tommy123

EY 12 and EY 406 , no op-up due to empty flights , but an added enhancement , you can pick your own row to sit in

Dogmatick

Not had a single J-F this year despite long term GoldElite/Platinum
Been told by so many that it i snow the Fare class that dictates this

I really want to know what the benefit of Platinum is now ?
First Lounge can be bought after all !

csdf

There really isn't one. I'm considering jacking in the ADCB Etihad card too.

NoY

I have already dumped this credit card & will never do business with ADCB again (almost as inept as ADIB)- scammed me out of bonus miles, so they are now blacklisted ^

Dogmatick

What to go to though ? EK is soooo expensive as is BA and even then their service is ancient ad poor. The 787 Flatbed is tiny and nowhere to put your stuff

Thought of using AF/KLM but am scared of all the strikes and tranferring at six am to get to London just seems silly. I currently mileage run each flight out through MCT to gain status so it would be the same doing it via CDG or AMS but the quality diff in the airlines is vast

Only major benefit is that after eight years you're platinum for life

That's something EY could learn

Faali

Hi,
Here is my story:

1.Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: AUH-COK- Jan 2018
Type of ticket: Deal
Tier Status: Guest.
Code OS 7 on boarding pass

2. Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: CCJ- AUH- Feb 2018
Type of ticket: Deal
Tier Status: Guest.
Code OS 7 on boarding pass

3. Upgrade Given: Y - J
Upgrade Location: Check in (Received business boarding pass)
Route: AUH- CCJ- Nov 2018
Type of ticket: Deal
Tier Status: Guest Silver, wife on separate PNR, without even linking her EY FF number was also upgraded at check in. (Booked 5 days before journey)

4. Upgrade Given: Neighbor free seat
Upgrade Location: At check in
Route: DUS- AUH Dec 2018
Type of ticket: Classic
Tier Status: Silver

5. Upgrade Given: Neighbor free seat- flight was full with just 2 empty seats
Upgrade Location: On board before take off
Route: AUH- CCJ- Jan 2019
Type of ticket: Deal
Tier Status: Silver, (cabin manager came, greeted for being silver member, upgraded to neighbor free seat to the first row in economy)

6. Upgrade Given: Y - J
Upgrade Location: Gate
Route: KWI- AUH- Jan 2019
Type of ticket: Classic
Tier Status: Gold (No OS code on ticket, flight was 100% full in economy)

On another occasion, OS5 code was on ticket, Route: CCJ- AUH, expected upgrade at gate, but no luck. Saw others without tier getting upgraded.
Tier: Silver. Type: Deal.

Dogmatick

Platinum member, thirty flights in J not a single upgrade all year....

csdf

Are you UAE based? I wondered upthread if they deliberately didn't upgrade UAE-based plats (my experience is similar to yours).

sherkhan

I got so many more upgrade when I was a silver member including a Y-J from AUH to JFK in January 2015

But since I've become a gold member in 2016 I'm lucky to get a Y-J from AUH-BOM maybe once a year. No other Y-J upgrade on JFK-AUH, BOM-AUH or AUH-JFK. Might honestly be better to be a Silver member than gold at this point. The quality of the lounges at JFK and AUH has also drastically plummeted.

SpanishSamurai

My EY Gold friend recently flew from AUH-MNL with an EY Guest partner and only the latter was given an op-up at a gate. Angered, my Gold friend approached the gate agent and argued why he wasn't eligible for an op-up when both of them bought Deal fare. He was told that Etihad changed the op-up rules from 2019 to prioritize op-ups based on fare bucket, not status; the reason the non-elite friend got the op-up? Well, the official explanation was that he paid 10 more dirhams when he purchased the ticket...

Does anyone else know about this new policy? Because if this is true, I don't see a point in retaining my status with Etihad anymore.

Looking forward to hear from all of you!

ft101

Sounds like they could be going the route that Emirates took a couple of years ago. Not popular with status holders and EK reversed it, for Platinums only, a while later.

eddibabyyeah

I recently flew MAN-AUH-BKK return. Not sure, what this new upgrade policy actually is, but I got Y-J upgrades on 3/3 legs. Not bad for a silver.

Upgrade given: Y - J, upgraded with miles.
Upgrade location: NA
Route: MAN-AUH, April 2019
Flight: EY22
Type of ticket: Saver
Tier Status: Silver

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: AUH-BKK, April 2019
Flight: EY408
Type of ticket: Saver
Tier Status: Silver

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: BKK-AUH, April 2019
Flight: EY401
Type of ticket: Saver
Tier Status: Silver

Upgrade given: Y - J
Upgrade location: Gate
Route: AUH-MAN, April 2019
Flight: EY15
Type of ticket: Saver
Tier Status: Silver

pogonation

Wow that's lucky! I've done MAN-BKK 3x this year and not received a single op up. At silver now (down from gold). Will be doing MAN-BKK again end of this month to hit gold. Any tips to enhance op up chances? Did you check-in online, did you make any requests?

eddibabyyeah

I did nothing. I checked in at the airport and got Y boarding passed on the way back. All upgrades were at the gate. I didn't request anything.
I guess the use of the 787 from MAN-AUH will help, as there is reduced capacity compared to the 777. There are only 3 flights per day AUH-BKK when there used to be 4, which may help. A change of aircraft may have helped on the BKK-AUH leg. It was supposed to be a 2 class 777 with just one J cabin. But the aircraft which flew had F and two J cabins. So reduced Y, which will have also helped me.

Good luck.

brsm

I recently had a Syd-Auh upgrade, Y to J, Gold on a Saver ticket. I've noticed that some other people I saw in the lounge were also upgraded to business.