Metanoia

Thanks for the data point! I was under the impression as well (previously) that it was waitlist for upgrades in order of check-in as well, they must have changed this recently. In the past if I'm at an outstation and closer to departure the supervisor will clear my upgrade on the spot. I've never NOT gotten an upgrade that I requested at check in, including at DXB... so this was really disappointing.

dunclogie

Hi- Hoping someone can help me better understand my situation. My wife and I are flying LAX-DXB for our honeymoon on 10/13. She is confirmed in F. I am currently in J (Business Flex award booking). I have been monitoring the upgrade with miles option daily for months but nothing has opened up. Currently only 3 seats left in F so getting nervous that it wont work out. I called Emirates (Dubai number as they seem to know more) last week, and they were able to add me to the First Waitlist. So now when I look at my booking, I have a confirmed J seat listed, but also see a F booking that is shown as ‘Wait List’. But because of this I can no longer click on the ‘upgrade with miles’ option (not that I expect anything to open up). My question is what this wait list really means? Will I have a better chance of getting a seat if there is still one available (x days out, 48 hours out, at check in?)? Is there a way to check where I would be on this wait list? Or will this likely expire at say 48 hours out and then I am in a race against others to get an upgrade at check in? I have the 63k miles I would need for an upgrade in my account. Thanks for any info anyone has!

thijsseh

From personal experience it's exactly as per your last sentence: if your waitlist booking has not cleared 48 hours out, it will disappear from your booking on MMB and you are back at 'upgrade at check in'.

S.R

For the miles upgrade at check in that is now prioritized based on status, whose status does it go by? The account the miles are coming from, or the passenger requesting the upgrade?

here’s the situation: flying JFK-DXB in mid December. I (gold) am in paid F. My family member (blue) is on a J award booking flex plus.
I will be using my miles to request the upgrade for them at check in. So will the priority go based off my gold status or their blue status?

Also, any chance calling will do anything to give my companion any such priority for the upgrade beforehand, since I’m already in paid F? Would be nice to have it confirmed earlier. I will still be gold but for FWIW (probably not much but worth a shot) that JFK-DXB flight will be my platinum qualification flight.

BadoRas

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BadoRas

Congratulations. Well done!

m3red

it’s been on status ex dxb for ages and ages for busy flights - they clear at T-1

dunclogie

One follow up question in case anyone has any insight or has had luck with something similar… I took a look at SFO-DXB as an alternative, and there are still 13 of 14 F seats free for next week (10/13). If we get closer to the day and that is still the case, do you think there is a way that I could switch to that flight from our current LAX-DXB with both of us in F? (Right now my wife is F, and I am J Business Flex Award but have the miles I need for F upgrade). Anyone know if Emirates Customer Service could do something like this far in advance for us to get a quick flight up to SFO? Thanks!

S.R

Unlikely unless there are 2 award seats in F available on the SFO flight.

ckaught78

and I believe not just 2 F award seats, there would need to be 2 J award seats first. You can always call and see what they can do.

mattoo

Thanks. Perfect ending to a trip of a lifetime. Lovely treat.

James Gilbert

I was able to upgrade on the flight ✈️ from IAD to DXB. They only said I might not get the same food because they only had six seat book , but ended up getting it anyways. I book with miles & upgraded with miles . This was on October 5.

baz2277

Hello - trying to upgrade from Business to First out of Manchester after Christmas - i've messaged Emirates a few times (generally monthly) and each time they are saying no availability for any flights out of Man-Dxb for any date in Jan or Feb. What are members experiences of upgrading at Check In? I've collected all the miles required and upgraded over the phone in the past.

I note some here are saying it's by status (I'm on the bottom rung!) - Anyone have experience of upgrading at Manchester actually at the check in - until that point I guess there is no difference from travelling in Business ie Chauffeur/Fast Track/Lounge? Last time I flew there were only 3 in 1st. I know it's down to the individual flight - sample dates on Expertflyer are showing loads of empties in First.

Cheers

DYKWIA

It appears that the 3 MAN flights are all now 3 class, so that should make availability a bit better. On my last 2 flights, I was able to upgrade on-board - just ask the Purser when you get on (assuming you're not able to confirm in advance).

m3red

depends when? any time between xmas and new year is unlikely.

zero difference in upgrading except the flight itself.