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Any good tricks to try to get a business class upgrade?

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  • #32
    _Dara_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭_Dara_


    killbillvol2 wrote: »
    What are you waffling about? Where on your passport does it say that you're a doctor? (or a farmer for that matter).

    Do you ever respond to anyone on this site in a positive manner? What a sour individual you are.

    I still think someone is a terminal loser lying about themselves in order to get something. Show some dignity.


  • #33
    Ninap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭Ninap


    A few points. I know someone who regularly gets upgrades, and it's thanks to being a very frequent flyer with a loyalty card who is also flying alone.
    Lots of people rack up air miles (especially in the US) through astute use of credit cards; these can then be used for upgrades.
    Finally, the way to get an Aer Lingus upgrade is to be an Aer Lingus employee- they look after each other...


  • #34
    _Dara_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭_Dara_


    Yeah, I think in some way paying a bit more than rock bottom is a good way to boost your chances. Like I said, we got offered extra legroom seats going to Lisbon recently because they had some free and we were the seat bookers that showed up earliest.


  • #35
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,182 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    _Dara_ wrote: »
    Do you ever respond to anyone on this site in a positive manner? What a sour individual you are.

    I still think someone is a terminal loser lying about themselves in order to get something. Show some dignity.

    I'm a bundle of joy really, and I regularly get upgraded because I have status with the relevant airlines.

    My state of mind according to you doesn't change the fact that you were talking irrelevant rubbish about passports.

    Have a lovely evening :)


  • #36
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    If it's an A380 you have some chance. My last few flights with Emirates I was bumped on the A380s (to/from Bangkok).......but my flights were booked through a corporate account so they may have been bumping me because they had the capacity and they thought I was a better 'prospect' for business class being purchased on my behalf in future.

    If you haven't already then opening an account with them on their loyalty programme would be a good start and booking it through a travel bureau or travel agent that deals with corporate travel might help......but the price might not be great.


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  • #37
    _Dara_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭_Dara_


    killbillvol2 wrote: »
    I'm a bundle of joy really, and I regularly get upgraded because I have status with the relevant airlines.

    My state of mind according to you doesn't change the fact that you were talking irrelevant rubbish about passports.

    Have a lovely evening :)

    Yeah, that post pretty much confirms what I thought. The passive aggressive smilie sold it too, shows you were bothered (whilst straining to portray that you weren't). Nighty night.


  • #38
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,182 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    Jawgap wrote: »
    If it's an A380 you have some chance. My last few flights with Emirates I was bumped on the A380s (to/from Bangkok).......but my flights were booked through a corporate account so they may have been bumping me because they had the capacity and they thought I was a better 'prospect' for business class being purchased on my behalf in future.


    If you haven't already then opening an account with them on their loyalty programme would be a good start and booking it through a travel bureau or travel agent that deals with corporate travel might help......but the price might not be great.


    Emirates use future bookings as a metric after current status so a corporate account could be the clincher if they've overbooked in economy.


  • #39
    Timmyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭Timmyr


    Theres no real trick to it but it always helps to dress well.
    I fly a lot and I have been upgraded a few times, but only ever with British Airways for some reason

    If you dress in shorts or tracksuit bottoms you are a lot lees likely to be upgraded than the guy in the business suit


  • #40
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Timmyr wrote: »
    Theres no real trick to it but it always helps to dress well.
    I fly a lot and I have been upgraded a few times, but only ever with British Airways for some reason

    If you dress in shorts or tracksuit bottoms you are a lot lees likely to be upgraded than the guy in the business suit

    Not necessarily......my last bump came after I'd flown from the arse end of Myanmar to Bangkok whereupon I wandered up to the desk at the gate with my economy boarding pass wearing the same clothes I'd been in for 2 days, unshaven and dressing on a badly stitched neck wound (long story involving beer, a bet I kind of won and a mountain bike), they scanned my pass and it made the lovely "ding" sound that means you're fecked or getting an upgrade! Thankfully it was the upgrade.......


