The Emirates Forum Brunch - Off-topic chit-chat and banter
Apr 6, 2018, 11:12 am
#436
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: CPT SA
Programs: EK Plat
Posts: 196
1. Don't ask EK, they never agree to bend the rules, and this answer was foreseeable. You've not been downgraded to Gold yet, so doing anything right now as a reaction would be silly. EK generally says no leeway, then renews if <1000 short. However this has been broadly reported for Gold, not sure about Plat
2. Travelling in premium cabins, would a downgrade affect you so much that you'd rather start from scratch with QR, an airline with fewer flights to CPT, fewer destinations, no access to a lot of the middle east and a worse FFP (if that's possible). To upgrade with miles on QR you need to submit an online request then wait for a few days to hear back. Also you cannot phone as everything went online with them recently
3. If you do get downgraded to Gold try the local SA sales office, rather than sending a mail to EK centrally
2. Travelling in premium cabins, would a downgrade affect you so much that you'd rather start from scratch with QR, an airline with fewer flights to CPT, fewer destinations, no access to a lot of the middle east and a worse FFP (if that's possible). To upgrade with miles on QR you need to submit an online request then wait for a few days to hear back. Also you cannot phone as everything went online with them recently
3. If you do get downgraded to Gold try the local SA sales office, rather than sending a mail to EK centrally
Apr 6, 2018, 12:51 pm
#437
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
I, too, would feel pretty hacked off in that situation. I am a lowly gold whose highest achievement is a mere 120k tier miles! Is there such a difference between gold and plat? Apart from the obvious upgrade/extra miles situ. Perhaps m3red may comment as he is dubious also. On another note, skywardhunter is correct re QR. I have hundreds of thousand miles that I just cannot seem to spend. It beats EK for the worlds worst FFP.
Apr 7, 2018, 10:28 pm
#438
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,454
Rant Alert
After arriving home a few days ago, i saw when checking my account that i was 600 tier miles short of a plat renewal. I somehow failed to calculate my tier miles correctly, i know silly mistake, but anyway. I emailed Emirates and let them know i was only 600 tier miles short of a Plat renewal, while mentioning how much i fly with them and how much i have spent on them over the years along with saying that i had been a plat for years. I got a reply telling me today saying after checking with the management team that i need to fly another 600 tier miles or I'm going to be gold in May. I am so pissed off that i had to sit down and have a glass of water, i can not honestly believe that all the money i spent on Emirates and my overall loyalty to the company has resulted in me being shown the door to gold tier over 600 tier miles short. I am actually a bit personally offended to say the least. I know rules are rules and have to be constant, but come on for the love of god, 600 short out of 150 000 and they won't cut me some slack. I am so annoyed that i am considering not flying Emirates again in favour of QR, who are cheaper and actually better in J then EK from CPT anyway. I do have another option to quickly fly somewhere, but it is quite costly for just 600 tier miles, however this thought is kept alive by the thought of losing plat. This has come at a bad bad time for me, but even with future trips booked with emirates they do not care.
What is the general conscious, tier run to renew play by May or lose Plat..... or am i being too petty?
After arriving home a few days ago, i saw when checking my account that i was 600 tier miles short of a plat renewal. I somehow failed to calculate my tier miles correctly, i know silly mistake, but anyway. I emailed Emirates and let them know i was only 600 tier miles short of a Plat renewal, while mentioning how much i fly with them and how much i have spent on them over the years along with saying that i had been a plat for years. I got a reply telling me today saying after checking with the management team that i need to fly another 600 tier miles or I'm going to be gold in May. I am so pissed off that i had to sit down and have a glass of water, i can not honestly believe that all the money i spent on Emirates and my overall loyalty to the company has resulted in me being shown the door to gold tier over 600 tier miles short. I am actually a bit personally offended to say the least. I know rules are rules and have to be constant, but come on for the love of god, 600 short out of 150 000 and they won't cut me some slack. I am so annoyed that i am considering not flying Emirates again in favour of QR, who are cheaper and actually better in J then EK from CPT anyway. I do have another option to quickly fly somewhere, but it is quite costly for just 600 tier miles, however this thought is kept alive by the thought of losing plat. This has come at a bad bad time for me, but even with future trips booked with emirates they do not care.
