Please Post Your Operational Upgrade Experiences - 2015/2016
Aug 11, 2016, 3:21 pm
#301
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Upgraded as predicted, very reliable on Hyderabad flights, around 75% success rate. Details updated in previous post. Disappointing service on EK773 in J today though 
Aug 12, 2016, 1:29 pm
#302
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Perth, AU (PER)
Programs: Qantas FF
Posts: 42
Have a set of 3 young travellers next to me on EK6 LHR-DXB. Oversold on their Birmingham BHX flight so they got op-upped to business and chauffer drive to LHR. No status!
Aug 12, 2016, 10:36 pm
#303
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
I'd take that deal. Makes sense if it's non-status as they probably needed 3 pax and preferred a group travelling together. And younger means probably more tolerant to the 90 minute drive
Aug 13, 2016, 11:30 pm
#304
Join Date: Feb 2014
Programs: EK Silver
Posts: 72
Well, it finally happened. My first OP-UP ever! Thanks Emirates ^^
Upgrade Given: Y -> J
Upgrade Location: Gate
Route: DXB - ZRH
Flight Number: EK087
Type of Ticket: Flex
Date of Travel: 12 August 2016
Tier Status: Silver
Tier Miles to Date: 41,238
Skywards Miles Balance: 48,338
Number of Pax on the same PNR: 1
First letter of Last Name: W
Upgrade Given: Y -> J
Upgrade Location: Gate
Route: DXB - ZRH
Flight Number: EK087
Type of Ticket: Flex
Date of Travel: 12 August 2016
Tier Status: Silver
Tier Miles to Date: 41,238
Skywards Miles Balance: 48,338
Number of Pax on the same PNR: 1
First letter of Last Name: W
Aug 14, 2016, 9:26 am
#305
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 11
Upgrade given: J-F
Upgrade location: At the gate
Route: CMB-DXB
Flight number: EK 651
Type of ticket: Business Flex
Date of travel: 14 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 107 500
Skywards miles balance: 102 300
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Upgrade location: At the gate
Route: CMB-DXB
Flight number: EK 651
Type of ticket: Business Flex
Date of travel: 14 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 107 500
Skywards miles balance: 102 300
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Aug 15, 2016, 2:01 pm
#306
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Amsterdam
Programs: EK Platinum, FB Ulti PFL, Marriott Ambassador, IHG Spire RA
Posts: 70
Upgrade given: J-F
Upgrade location: At the gate
Route: DXB-AMS
Flight number: EK 149
Type of ticket: Business Flex
Date of travel: 13 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 128 801
Skywards miles balance: 80 300
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Upgrade location: At the gate
Route: DXB-AMS
Flight number: EK 149
Type of ticket: Business Flex
Date of travel: 13 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 128 801
Skywards miles balance: 80 300
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Aug 15, 2016, 2:48 pm
#307
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: London
Programs: QF Plat, NZ Silver, EY, EK, SQ & UA
Posts: 310
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Check-in
Route: BKK - DXB
Flight number: EK375
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 15/08/16
Tier status: EK Blue
Tier miles to date: 13,540
Skywards miles balance: 13,540
Number of pax on the same PNR: 2 [just messaged to say there were two of them travelling together]
First letter of Last Name: H
[on behalf of a friend who doesn't have Flyertalk]
Upgrade location: Check-in
Route: BKK - DXB
Flight number: EK375
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 15/08/16
Tier status: EK Blue
Tier miles to date: 13,540
Skywards miles balance: 13,540
Number of pax on the same PNR: 2 [just messaged to say there were two of them travelling together]
First letter of Last Name: H
[on behalf of a friend who doesn't have Flyertalk]
Aug 16, 2016, 6:16 am
#308
Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: EK Gold, DL Plat, SPG Gold
Posts: 16
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: At the gate
Route: DXB - JFK
Flight number: EK203
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 13/08/16
Tier status: EK Platinum
Lady at check in said economy was oversold by 2 and there were 2 plats in economy, called supervisor and came back to say expect a new boarding pass at the gate, even got 23-K
Other item worth noting is the gate entrance on the lounge level had a broken printer so we had to wait for them to go back to the lounge with our boarding passes to print our new ones, apparently the 2 minute delay to boarding is too much for some as angry grumbling ensued.
Upgrade location: At the gate
Route: DXB - JFK
Flight number: EK203
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 13/08/16
Tier status: EK Platinum
Lady at check in said economy was oversold by 2 and there were 2 plats in economy, called supervisor and came back to say expect a new boarding pass at the gate, even got 23-K
Other item worth noting is the gate entrance on the lounge level had a broken printer so we had to wait for them to go back to the lounge with our boarding passes to print our new ones, apparently the 2 minute delay to boarding is too much for some as angry grumbling ensued.
