How do you know the loads? Perhaps there were standby staff that hopped on at the last minute or inop Y seats. As a 5xx series flight I'm guessing India or thereabouts so wouldn't have been blocked for crew rest

Checked with the lounge agent for the load... Yeah EK570 is DXB-CCU

Upgrade Given: Y to J
Upgrade Location: Gate
Route: BKK-DXB
Flight: 385 (the 01:05 flight)
Type of Ticket: Economy Flex
Travel Date: Yesterday, March 10th
Not a member of Skywards, and this was my very first flight with Emirates! Made the second leg of my journey in Y a bit of a let down :).

Then you need to register quickly for Skywards :)

Bet that was a nice surprise, surprised there was no other silver/gold/plat tier members onboard within the flex or flex plus fare bucket ?

Now that slipped my mind. :p

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Lounge
Route: DXB-BUD
Flight number: EK111
Type of ticket: ECONOMY FLEX
Date of travel: 2nd March 2018
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: c.70k
Skywards miles balance: c.25k
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1
Number of pax upgraded: 1

The flight was -14 in Y the day before so I reckoned I had a decent chance of a op-up being on flex. I was at the lounge and around T-90 minutes I got a text (and email) saying I was upgraded. Collected my boarding pass in the lounge, changed my seat and was off to the races.

NRT-DXB
 

28 Feb, 18
EK319 NRT-DXB as first segment of NRT-MAN
Economy Flex Plus to Business
Skywards Gold, approx 80K miles.
Upgraded while in lounge, when I went to reception to ask about on time status. Otherwise would have been upgraded at gate, I think.
Had been offered upgrade (cabin only, no extra baggage or miles) by email 3 days before for £360 but did not take it up.

Upgrade Given: J to F
Upgrade Location: Gate
Route: DXB-MAN
Flight: 017
Type of Ticket: Business Flex
Tier status: Gold
Travel Date: March 18th
Spoke to Purser who said the flight was absolutely rammed, with a lot of upgrades, although F was far from full. Strangely enough, my only other (two) Opups on Emirates have been on EK017 when flying on a Sunday.

It was a very nice surprise, considering how exhausted I was given the long day I had. It also made the Y seat from DXB to CDG such a let down!

Upgrade Given: Y to J
Upgrade Location: mobile BP updated @ T-75
Route: DXB-HKG
Flight: EK382
Type of Ticket: Economy Flex
Tier status: Gold
Travel Date: 22 March

Last minute (booked 4 days ago) 3-day trip to HKG from CPT all in Y, so appreciate the op-uo. Haven't actually boarded yet so may be a bit premature in case they rescind it but that's never happened before that I've noticed. Definitely a nice one, A380 and a 7h+ flight overnight!

Nice, cough cough another J bar pic cough cough :D.

If you are able to make it to a CPT 'do' one day, you might get added to our WhatsApp group. In which case you would already have seen said bar picture! :D

Flame has seen it on Insta. New one coming later today, went and got one just for you, Flame. FA tending bar was from Pretoria, nontheless