[EK NEWBIE LOUNGE] Ask Your Questions Here (Flame Free) 2021
Jan 25, 2021, 1:26 am
#16
Join Date: Jan 2021
Posts: 7
I'd never heard of it either, which is why this is so foreign to me. If they can't tell me which flight I'm on until a day or 2 before travel, that will screw up all of my travel plans. Hopefully, I'll find out sooner than later.
Jan 25, 2021, 6:33 am
#17
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,626
I know a few people have really struggled to to get confirmed upgrades / awards, even when the F cabin is more or less empty. The upgrades end up clearing at boarding time, so you even end up missing out on the F lounge 
Jan 25, 2021, 7:52 am
#18
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,276
Paid F recently has become too expensive on my routes, especially as there never seem to be F savers available anymore.
. Can’t justify it. And Lakrids are available on Amazon.....
Jan 25, 2021, 8:10 am
#19
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Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: EK1 ML5A ;-)
Programs: EK iO
Posts: 699
Which is exactly why I don’t use my miles for award tickets but for upgrades. I buy J and if I’m lucky I get the upgrade a few days before departure. If it does not come through, no big drama. If it does, then great!
Paid F recently has become too expensive on my routes, especially as there never seem to be F savers available anymore.. Can’t justify it. And Lakrids are available on Amazon.....
Paid F recently has become too expensive on my routes, especially as there never seem to be F savers available anymore.
. Can’t justify it. And Lakrids are available on Amazon.....
Jan 25, 2021, 10:50 am
#20
Join Date: Jan 2021
Posts: 7
Well, this isn't an upgrade from one class to another. This is already having a confirmed award ticket in first-class but wanting to change to a different flight on a different date. Surely, the airline won't wait until the day of travel to confirm this.
Jan 25, 2021, 11:34 am
#21
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,626
You don't say where the flight is from/to, but with things as they are, Emirates are cancelling some services and thus, may need to consolidate 2 or more flights.
Jan 25, 2021, 9:25 pm
#23
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Jan 25, 2021, 9:41 pm
#24
Join Date: Jan 2021
Posts: 7
With only 2 out of 6 FC seats sold, I may just take the risk and change my hotels and travel plans to accommodate the new date -- then just hope for the best. That may be better than getting a last-minute notification then scrambling to change everything as I'm racing to the airport.
Jan 25, 2021, 9:44 pm
#25
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Wow! That would be crazy if it ends up happening mere hours before the flight. Has this personally happened to you before?
With only 2 out of 6 FC seats sold, I may just take the risk and change my hotels and travel plans to accommodate the new date -- then just hope for the best. That may be better than getting a last-minute notification then scrambling to change everything as I'm racing to the airport.
With only 2 out of 6 FC seats sold, I may just take the risk and change my hotels and travel plans to accommodate the new date -- then just hope for the best. That may be better than getting a last-minute notification then scrambling to change everything as I'm racing to the airport.
The seat map doesn't tell much - if you dm me the date(s) you're after I will let you know.
Best advice is to get a hotel with flexible booking policy.
And yes, this has happened to me more than once even though it was very obvious the flight would go light!
Last edited by iFlyMoreThanYou; Jan 25, 2021 at 9:49 pm
Jan 26, 2021, 9:36 am
#26
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
By definition, unless the analyst forgets, these flights are hard coded not to have any seats for awards. They have to manually remove this for seats to become available; even if forecast drops it doesnt do anything as this is an inventory overrule. Before it enters the departure control system, you're out of luck.
The seat map doesn't tell much - if you dm me the date(s) you're after I will let you know.
Best advice is to get a hotel with flexible booking policy.
And yes, this has happened to me more than once even though it was very obvious the flight would go light!
The seat map doesn't tell much - if you dm me the date(s) you're after I will let you know.
Best advice is to get a hotel with flexible booking policy.
And yes, this has happened to me more than once even though it was very obvious the flight would go light!
Jan 26, 2021, 4:53 pm
#27
Join Date: Jan 2021
Posts: 8
Random question, if emirates offers an upgrade through both miles and cash is the flight full? I have never had either and I got both when I went to check into today.
Jan 26, 2021, 8:06 pm
#28
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Jan 26, 2021, 9:40 pm
#29
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 47
Hello,
Looking at booking 2 reward tickets in first-class suites from SFO to the Maldives, however, in reading posts, might be less to fly to Sri Lanka. The miles would be a transfer from membership points into Emirates. Working now for the summer of 2022 in order to make the two of us have enough points. Any suggestions on points, flight routes, reward tickets, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your assistance.
Looking at booking 2 reward tickets in first-class suites from SFO to the Maldives, however, in reading posts, might be less to fly to Sri Lanka. The miles would be a transfer from membership points into Emirates. Working now for the summer of 2022 in order to make the two of us have enough points. Any suggestions on points, flight routes, reward tickets, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your assistance.
Jan 29, 2021, 6:06 pm
#30
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,311
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