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Originally Posted by JSR2014
(Post 29357895)
Fab! We are at the Outrigger in Bel Ombre, first time to MRU so we are super excited, bet you are glad you aren't flying sunday with a Toddler in F ;)
4th through to the 18th - need the break ;) Ps -you've gained an IG follower ;) |
Originally Posted by m3red
(Post 29358330)
haha thanks - we are on the 2 class on Friday 2nd as my wife who is pregnant won’t take the 4am. 🙂. We are at the other end of the island otherwise I’d meet for a beer 🍺 |
Originally Posted by UAEBANDIT
(Post 29357061)
Last December I was flying with my daughter from LGW to DXB, busy season, the day after boarding schools broke up for winter break. I didn't set auto upgrade because I didn't want one of us to get it and not the other, so I set alerts for both of us. One morning I checked just for the heck of it and upgrade was suddenly available. I hadn't received an alert yet but I opened both of our bookings simultaneously and they both had the option so I clicked them together and got the upgrades. I don't know if anyone else got the alert or auto but after that I feel that it is DIY and we must check it several times a day. I have a rather dim secretary so that will be her main role now, checking for upgrade availability.
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Originally Posted by Flaneurs
(Post 29358655)
My goodness, EK J to MRU and you won’t even have CD here at MRU. You really are slumming it. |
Ok guys, I'm taking a huge gamble here but I want to book cattle class DXB-PER in May. Any chance of a free upgrade do you reckon? If so should I get flex or flex plus or should I just pay up? My husband says to just buy F and collect some serious tier miles, but they are not as much as say BNE. I will get 62,000 miles and 28,000 Tiers.
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Originally Posted by thijsseh
(Post 29358789)
I hope your secretary does not read your FT posts....;)
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DH is at the airport now, they gave him a conditional upgrade, and if nobody pays cash before boarding time then the seat is his. Seriously? I'm in shock TBH. What is this that EK are doing?
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Originally Posted by UAEBANDIT
(Post 29365745)
DH is at the airport now, they gave him a conditional upgrade, and if nobody pays cash before boarding time then the seat is his. Seriously? I'm in shock TBH. What is this that EK are doing?
This is probably a route on which EK often sells 'walkup tickets'. So they don't make award upgrades available at all. Any airline would rather sell tickets at high prices (walkup is normally Flex+, I think but correct me if I'm wrong) than just taking a few miles off their balance sheet (and with EK's 3 year validity rule they'll disappear anyway). So although none of us 'mile rich wannabe upgraders' likes it, it needs to be looked at from a business perspective and unfortunately they are right as far as that is concerned. What they have told DH is that if it comes to on-board space available upgrades he is first in the queue. Now isn't that nice of them...:cool: |
Originally Posted by UAEBANDIT
(Post 29365458)
Ok guys, I'm taking a huge gamble here but I want to book cattle class DXB-PER in May. Any chance of a free upgrade do you reckon? If so should I get flex or flex plus or should I just pay up? My husband says to just buy F and collect some serious tier miles, but they are not as much as say BNE. I will get 62,000 miles and 28,000 Tiers.
One thing I don't understand is that you want to buy 'cattle class' (by which usually Y is meant) and DH wants you to buy F. You can't upgrade from Y to F (and you certainly wont get an op up Y-F). That apart, you will only get a free upgrade if the cabin you are booked in is full and you are high enough on the list to qualify. However high you are on the list: no overbooking = no upgrade (I am sure you know all of this). So the main question is (before you buy an expensive Flex+ ticket): will Y be oversold on DXB/PER on your day of travel. No-one knows. And that is the gamble we are talking about. The only reference I can give you is availability from tomorrow and the next 6 days. Does not look good for op-ups: plenty of availability in Y (and in J and F for that matter). But if there is a big spike in demand for PER in May it may be different. My 2c worth. |
Originally Posted by thijsseh
(Post 29365795)
I guess there are different ways of interpreting this (although I agree it is a bit 'strange').
This is probably a route on which EK often sells 'walkup tickets'. So they don't make award upgrades available at all. Any airline would rather sell tickets at high prices (walkup is normally Flex+, I think but correct me if I'm wrong) than just taking a few miles off their balance sheet (and with EK's 3 year validity rule they'll disappear anyway). So although none of us 'mile rich wannabe upgraders' likes it, it needs to be looked at from a business perspective and unfortunately they are right as far as that is concerned. What they have told DH is that if it comes to on-board space available upgrades he is first in the queue. Now isn't that nice of them...:cool: |
Originally Posted by UAEBANDIT
(Post 29365860)
They gave him his boarding pass for J and deducted his miles and said on boarding they would downgrade him if necessary. But still, he was 'first in line' for this 'space available' upgrade. |
Had auto upgrade set - went on the EK app and seats were available so what’s the point of auto upgrade!?
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Originally Posted by m3red
(Post 29380894)
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I agree. Auto upgrade is for the complacent.
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I can report that the auto upgrade function works quite well for me. Example: was flying 2 weeks ago HAM-DXB-SIN-DXB-HAM, booked approx. 3 months in advance in J and activated auto upgrade for all flights. Segment 1 was confirmed almost immedietaly after booking, Segment 2 approx. 10 weeks before scheduled departure and Segment 3 3 days before. Only on DXB-HAM I was in J.
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