  • #41
    Timmyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭Timmyr


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Timmyr wrote: »
    Theres no real trick to it but it always helps to dress well.
    I fly a lot and I have been upgraded a few times, but only ever with British Airways for some reason

    If you dress in shorts or tracksuit bottoms you are a lot lees likely to be upgraded than the guy in the business suit

    Not necessarily......my last bump came after I'd flown from the arse end of Myanmar to Bangkok whereupon I wandered up to the desk at the gate with my economy boarding pass wearing the same clothes I'd been in for 2 days, unshaven and dressing on a badly stitched neck wound (long story involving beer, a bet I kind of won and a mountain bike), they scanned my pass and it made the lovely "ding" sound that means you're fecked or getting an upgrade! Thankfully it was the upgrade.......
    I guess there is always a few exceptions! 
    Off topic but please tell the story of the neck wound :D


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  • #42
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Timmyr wrote: »
    I guess there is always a few exceptions! 
    Off topic but please tell the story of the neck wound :D

    Was there to carry out a project evaluation for some NGOs. Anyway, they were a well clued in bunch who were really well organised and managed so the evaluation only took half as long as expected.......which left plenty of time for drinking!

    Anyhoo.....4 people were finishing up and were taking advantage of me being there to get a lift to the local airport so there was quite a party which I was invited to join. Over the course of the evening the subject of biking came up as there were mountain bikes in the compound......that's when the racing started.....after the races, talk turned to whether we could jump the drainage ditch at one end of the compound.....so one guy did it.....then it was my turn.....cycled for all I was worth.....hit the ramp.....sailed over the ditch and landed safely!!

    It was when I raised the bike in triump over my head, dropped it, and fell over it that I managed to gash my neck......the choice then was go find a sober doctor at about 1:30 in the morning or let the p1ssed one stitch it up.....I went for option (b)......she did a tidy job stitching it (considering the circumstances), but the dressing she put on made it look like I'd been shot!!

    EDIT: the best was we could jump the ditch on the bikes......the argument was over whether implied within that was "safely".......considering I needed stitching it was argued I'd hardly done it safely :D

    Still got upgraded! (Can't remember exactly but I think when I checked in I still had the same shirt on, bloodstains included.....tidied myself up in Dubai so I wouldn't scare the family when I got home).


  • #43
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Ninap wrote: »
    A few points. I know someone who regularly gets upgrades, and it's thanks to being a very frequent flyer with a loyalty card who is also flying alone.

    Finally, the way to get an Aer Lingus upgrade is to be an Aer Lingus employee- they look after each other...
    If the airline reckon you are likely to be a significant revenue source into the future, then you stand a good chance of an upgrade. It's mainly about revenue and other non-revenue related upgrades are becoming much rarer.

    Aer Lingus are much the same these days and an upgrade for regular staff is very unlikely as the staff member is already getting a significant discount along with a ticket that is open and flex, but stand-by.


  • #44
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,114 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Got an upgrade to business class once with Emirates a couple of years ago. My second of three long haul bookings I've had with them.

    Handed to me very discreetly in Dubai as I was just about to board to go home.

    I'd been backpacking in Africa. Wasn't particularly well dressed, but wasn't scruffy by any accounts, was travelling alone.

    It was glorious. Seemed pretty random but I'd be very surprised if it's not calculated somehow.


  • #45
    Barnavave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭Barnavave


    Fly now, pay later http://www.ladbible.com/news/interesting-etihad-introduces-fly-now-pay-later-scheme-20170930


  • #46
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,722 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Friend of mine was operating a flight where a passenger was treated badly by the ground staff, he took it upon himself to upgrade the passenger to show kindness.
    Passenger wrote to airline chief executive to explain the story and to thank the Captain, the ground staff didn't get punished, but the Captain ended up with a punishment that would basically fine him a years salary! Needless to say he wasn't impressed.
    So for us, onboard upgrades are a big no-no.


  • #47
    _Dara_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭_Dara_


    smurfjed wrote: »
    Friend of mine was operating a flight where a passenger was treated badly by the ground staff, he took it upon himself to upgrade the passenger to show kindness.
    Passenger wrote to airline chief executive to explain the story and to thank the Captain, the ground staff didn't get punished, but the Captain ended up with a punishment that would basically fine him a years salary! Needless to say he wasn't impressed.
    So for us, onboard upgrades are a big no-no.

    Jaysus. :eek:

    Not 100% so just checking - you work in the airline industry?


  • #48
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,722 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Yep...... I get to wear a jacket and hat.


  • #49
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    So I just got an email offering a discount - just over 500 each euros for the first leg of the journey - Dublin to Dubai. 1k for 1 flight out of 4 hardly seems worth it! I'll try at the desk for the laugh and see what happens..


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