Aug 16, 2016, 10:46 am
#309
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 33
Upgrade given: Y-J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-BKK
Flight number: EK 374
Type of ticket: Flex Plus
Date of travel: 11 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 85 500
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Upgrade given: J-F
Upgrade location: Lounge
Route: BKK-DXB
Flight number: EK 375
Type of ticket: Business Flex
Date of travel: 14 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 85 500
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Tons of upgrades (Y-J) on DXB-CDG EK75 (14/08), I guess no J-F (there was 4 J empty seats). On the EK72 I used miles to upgrade (and as far as I know, there was no operational upgrades on this flight).
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-BKK
Flight number: EK 374
Type of ticket: Flex Plus
Date of travel: 11 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 85 500
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Upgrade given: J-F
Upgrade location: Lounge
Route: BKK-DXB
Flight number: EK 375
Type of ticket: Business Flex
Date of travel: 14 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 85 500
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Tons of upgrades (Y-J) on DXB-CDG EK75 (14/08), I guess no J-F (there was 4 J empty seats). On the EK72 I used miles to upgrade (and as far as I know, there was no operational upgrades on this flight).
Aug 17, 2016, 3:40 pm
#310
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Amsterdam
Programs: EK Platinum, FB Ulti PFL, Marriott Ambassador, IHG Spire RA
Posts: 70
Upgrade given: J-F
Upgrade location: At the gate
Route: DXB-AMS
Flight number: EK 149
Type of ticket: Business Flex
Date of travel: 17 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 135 051
Skywards miles balance: 87 050
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
2nd upgrade in a week on DXB-AMS
Upgrade location: At the gate
Route: DXB-AMS
Flight number: EK 149
Type of ticket: Business Flex
Date of travel: 17 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 135 051
Skywards miles balance: 87 050
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
2nd upgrade in a week on DXB-AMS
Aug 30, 2016, 10:22 am
#311
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Upgrade given: Y-J
Upgrade location: seat assignment disappeared on MMB. New BP at gate
Route: HYD-DXB
Flight number: EK529
Type of ticket: Y Flex
Date of travel: 30 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 80k or so
Skywards miles balance: 14k
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Was asked at check-in if travelling alone, perhaps a prelude. New op-up policy seems to still be OK for Gold on Flex ticket on high overbook low status routes like India. Did get stuck in 10E (middle) though so not that high on the list presumably.
Also my third op-up in as many segments (trip via DXB with 2 legs per segment), however had 2 segments before without op-up. Think I had one before that. Losing track, but overall decent rate though always the short flights.
Upgrade location: seat assignment disappeared on MMB. New BP at gate
Route: HYD-DXB
Flight number: EK529
Type of ticket: Y Flex
Date of travel: 30 Aug 2016
Tier status: EK Gold
Tier miles to date: 80k or so
Skywards miles balance: 14k
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Was asked at check-in if travelling alone, perhaps a prelude. New op-up policy seems to still be OK for Gold on Flex ticket on high overbook low status routes like India. Did get stuck in 10E (middle) though so not that high on the list presumably.
Also my third op-up in as many segments (trip via DXB with 2 legs per segment), however had 2 segments before without op-up. Think I had one before that. Losing track, but overall decent rate though always the short flights.
Aug 30, 2016, 12:56 pm
#312
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: London
Programs: QF Plat, NZ Silver, EY, EK, SQ & UA
Posts: 310
Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Lounge (as I was leaving)
Route: SIN - DXB
Flight number: EK355, booked as QF8355
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 28/08/16
Tier status: QF Gold
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Was asked at check-in if I was travelling alone. Flight was full...saw a number of new boarding passes at the gate.
Upgrade location: Lounge (as I was leaving)
Route: SIN - DXB
Flight number: EK355, booked as QF8355
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 28/08/16
Tier status: QF Gold
Number of pax on the same PNR: 1
Was asked at check-in if I was travelling alone. Flight was full...saw a number of new boarding passes at the gate.
Sep 4, 2016, 7:20 am
#314
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
friend of mine on a y flex plus upgrade to Barcelona today for 23k (must have been some offer) and then got upgraded to F.
Go figure.
Go figure.
Sep 4, 2016, 3:03 pm
#315
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,399
Hmm.
Evidence perhaps that the new policy is "We don't really have a policy......"
Evidence perhaps that the new policy is "We don't really have a policy......"