I travel pretty much only on EK and travel every 5 days... I do get comments from crew asking the same thing, my better half (crew) flies less than I do :D

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: olci
Route: DXB - CAN
Flight number: EK362
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 16 December 2019
Tier status: Plat
Tier miles to date: 401k
Skywards miles balance: 415k
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

*Quickly jumps onto manage booking for flight next week to change my wife’s meal choice to standard..*

:cool:

Saw this one coming from a mile away, was over by 44 in YC. Fairly late to be upgraded, CSV mentioned according to her KIS tablet they only started moving people 2h prior.

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: bp change 2h prior to dep
Route: DXB - CAN
Flight number: EK362
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 20 December 2019
Tier status: Plat
Tier miles to date: 405k
Skywards miles balance: 420k
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

Seems like you need your own Op-up thread...!

Don't worry, the spam will stop - not expecting any upgrades for the next three weeks!

Keep them coming, I find this quite entertaining...:)
I guess you are not flying for the next three weeks? :confused:

8 flights in the next 3 weeks but all are light..

Final one of the year for me, heavily overbooked flight and as a bonus I was seated near the front and the mrs was near the back.. :-)

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Update on the app around 1 hour before the flight
Route: DXB - BKK
Flight number: EK374
Type of ticket: Flex
Date of travel: 29 December 2019
Tier status: Plat
Tier miles to date: about 55k
Skywards miles balance: about 135k
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 2

Flight is still 9 hours away...

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Mobile BP
Route: DXB - LHR
Flight number: EK5
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: 31 December 2019
Tier status: Plat
Tier miles to date: 400k +
Skywards miles balance: 500k +
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

I wonder how over sold it has to be for this to occur so early... my flight the other day was overbooked by 20+ and I still didn't get the new seat until 1 hour before. Also, you seem to fly on savers quite a lot, how the hell do you have 400k + tier miles!

Have you managed to get anywhere near the spend for the Plat unlocks?

Was yours ex DXB or at an outstation? Outstations seem to be under instructions to not process them until very late. Ex DXB they seem to be able to do it well in advance. I've been sitting in the lounge in GLA and had my ex DXB flight show as upgraded a while before the lounge staff came round with a new GLA-DXB boarding pass.

I book savers for flight forecasted to go full, and book flex plus for flights that are forecasted to go empty. So I get op ups on the former, and use miles on the latter. That's why I always get mine on savers :D

Not close to the unlocks I think, actually I dont even know where to check that. I rarely use benefits (lounge, luggage, gold nomination) altogether.

Strangely my experience is the opposite. Outstation upgrades have come more frequently at the check in desk, whereas ex DXB ones have occurred quite close to the departure time. I normally have quite tight connections so I wonder if that is taken in to account.

I wish I could copy that strategy but I am forever changing my flights. On the app under 'skywards' it has a section called exclusive privileges where it shows how much your spend has been. The unlocks are not that great anyway to be honest.