What is the general conscious, tier run to renew play by May or lose Plat..... or am i being too petty?
I wonder what the statistics are on edge renewal cases.
Does May include the extra 2 months you get?
I don’t think you’ll notice much difference between Gold and Platinum apart from F lounge access!
Feel sorry (world’s smallest violin) for the iOs this year who got bumped down to Platinum - imagine how that conversation goes!
Apr 7, 2018, 10:58 pm
#439
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: DXB
Programs: EK, AA, DL, UA, SPG, HGP, Amex
Posts: 1,208
Rant Alert
After arriving home a few days ago, i saw when checking my account that i was 600 tier miles short of a plat renewal. I somehow failed to calculate my tier miles correctly, i know silly mistake, but anyway. I emailed Emirates and let them know i was only 600 tier miles short of a Plat renewal, while mentioning how much i fly with them and how much i have spent on them over the years along with saying that i had been a plat for years. I got a reply telling me today saying after checking with the management team that i need to fly another 600 tier miles or I'm going to be gold in May. I am so pissed off that i had to sit down and have a glass of water, i can not honestly believe that all the money i spent on Emirates and my overall loyalty to the company has resulted in me being shown the door to gold tier over 600 tier miles short. I am actually a bit personally offended to say the least. I know rules are rules and have to be constant, but come on for the love of god, 600 short out of 150 000 and they won't cut me some slack. I am so annoyed that i am considering not flying Emirates again in favour of QR, who are cheaper and actually better in J then EK from CPT anyway. I do have another option to quickly fly somewhere, but it is quite costly for just 600 tier miles, however this thought is kept alive by the thought of losing plat. This has come at a bad bad time for me, but even with future trips booked with emirates they do not care.
What is the general conscious, tier run to renew play by May or lose Plat..... or am i being too petty?
After arriving home a few days ago, i saw when checking my account that i was 600 tier miles short of a plat renewal. I somehow failed to calculate my tier miles correctly, i know silly mistake, but anyway. I emailed Emirates and let them know i was only 600 tier miles short of a Plat renewal, while mentioning how much i fly with them and how much i have spent on them over the years along with saying that i had been a plat for years. I got a reply telling me today saying after checking with the management team that i need to fly another 600 tier miles or I'm going to be gold in May. I am so pissed off that i had to sit down and have a glass of water, i can not honestly believe that all the money i spent on Emirates and my overall loyalty to the company has resulted in me being shown the door to gold tier over 600 tier miles short. I am actually a bit personally offended to say the least. I know rules are rules and have to be constant, but come on for the love of god, 600 short out of 150 000 and they won't cut me some slack. I am so annoyed that i am considering not flying Emirates again in favour of QR, who are cheaper and actually better in J then EK from CPT anyway. I do have another option to quickly fly somewhere, but it is quite costly for just 600 tier miles, however this thought is kept alive by the thought of losing plat. This has come at a bad bad time for me, but even with future trips booked with emirates they do not care.
What is the general conscious, tier run to renew play by May or lose Plat..... or am i being too petty?
However, after you pass your requalification date, there's a good chance that you'll get an email saying that you have another month to reach the 150k (although I dont know if there are specific criteria for it to trigger).
This happened to me a couple of years ago, except that I knew I was going to re-qualify a few weeks later anyway.
Not sure if you have plans to fly soon, but thought I'd share this.
Apr 12, 2018, 3:13 am
#440
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Cape Town
Programs: BA Exec Gold , Qatar Priviledge Club Plat
Posts: 1,584
Out of curiosity, does anyone have their face as their profile picture for their Skywards account profile picture. I know you can change this on the app, I wonder also if the crew see this or is it purely a novelty.
Apr 12, 2018, 3:25 am
#441
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
I do, a selfie in front of a single-engine prop plane, I've briefly seen my profile on the tablet, didn't notice the pic. As far as I can tell it only shows up in the app, not on the website, either.
