it's a 3h flight so unfortunately not that much benefit to the OP. I've done it on F when it was still an A380, very enjoyable

That I'm not sure of, as I don't eat caviar

Just get your fill of Dom in. No champagne on the ground in BKK at least in J, so you'll be a few glasses behind. Try to get two bottles in. ;)

I still need to make it home upon arrival in BKK. :D

It's been a while, but I've had caviar on that route.

I wasn't aware of no champagne on the ground at BKK in J as I've had that before too and was looking forward to it again early next month. Can anyone else confirm?

Weird. I got the "don't want to pay taxes" treatment and all I got was apple juice. It was a while ago though so maybe it all changed?

I'm flying DUB - SEZ next weekend and am still hoping to upgrade (2 seats) from J to F with miles on the DUB - DXB leg. Expert flyer is showing F4 J7 and there are no seats selected in F so I'm assuming that means its empty?
Does anyone have any insight into the likelihood of award availability opening up? Is it possible it wont and the flight will go with First empty?
If I hope to upgrade at the airport is it better not to check in online?
Thanks

DUB-DXB is my most regular route, and ive rarely had any trouble upgrading to F.
Usually 72 hours before the flight they release a couple of F seats if theyre not sold out

UPDATE
 

A quick update:
When I checked Expert Flyer this morning there was upgrade availability. (so, approx 96 hours before flight)
I called and eventually got the upgrade sorted.
My wife and I have enough miles for our own upgrades but neither have enough miles to upgrade both tickets (which are on the same ref.)
Auto upgrade wont work in this situation, the system can only automatically take miles from one account.
When I called they needed to speak to my wife to confirm she was ok with the use of her miles (not straightforward when shes out of the country!) - we use different surnames so not sure if that made a difference.
Even with her permission it sounded as if using miles from 2 accounts to upgrade one booking was not as straightforward as I might have expected. - the agent said she wasn't sure if she would be able to do that without permission from a superior, but she was in the end.
What I also found interesting was that the seat map on Expert Flyer updated the info (our old seats in business freed up and new ones in First shown) before the Emirates app!
Thanks again to all those that answered my previous questions on this.

If the seats arent available when booking i usually set up an alert, and generally find that at the 72 hour mark they get released.
Ive only ever had the email offer once from Y to C when flight was overbooked (on new years even), i didnt take them up on it but got upgraded at airport

To overcome this problem, my wife has set me up as her 'travel coordinator' in her Skywards profile. A not very well known feature which makes life much easier for us since I arrange all her travel. Of course you need a certain amount of trust between spouses....;)