Your Operational Upgrade Experiences 2020 /2021 & 2022 - Please Post Here
 

Hi All

Another new thread for 2020. Please post your 2020 Operational Upgrade experiences here. Given the lack of travel by many over the past couple of years, leaving many to miss the glorious beep, we’ll continue using this thread to include 2022 Operational Upgrade reporting.

To see how lucky some of our members were in the year before the world ground to a halt, you can have a look at the 2019 thread https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/emir...post-here.html

Refer to the wiki above for format details.

Safe & Happy Travels and may the Upgrade Gods look upon you favourably.

Saltire74

Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Mobile BP 10min before flight closure

Route: DXB - LHR

Flight number: EK31

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 05 January 2019

Tier status: Plat

Tier miles to date: 412k

Skywards miles balance: 388k

Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

Late posting this one but suppose I think I should have been the first of 2020 - good start to the year!

Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Mobile 3hrs before departure

Route: MAN - DXB

Flight number: EK20

Type of ticket: Flex

Date of travel: 02 January 2020

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 89k

Skywards miles balance: 118k

Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

Upgrade given: J - F

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: DXB - LGW

Flight number: EK11

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 14 January 2019

Tier status: Gold

Tier miles to date: 41k

Skywards miles balance: 91k

Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 2


Strange one. Flight seemed quite full in Y (showing Y0 a few days before and also heavily populated seat map at T-24). But plenty of availability in J and F. I was not expecting anything on a J Saver ticket (and even said to mrs t that there was close to zero chance). We had a shortish connection (1:40) and with a bus stand arrival we got through transfer security at T-1 hour. Flights showed to be boarding already and as it was a B gate (and therefore no lounge boarding), we decided to go straight to the gate (and forego our customary ice cream and Moët). At the gate Mrs t presented her BP first, whereupon the gate lady smiled and said 'Mrs t you are lucky, you have been upgraded'. Mrs t (bless her soul) said that she would give the F seat to me ('as he appreciates it more than I do'), but the lady said 'that won't be necessary, he has been upgraded too'. Gate was a war zone as all Y hand luggage was closely inspected by police. Upper deck passengers were told to sit down and wait and then escorted to the lifts to the UD boarding level.



Still surprised with that upgrade from a Saver ticket. Were there so few Plats and Flex (+) tickets in J?

Upgrade given: J - F

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: DXB - SIN

Flight number: EK432

Type of ticket: Saver

Date of travel: 22 January 2019

Tier status: Platinum

Tier miles to date: 495k

Skywards miles balance: 544k

Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

Another CNY-affected upgrade.

Upgrade given: J - F

Upgrade location: check in desk t-65

Route: SIN DXB

Flight number: EK355

Type of ticket: flex plus

Date of travel: 23 January 2019

Tier status: Platinum

Tier miles to date: 502k

Skywards miles balance: 550k

Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

tier miles will reset this month to zero :)

Surely not? They are a 13 month moving average. Maybe you mean that this month they check if you have 150K tier miles to re-qualify for Plat. Which by all accounts should not be a problem.....:cool:

Y - J, BLR-DXB Op-up while a/c was taxiing!
 

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: After the aircraft began taxi-ing! Yes!! The story in brief below.
Route: BLR - DXB
Flight number: EK569
Type of ticket: FLEX
Date of travel: 18 Jan 2020
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 70K
Skywards miles balance: 40K
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

18 Jan 2020
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Happily checked into the economy on an overbooked flight on a Flex ticket. This was a last-minute rebook via the EK Skywards line--was going back home one day earlier than planned. The PAX next to me was downgraded from J to Y due to an oversold class. I buckle up and as the gate closed, a lady shows up and politely says, "Sir, I think you are in the wrong seat," while flashing her boarding card. I show mine and we both have 21H :confused:

Not knowing what to do -- we call for help who calls a supervisor, who then takes our passports and boarding cards.

The Boeing 777 starts taxi-ing. I was pretty confident that someone was going to be seated on the jump seat in the cockpit ;)
I and my other two co-passenger start complaining about how is this possible with two PAX with the same seat allocation. We are lining up for the runway and comes back the supervisor -- "Sir, we have moved you to the front, please follow me!"

:D

Ah I thought it was a set month that is different for everyone after which it goes to zero. Thank you for clarifying.

January op ups
 

Upgrade given: J - F
Upgrade location: Shortly after stowing carry-on luggage while seated
Route: NBO-DXB
Flight number: EK 722
Type of ticket: SAVER
Date of travel: 19 Jan 2020
Tier status: Platinum
Tier miles to date: 130k
Skywards miles balance: 165k
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

Jan op ups second
 

Upgrade given: J - F
Upgrade location: At gate
Route: DXB-BOM
Flight number: EK 502
Type of ticket: SAVER
Date of travel: 20 Jan 2020
Tier status: Platinum
Tier miles to date: 130k
Skywards miles balance: 165k
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: At gate
Route: HYD - DXB, DXB - ORD
Flight number: EK 525, EK235
Type of ticket: FLEX PLUS
Date of travel: 6 Jan 2020
Tier status: Silver (as of date of travel)
Tier miles to date: 59K
Skywards miles balance: 103k
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

Upgrade given: J - F
Upgrade location: Lounge
Route: DXB-LHR
Flight number: EK 29
Type of ticket: Flex Plus
Date of travel: 2 Feb 2020
Tier status: Platinum
Tier miles to date: 500k+
Skywards miles balance: 400k+
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: At Boarding
Route: EBB-DXB
Flight number: EK 730
Type of ticket: Saver
Date of travel: Feb 2020
Tier status: Gold
Tier miles to date: 5k+
Skywards miles balance: 60k+
Number of pax on the same PNR (Including OP): 1

J seemed empty upon check-in but I didn't receive an Upgrade Offer - probably because of the low Saver ticket.
I was very happy with the upgrade, but it seemed strange with my Gold Saver ticket... There must have been Plat's and Flex ticketed passenger. Maybe EBB isn't following the upgrade rules that don't favour frequent fliers...