Your Skywards Questions Answered 2015/2016
Feb 27, 2016, 10:35 am
#226
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: EK38 more often than not...
Programs: EK Gold
Posts: 691
Have a question, answers probably no but thought I would ask.
2 passengers on the same booking, not enough miles to upgrade from business to first on their next trip.
I've got about 95,000 miles which is enough for one person to upgrade, travel companion has about the same but when you go to upgrade via MMB it tries to upgrade both from one set of miles which obviously isn't enough.
So long story short, ask on board or at check in, can they take my miles just upgrade me then take companions miles and upgrade them? So 2 single upgrades?
2 passengers on the same booking, not enough miles to upgrade from business to first on their next trip.
I've got about 95,000 miles which is enough for one person to upgrade, travel companion has about the same but when you go to upgrade via MMB it tries to upgrade both from one set of miles which obviously isn't enough.
So long story short, ask on board or at check in, can they take my miles just upgrade me then take companions miles and upgrade them? So 2 single upgrades?
Feb 27, 2016, 10:46 am
#227
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Skywards
Posts: 946
Have a question, answers probably no but thought I would ask.
2 passengers on the same booking, not enough miles to upgrade from business to first on their next trip.
I've got about 95,000 miles which is enough for one person to upgrade, travel companion has about the same but when you go to upgrade via MMB it tries to upgrade both from one set of miles which obviously isn't enough.
So long story short, ask on board or at check in, can they take my miles just upgrade me then take companions miles and upgrade them? So 2 single upgrades?
2 passengers on the same booking, not enough miles to upgrade from business to first on their next trip.
I've got about 95,000 miles which is enough for one person to upgrade, travel companion has about the same but when you go to upgrade via MMB it tries to upgrade both from one set of miles which obviously isn't enough.
So long story short, ask on board or at check in, can they take my miles just upgrade me then take companions miles and upgrade them? So 2 single upgrades?
Feb 27, 2016, 11:19 am
#228
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: EK38 more often than not...
Programs: EK Gold
Posts: 691
Tried calling in the past each time been told they can't do it like that.
Confused.
Confused.
Feb 27, 2016, 11:24 am
#229
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,454
If it can't be forced through, it can be done in person at the airport (or tkt office) and on board if the account the miles are coming from has the requisite status.
Feb 27, 2016, 12:39 pm
#230
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,628
Feb 27, 2016, 3:31 pm
#231
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: EK38 more often than not...
Programs: EK Gold
Posts: 691
Amazing that is that you would get someone on the phone saying no just to get you off the phone.
Currently in Oz do I ring locally or the main skywards number?
As for on board, both gold, is that enough?
Currently in Oz do I ring locally or the main skywards number?
As for on board, both gold, is that enough?
Feb 27, 2016, 8:00 pm
#232
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,454
Yes, if both gold that's fine for onboard upgrades - I'd probably process it in the lounge to make sure you get first dibs on space.
Feb 28, 2016, 1:25 am
#233
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: EK38 more often than not...
Programs: EK Gold
Posts: 691
Thanks all. It's showing pretty full in F right now 8 out of 14 occupied so I may be out of luck but thanks anyway.
Mar 2, 2016, 2:11 pm
#234
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: UK
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold (GGL/CCR) A3 Gold VS Gold Emirates Gold Alitalia MMGold HH Diamond SPG Gold
Posts: 121
Excess Tier points rollover?
i have recently been upgraded to platinum, the flight sectors that I flew to upgrade my tier gave me 18750 tier points but I actually only needed just over 1000 TP to upgrade.
Platinum is showing in my account but it is telling me I need 150000 tier points by end of next Feb to renew - therefore the 17000 plus excess tier points have not rolled over.
Is this correct as this is a significant amount of Tier Points to lose or is this an IT glitch?
Platinum is showing in my account but it is telling me I need 150000 tier points by end of next Feb to renew - therefore the 17000 plus excess tier points have not rolled over.
Is this correct as this is a significant amount of Tier Points to lose or is this an IT glitch?
Mar 2, 2016, 3:57 pm
#235
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,454
i have recently been upgraded to platinum, the flight sectors that I flew to upgrade my tier gave me 18750 tier points but I actually only needed just over 1000 TP to upgrade.
Platinum is showing in my account but it is telling me I need 150000 tier points by end of next Feb to renew - therefore the 17000 plus excess tier points have not rolled over.
Is this correct as this is a significant amount of Tier Points to lose or is this an IT glitch?
Platinum is showing in my account but it is telling me I need 150000 tier points by end of next Feb to renew - therefore the 17000 plus excess tier points have not rolled over.
Is this correct as this is a significant amount of Tier Points to lose or is this an IT glitch?
However, for the purposes of holding the status, you get an additional 2 months of status, so it will expire at the end of April. That means if you find it difficult to reach the threshold, you can back-load the earnings (i.e. the next two months are not that critical).
Mar 2, 2016, 4:32 pm
#236
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: UK
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold (GGL/CCR) A3 Gold VS Gold Emirates Gold Alitalia MMGold HH Diamond SPG Gold
Posts: 121
Thanks for the reply.
So does that mean I lose the 17000 extra tier points over the 15000O threshold
that I earned? Meaning I actually had to earn 167000 tier points to gain Plat?
So does that mean I lose the 17000 extra tier points over the 15000O threshold
that I earned? Meaning I actually had to earn 167000 tier points to gain Plat?
Mar 2, 2016, 4:43 pm
#237
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,454
Well, you only needed 150k tier points to get Plat - it just so happens you earned more in the year, but you get nothing to show for that!
Mar 2, 2016, 5:04 pm
#238
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: UK
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold (GGL/CCR) A3 Gold VS Gold Emirates Gold Alitalia MMGold HH Diamond SPG Gold
Posts: 121
OK thanks :-)
Apr 5, 2016, 3:54 am
#239
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 2
How to create password for skywards account
Hello,
I signed up for emirates skywards during flight many years ago through paper application. I only have skywards membership number but no password to login to the account online. Kindly help me create a password and add email address to login to the account.
I signed up for emirates skywards during flight many years ago through paper application. I only have skywards membership number but no password to login to the account online. Kindly help me create a password and add email address to login to the account.
Apr 5, 2016, 4:14 am
#240
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,628
To be honest, if you've not used the account for so long, then there won't be any miles/points in there. So, you may as well just create a new account.