Apr 12, 2018, 5:55 am
#442
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: In transit
Programs: AF/KL BA GF EK EY LH QR
Posts: 587
I've had extensive access to my profile on the purser's tablet - did not see my picture anywhere.
Apr 12, 2018, 12:50 pm
#443
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Cape Town
Programs: BA Exec Gold , Qatar Priviledge Club Plat
Posts: 1,584
Apr 12, 2018, 2:20 pm
#444
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: In transit
Programs: AF/KL BA GF EK EY LH QR
Posts: 587
Apr 30, 2018, 8:18 am
#445
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: DXB
Programs: EK, AA, DL, UA, SPG, HGP, Amex
Posts: 1,208
Just upgraded two Flex Plus Y tickets from WEST EUROPE to DXB for 18,000 miles each. Not an email offer. Couldn't really believe it, so jumped on it.
I then tried a dummy booking (same destination & dates) on the iOS app and the discounted upgrade requirements were visible for both Y to J and J to F (23.4k from Flex and18k Flex Plus)
Is this an ongoing thing?
Haven't seen any marketing for it, but I'm liking the 40% discount.
I then tried a dummy booking (same destination & dates) on the iOS app and the discounted upgrade requirements were visible for both Y to J and J to F (23.4k from Flex and18k Flex Plus)
Is this an ongoing thing?
Haven't seen any marketing for it, but I'm liking the 40% discount.
Apr 30, 2018, 9:20 am
#446
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,273
Just upgraded two Flex Plus Y tickets from WEST EUROPE to DXB for 18,000 miles each. Not an email offer. Couldn't really believe it, so jumped on it.
I then tried a dummy booking (same destination & dates) on the iOS app and the discounted upgrade requirements were visible for both Y to J and J to F (23.4k from Flex and18k Flex Plus)
Is this an ongoing thing?
Haven't seen any marketing for it, but I'm liking the 40% discount.
I then tried a dummy booking (same destination & dates) on the iOS app and the discounted upgrade requirements were visible for both Y to J and J to F (23.4k from Flex and18k Flex Plus)
Is this an ongoing thing?
Haven't seen any marketing for it, but I'm liking the 40% discount.
It is certainly not a permanent change in that the milage calculator still shows 30000 for a Flex+ Y to J upgrade (39000 for Flex)
Apr 30, 2018, 9:42 am
#447
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Flex Y to J for DXB-CPT and reverse unchanged unfortunately. Have a few flights with D availability coming up so would've also jumped on a discount if it was available. Might be region specific
May 1, 2018, 6:59 am
#448
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Leafy Cheshire
Programs: EK Silver...just
Posts: 86
Definitely rant worthy.
However, after you pass your requalification date, there's a good chance that you'll get an email saying that you have another month to reach the 150k (although I dont know if there are specific criteria for it to trigger).
This happened to me a couple of years ago, except that I knew I was going to re-qualify a few weeks later anyway.
Not sure if you have plans to fly soon, but thought I'd share this.
However, after you pass your requalification date, there's a good chance that you'll get an email saying that you have another month to reach the 150k (although I dont know if there are specific criteria for it to trigger).
This happened to me a couple of years ago, except that I knew I was going to re-qualify a few weeks later anyway.
Not sure if you have plans to fly soon, but thought I'd share this.
May 1, 2018, 7:06 am
#449
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: DXB
Programs: EK, AA, DL, UA, SPG, HGP, Amex
Posts: 1,208
Indeed. It's shown as "Discounted Upgrade Reward Offer" on my skywards statement.
May 1, 2018, 7:35 pm
#450
Ambassador: Emirates
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: UK/AU
Programs: QF P1 + LTS, EK Gold, BAEC Gold, QR Gold, IHG Ambassador
Posts: 1,144
Wow, this is crazy! I've just upgraded J-F on EK1 for 23k.
Had already upgraded first leg, CSA said I would most likely not get the first longer leg back in F if they release it to do a combined upgrade for the lower miles. Don't really mind as I've saved myself nearly 50% on the second upgrade.
Had already upgraded first leg, CSA said I would most likely not get the first longer leg back in F if they release it to do a combined upgrade for the lower miles. Don't really mind as I've saved myself nearly 50% on the second upgrade.