Even in J?

2 days back it was on C7 J7 for Business Class

Will take care of including the sector next time :)

Yes, still the same. 7 is the highest in J, it indicates 7 or more

Very helpful & knowledgeable members on here ;) :cool:

We're business class on all 3 legs outbound, economy class on all 3 legs inbound, EK have quoted just over £5K for 2, upgrading from economy to business class on the return.

Can anyone advise on business class availability on the following?

Feb 02

LGK - KUL: Malaysia 1459
KUL - DXB: Emirates 343
DXB - BHX: Emirates 39

What I meant was was there availability in I O P classes?:confused:

I yes, not for O and P, hadn't seen that

Checking F availability
 

Hi everyone,
First time using FT, but long time reader and lurker. I'm wondering if anyone could help me check loads and availability on EK9 Dxb to LGW on Sunday 26th, please?
I'm flying with my Stepbrother and we booked our tickets separately. I'm Gold and he's on my household account. I'm pretty certain the tickets are the cheapest saver tickets.

A few questions
1. In your experience, what do you think the chances are of an op up on this flight?

2. Is there any way of finding out of there is award availability. MMB says not, but I can keep checking.

3.do you think it's worth upgrading the lounge part (paid) in Dxb for the first class lounge experience if I can't upgrade the ticket?

4. What's the loads looking like on this flight?

Cheers all.

Hi Brink, congratulations on finding your voice in the FT community!

I'm sure that someone will come along who can run a load check request for you, but in future please use this thread to make requests according to the wiki. I'll try help you out with some information.

1. EK changed their policy regarding op-ups last year and priority is now given to those who paid the highest fare for their tickets and platinum members. After that, you might be in with a chance but imo that route is usually heavy with plats. Being on saver fares puts you down at the bottom. I assume you're already travelling in J as you only get to upgrade one cabin class (unless you get an op up and then use miles).

2 and 4: you'll need to find a kind person with an expert flyer subscription to look that up for you.

3: These things are always a value judgment on behalf of the person paying for it. For example: I'm going to pay into the DXB F lounge next week because I really cannot be bothered leaving the airport for my 9h transit despite STPC (I've already done this 6x this year and want a change of scene). For that I get 4h, hoping for longer. I want to sleep on a (flatter than the J lounge) lounger, shower (without the massive queues), eat (from the a la carte menu), smoke cigars and perhaps drink some nice wine (which is really where i'll get my money's worth). For that, I'll happily pay $100. Think what you want out of your lounge experience and then put a price on it.

Safe travels, hopefully someone else can help you out with loads.

No indication of desire to upgrade cabin to F, Only lounge which OP and his brother have due to his Gold status.

I'd not count on an op-up on a LON route, especially on Savers. 26th too far ahead to see anything meaningful in the load.

Here is the load info:

EK 9 DXB
11/26/17 2:35 PMLGW
11/26/17 6:25 PM388
Daily
82% / 12mF4 A3 J7 C7 I0 O0 P0 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9B9 U9 K9 H0 Q9 L0 T0 V0 X0

FWIW, it is a little far out to glean much info from this. Still selling economy, business and 3 F.

No Z or D award availability on EK9.

Loads:
EK9
DXB 26/11/17 14:35
LGW 26/11/17 18:25 388
Daily
71% / 15m F4 A3 J7 C7 I0 O0 P0 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 B9 U9 K9 H0 Q9 L0 T0 V0 X0

EF shows no F award availability (Z fare) for any DXB/LGW flight that day.

Note that it is quite early (12 days out) to do a load check that is anywhere near meaningful for an op-up possibility.

(edit: Flaneurs just beat me to it, with the same comment!)

Odd that our reliability numbers are so far off from one another. I pulled mine from ExpertFlyer. You?

Oh, and I said EK was selling 3 F on this flight when actually it is 4 available (at full fare First). My apologies.

Can someone help me out with a load check on the following:

20 Nov 17
EK413
SYD-DXB

Hoping for a J-F op up (Gold on Flex).

Load request:
EK 4130SYD
11/17/17 9:45 PMDXB
11/18/17 5:15 AM388
Daily
94% / 16mF4 A4 J7 C7 I0 O0 P0 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9B9 U9 K9 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0

Manage a Booking will tell you the same as Expert Flyer and both have an alert mechanism. That's only any good to you when check in opens at T -48 hours, as your Saver ticket can't be upgraded until then.

Also from EF. And probably within a few minutes apart from your request :confused:

By the way, what is the easiest way to copy / paste this information? This is the first time I answer a flight load request. I am using Safari in a MacBook and the copy / past was a bit cumbersome....