upgrading with an infant
#1
Original Poster




Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Europe
Posts: 20
upgrading with an infant
Hi all,
We are hoping to travel from Dubai to Amsterdam in December.....been living in Dubai for 8 years and it is time to leave for a new adventure. We would love our leaving flights to be in Business and we have more than enough miles to upgrade. When I checked for 12th December there is availability for 2 adults to upgrade from Economy to Business so that's great. However we will be travelling with our son who will be 14 months old at the time. When I search with an infant, no availability comes up, but when I search just 2 adults you can upgrade.
I checked the Emirates website which says you can upgrade with an infant but wasn't very detailed.
Can anyone help? Do I have to pay extra miles? Do I book just for us, upgrade online and then call Emirates to add our son?
Also, fully appreciate flights might get changed etc but not thinking about that aspect for now.
Thanks everyone.
We are hoping to travel from Dubai to Amsterdam in December.....been living in Dubai for 8 years and it is time to leave for a new adventure. We would love our leaving flights to be in Business and we have more than enough miles to upgrade. When I checked for 12th December there is availability for 2 adults to upgrade from Economy to Business so that's great. However we will be travelling with our son who will be 14 months old at the time. When I search with an infant, no availability comes up, but when I search just 2 adults you can upgrade.
I checked the Emirates website which says you can upgrade with an infant but wasn't very detailed.
Can anyone help? Do I have to pay extra miles? Do I book just for us, upgrade online and then call Emirates to add our son?
Also, fully appreciate flights might get changed etc but not thinking about that aspect for now.
Thanks everyone.
#2




Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 126
Hi all,
We are hoping to travel from Dubai to Amsterdam in December.....been living in Dubai for 8 years and it is time to leave for a new adventure. We would love our leaving flights to be in Business and we have more than enough miles to upgrade. When I checked for 12th December there is availability for 2 adults to upgrade from Economy to Business so that's great. However we will be travelling with our son who will be 14 months old at the time. When I search with an infant, no availability comes up, but when I search just 2 adults you can upgrade.
I checked the Emirates website which says you can upgrade with an infant but wasn't very detailed.
Can anyone help? Do I have to pay extra miles? Do I book just for us, upgrade online and then call Emirates to add our son?
Also, fully appreciate flights might get changed etc but not thinking about that aspect for now.
Thanks everyone.
We are hoping to travel from Dubai to Amsterdam in December.....been living in Dubai for 8 years and it is time to leave for a new adventure. We would love our leaving flights to be in Business and we have more than enough miles to upgrade. When I checked for 12th December there is availability for 2 adults to upgrade from Economy to Business so that's great. However we will be travelling with our son who will be 14 months old at the time. When I search with an infant, no availability comes up, but when I search just 2 adults you can upgrade.
I checked the Emirates website which says you can upgrade with an infant but wasn't very detailed.
Can anyone help? Do I have to pay extra miles? Do I book just for us, upgrade online and then call Emirates to add our son?
Also, fully appreciate flights might get changed etc but not thinking about that aspect for now.
Thanks everyone.
#3




Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 141
Are you purchasing economy tickets and then using miles to upgrade or are you trying to book an award flight directly in business for the three of you? If the latter you may be running into issues because infants can only be booked into economy with miles (although they can be upgraded). See: https://www.emirates.com/us/english/...s-for-infants/
#4


Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,930
Hi all,
We are hoping to travel from Dubai to Amsterdam in December.....been living in Dubai for 8 years and it is time to leave for a new adventure. We would love our leaving flights to be in Business and we have more than enough miles to upgrade. When I checked for 12th December there is availability for 2 adults to upgrade from Economy to Business so that's great. However we will be travelling with our son who will be 14 months old at the time. When I search with an infant, no availability comes up, but when I search just 2 adults you can upgrade.
I checked the Emirates website which says you can upgrade with an infant but wasn't very detailed.
Can anyone help? Do I have to pay extra miles? Do I book just for us, upgrade online and then call Emirates to add our son?
Also, fully appreciate flights might get changed etc but not thinking about that aspect for now.
Thanks everyone.
We are hoping to travel from Dubai to Amsterdam in December.....been living in Dubai for 8 years and it is time to leave for a new adventure. We would love our leaving flights to be in Business and we have more than enough miles to upgrade. When I checked for 12th December there is availability for 2 adults to upgrade from Economy to Business so that's great. However we will be travelling with our son who will be 14 months old at the time. When I search with an infant, no availability comes up, but when I search just 2 adults you can upgrade.
I checked the Emirates website which says you can upgrade with an infant but wasn't very detailed.
Can anyone help? Do I have to pay extra miles? Do I book just for us, upgrade online and then call Emirates to add our son?
Also, fully appreciate flights might get changed etc but not thinking about that aspect for now.
Thanks everyone.
infants charged at 10% of the miles but they dont need an award seat to be available

