39
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: UK/Mauritius
Programs: EK Skywards silver Miles and Smiles Hilton Honours Hyatt Priority Club Kestrel A
Posts: 683
m3red - I know!! Been having a winning streak for a while now! 
Apr 14, 2015, 4:52 pm
#40
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: London
Programs: QF Plat, NZ Silver, EY, EK, SQ & UA
Posts: 310
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: AKL - BNE
Flight number: EK435, booked as QF8771
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 10/04/15
Tier status: QF Silver
Tier miles to date: 0
Skywards miles balance: 10,500
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
First letter of Last Name: M
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: AKL - BNE
Flight number: EK435, booked as QF8771
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 10/04/15
Tier status: QF Silver
Tier miles to date: 0
Skywards miles balance: 10,500
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
First letter of Last Name: M
Apr 15, 2015, 8:34 pm
#41
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Dubai, UAE
Programs: Skywards Plat, Etihad Gold, Aerosvit Gold, Virgin Silver, AA lifetime Gold, Sirius Gold
Posts: 1,229
Except that I think sequence numbers are linked to first letter of last name of the pax or first letter of last name of the pax with lowest first letter of last name in PNRs with multiple pax.
Apr 16, 2015, 1:59 am
#42
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,398
Hmm......I hear what you say mrtdxb.
Except ......I'm not at all sure that we have found any conclusive evidence (?) that the first letter of the last name, or the last letter of the first name, or the middle letter of the middle name (and so on ....) play any consistent part in the selection process.
Except ......I'm not at all sure that we have found any conclusive evidence (?) that the first letter of the last name, or the last letter of the first name, or the middle letter of the middle name (and so on ....) play any consistent part in the selection process.
Apr 16, 2015, 2:27 am
#43
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,829
Hmm......I hear what you say mrtdxb.
Except ......I'm not at all sure that we have found any conclusive evidence (?) that the first letter of the last name, or the last letter of the first name, or the middle letter of the middle name (and so on ....) play any consistent part in the selection process.
Except ......I'm not at all sure that we have found any conclusive evidence (?) that the first letter of the last name, or the last letter of the first name, or the middle letter of the middle name (and so on ....) play any consistent part in the selection process.
Apr 16, 2015, 2:43 am
#44
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,398
Single pax, yes. Don't think there has ever been any doubt on THAT one......
Apr 16, 2015, 3:40 am
#45
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,454
Sequence numbers are simply the order in which someone has checked onto a flight: it's an easy way for ground staff to single out a specific pax on a plane, without resorting to ticket numbers (especially in the case of duplicate names, e.g. a family travelling).