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Originally Posted by petercek
(Post 27199405)
Not really. They pay more ;-) EU-DXB-SYD could take Y flex+ instead.
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Originally Posted by ioto1902
(Post 27199353)
Then, it means that DXB based pax are favoured !
One question : prices considered for the UG list are excluding travel agent's commission or not ? (no intention to be constructive here, just to show how mean it can get) |
Well I just got a Flex "U" ticket, and I've recently been downgraded to Silver.
Flying out from GIG x DXB, which is normally overbooked in Economy. So will see if this new structure helps. |
I know of a non Skywards member, on the cheapest ticket in J upgraded to F DXB to JFK.
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Originally Posted by EK004 Regular
(Post 27247014)
I know of a non Skywards member, on the cheapest ticket in J upgraded to F DXB to JFK.
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Originally Posted by DYKWIA
(Post 27247029)
That's always going to happen in extraordinary circumstances. If they need to do some last minute switching, they may just look for somebody travelling alone and op-up them.
I'll be losing my shower slot to the op ups... |
Originally Posted by DYKWIA
(Post 27247029)
That's always going to happen in extraordinary circumstances. If they need to do some last minute switching, they may just look for somebody travelling alone and op-up them.
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Originally Posted by m3red
(Post 27247083)
I'm reliably informed a flight I'm on soon is 37 over in y!!!
I'll be losing my shower slot to the op ups... |
Originally Posted by EK004 Regular
(Post 27247014)
I know of a non Skywards member, on the cheapest ticket in J upgraded to F DXB to JFK.
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Originally Posted by ukdoctor
(Post 27247551)
Thought that plats were given first choice ???
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Originally Posted by Ray44
(Post 27248261)
First upgrade goes to IO members and then it's after booking class and within that after status.
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EK Upgrade Policy
I heard from a flight attendant today that EK's complimentary upgrade policy is based on $ spend on that particular ticket. She told me that someone who has paid for a flex ticket will get upgraded before any elite who paid less for their ticket for that flight.
Is it me or is that CRAZY? Emirates needs to look at expenditure by the customer over the long term and not on one particular flight? Was she telling the truth? |
Originally Posted by planet_erg
(Post 30613233)
I heard from a flight attendant today that EK's complimentary upgrade policy is based on $ spend on that particular ticket. She told me that someone who has paid for a flex ticket will get upgraded before any elite who paid less for their ticket for that flight.
Is it me or is that CRAZY? Emirates needs to look at expenditure by the customer over the long term and not on one particular flight? Was she telling the truth? Any Plat ranked by fare type (Flex Plus etc) Flex Plus ranked by status Flex ranked by status Saver ranked by status So status does still provide priority within the fare type, and Plats are ahead of everyone, even if they are on the cheapest ticket. On an average flight there might be fewer than 5 pax in Y on Flex Plus tickets, around 30-50% on Flex and the balance on Saver or Specials (my guesstimate), so as a Gold on a Flex ticket (which is what I usually am) you're still probably in the top 10. That being said, FAs have no involvement in the operational upgrade policy and whatever this FA knows is anecdotal at best. EK doesn't make this information public |
And here is the previous (long) thread about for further background https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/emir...procedure.html S |
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