Upgrading flights on a multi leg ticket
Jan 10, 2017 | 11:35 am
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Upgrading flights on a multi leg ticket
Hi, hope you can answer my query, I am looking to book a lhr-bkk-hkg-dxb-lhr return business saver ticket, am looking to upgrade the hkg-dxb-lhr part to first with miles, if I add a stopover in dubai for a few days will the upgrade price stay the same as a straight through upgrade or will the cost go up as each flights are treated separately.
I appreciate your thoughts and answers
I appreciate your thoughts and answers
Jan 10, 2017 | 5:58 pm
#3
Join Date: Feb 2016
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If you try and do it online it will be treated as two separate upgrades. Suggest you call EK and see whether they can process it over the phone at the reduced through rate and let us know the result.
Jan 10, 2017 | 8:54 pm
#4
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
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Hi, hope you can answer my query, I am looking to book a lhr-bkk-hkg-dxb-lhr return business saver ticket, am looking to upgrade the hkg-dxb-lhr part to first with miles, if I add a stopover in dubai for a few days will the upgrade price stay the same as a straight through upgrade or will the cost go up as each flights are treated separately.
I appreciate your thoughts and answers
I appreciate your thoughts and answers
I must admit whenever I try and do this one of the legs let's me down every time.
Jan 10, 2017 | 10:50 pm
#5
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Thanks for your views guys, at first I thought it could be done as a straight through ticket and therefore at the lesser rate of miles needed to redeem but the more I thought about it the more it seemed more likely it would be treated as separate legs, I'm pretty sure I did this a few years ago but for the life of me can't remember what the outcome was.
Jan 10, 2017 | 11:05 pm
#6
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Just to pitch in, I recently flew SYD-DXB-GLA with 25h in Dubai seeing a mate. When trying to upgrade using miles I was not offered the reduced upgrade fee for combining both legs as it was treated as two separate tickets. On my return home to SYD, I had a 17h stopover and was able to upgrade at the reduced rate as it was one ticket.
Jan 10, 2017 | 11:48 pm
#7
Join Date: Aug 2012
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Thanks for your views guys, at first I thought it could be done as a straight through ticket and therefore at the lesser rate of miles needed to redeem but the more I thought about it the more it seemed more likely it would be treated as separate legs, I'm pretty sure I did this a few years ago but for the life of me can't remember what the outcome was.
Jan 11, 2017 | 6:15 am
#10
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Many thanks again for your insight guys, decided to amend plans and booked a straight through ticket from Singapore back to London via Dubai and used my expiring miles to upgrade for 2 first class seats, didn't want the hassle of phoning emirates up, will take the missus back to visit Dubai another time when not needing to redeem to upgrade 
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Jan 11, 2017 | 6:26 am
#11
Join Date: Oct 2015
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Many thanks again for your insight guys, decided to amend plans and booked a straight through ticket from Singapore back to London via Dubai and used my expiring miles to upgrade for 2 first class seats, didn't want the hassle of phoning emirates up, will take the missus back to visit Dubai another time when not needing to redeem to upgrade ^
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