Upgrades
 

Just been upgraded from eco to business flying VIE - DXB.

Received my economy seat as normal at check-in, then upgraded at the entrance to gate. Asked if I was travelling alone (which I was) and if Dubai was my final destination (which it was).

I do most of my travel with OS and LH so only a blue emirates card holder, it appeared however that i had been preselected for the upgrade so i guess blue is enough.

Once upon a time when EK skywards stutus members were rare EK used to upgrade like you experienced... now there are so many status pax in MUC, this has become a rarity :(

It seems I was very lucky that day. My girlfriend used to work for Emirates and I know that unless you are a gold member they do not give any special consideration at all. I have never received an upgrade on numerous flights out of Dubai.

PS Cheers for the info relating to Lufthansa exit rows you posted a while ago. Looking back i realised i had not acknowleded your post at the time.

Anytime!

If you are silver member, you also have the chance to be upgraded - it´s not limited to gold. But oliver2002 is right, there are a lot of status members out there, so there´s only little chance. It also depends on the sector of course.

!!! It is possible that technically gold members should only be given upgrades but ive seen blue members as well as silver members getting uprades often. You just need to be checking in at the right time

I was upgraded from Economy to Bussiness with a blue members card on a flight from Dubai to Frankfurt back in February after arriving from Brisbane :)
Maybe they needed the emergency exit seat I catched when checking in in Brisbane. Seemed like they had preselected me as well (I was also travelling alone).
Cheers,
Jog