Your Operational Upgrades Experience 2017 - Please Post Here
 

Hi All

Another new thread for 2017. Please post your 2017 Operational Upgrade experiences here.

Please see the wiki for format details for ease of reading. Of course, discussion is welcome too.

Safe & Happy Travels

Saltire74

Is it? We had a few people get a bit annoyed by our posts last year when we were discussing and not postiing op-up stats :D

Assume you're still working on the wiki?

Discussion of OpUps is always welcome :D. It would be rather boring and jealousy inducing for us poor FTers that have never had an OpUp :p and given the less reporting, we need to talk about it to set the OpUp world to rights.

Wiki done.

S

The op-up gods have been smiling on me lately (or maybe it's that I've ended up with a lot of flex-plus legs) but this is upgrade #4 out of 6 flights in the last two weeks.

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Check-in
Route: DXB-BAH
Flight number: EK833
Type of ticket: Flex-Plus
Date of travel: 01 Jan
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 90,ish
Skywards miles balance: 185,ish
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1
Number of pax upgraded: 1

I think number of pax on same PNR should include yourself, so 1. I noticed some posters posting 0 in the old thread also, which then makes it confusing if a 1 actually means 1 or 2. Maybe it should be rephrased number of other pax.

I see what you're saying and have thought that myself at times. I'll change the wiki to say:
No. Of Pax On PNR (Incl. Op):
No. Of Pax Upgraded:

S

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-JFK
Flight number: EK201
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 05 Jan 17
Tier status: Silver
Tier miles to date: 11,000
Skywards miles balance: 80,000
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1
Number of pax upgraded: 1

I want to record my prediction here, 8 days to go until this flight, EF showing Y0 J7, EK website showing Y sold out, I am on a Flex fare with Gold, I predict I will receive an op-up, let's see what happens!

(Caveat: I've ordered a SPML which I don't usually, curious if this affects it, see: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/emira...challenge.html)

https://s27.postimg.cc/4xachydwz/opup525.png

I built my hopes up being in this position on two flights yesterday. Unfortunately I ended up with zero from two. I hope you fare better.

>50% success rate on this route (in both directions) over the past year!

You are asking for trouble being that confident.

I have zero faith in EK op ups these days so I pay for the class I want to fly in.

I'm 2/2 on this route since the policy change!

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: DXB-AMS
Flight number: EK147
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 12 jan
Tier status: Silver
Tier miles to date: 31000
Skywards miles balance: 37000
Number of pax upgraded: 1

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: check in
Route: FRA - DXB
Flight number: EK048
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 04 jan
Tier status: gold
Tier miles to date: 51,000
Skywards miles balance: 40,000
Number of pax upgraded: 2 (travel partner is silver)

Flew DXB-LHR on Jan 11 in Y Flex Plus (not because of upgrade policy, but because no other fare was available and I needed to take that flight) as EK Plat, remained in Y while an EK Gold (no idea which Y fare basis) was bumped up to J...