Also, I've never had any upgrades from eco to business but, One time, i won 2 return economy tickets to Japan and i embraced it and decided to travel. The flight was 2hours to reach Singapore only to transit to another plane and the transit time is 50minutes only, and that connecting plane decided to leave without some of us and it wasn't our faults because our flight was delayed and arrived late. So, the airline collected us who got left behind, apologised, and gave us complimentary hotels to stay the night while waiting for the Next Day plane.
Agree, these are great tips but I'd rather just chill, go with the flow and enjoy the movies. Leave it to fate, you could end up sitting next to the man of your dreams 😍
@@lavender8415 Hmmmm.... interesting but, as long as i could remember (before covid when i used to travel frequently), all eco seats were always full and the business stayed empty. Never in my life i got upgraded to business even when the seats were empty at front. But what i missed the most about flight regulation BeforeCovid was that, 20kg or 30kg luggage was Already included in the ticket price. Because since the end of 2022, they changed the regulation and we need to buy the luggage separately, and the luggage price is always 1:1 to the ticket pricing, so it's like buying 2 return tickets for one person.
My American Airlines flight upgraded me to first class and I didn’t have to do anything like he said in the video, just was an AAdvantage member on my first flight with them :) (Saying this to show it can happen, I guess if there’s no one of a higher status than you on the flight… it was domestic though so basically like premium or smth)
never in my life i could afford a business class. One day i was heading home with Emirates. It was a 9 hours flight. I was very happy that i found a discounted fare 2 weeks prior. At the gate my name was called up, went straight to the desk only to find out i’ve been upgraded to business class. I guess it was just my day 😊
That was to show you that you can manifest when you don't put a blockage or resistance or lack or limitation mindset. You can have a day like that every day using the law of attraction. Now that you know what it feels like take yourself back to how wonderful it felt and you will attract things like that more and more. It's all about the emotions which is energy in motion, when you shift into a higher frequency consistent mindset and consciously choose High vibrational thoughts, the universe must conspire to line up with you, because we are Just Energy frequency and vibration. I'm an intuitive and what that was telling me was that the Divine wants you to start manifesting better things and it wants you to start shifting your conscious thoughts..❤ the more you play with the universe, the more it shows up for you. It's just waiting for you to enjoy everything it's trying to offer you. The more you sit in the higher vibrational frequencies like this Joy gratefulness love and peace.... and create that within, it will show up easily and effortlessly
@@jenifernadeau dude im pretty sure the universe is conspiring AGAINST me because I tried crypto trading and I was like "yo ok this is ez, all coins are going up now, we're in a bull market" and somehow both the coins I bought went -80% less than 24 hours apart while all other coins doubled or tripled in price. so unfortunately it seems that for me, the mindset is irrelevant.
@@spinaaaaait was the doubt and stress, greed and lack of faith in yourself and being able to manifest that made you loose, I've had the exact opposite experience, I fly business now..
As someone who flies a lot I can tell you that this only works if you have a huge amount of miles. If an airline has free upgrades available, they go to the most loyal customers. If you are new in the airline program, that means you've never spent money on them and there is no reason to upgrade you :O)
I’ve flown economy all my life. If I ever get an upgrade, cool. If not, i don’t really care. I just wanna reach my destination safely. At the end of the day, that’s all that matters to me.
That is just sad, even as a child I saw after the first two times that economy sucked hard and to always go for business or first class after my parents upgraded at the gate as a surprise.
But it makes a HUGE difference if your trip takes 30 (or more) hours. I fly a lot between Japan and Brazil, and there's no direct flight so I need to take 2 or 3 flights to get to my destination. For instance, in December I will fly to Brazil to visit my family and I will firstly take a 12 hours flight to Dubai, then wait some hours in the airport and then finally take a 15 hours flight to Rio. It's insane how I get exhausted in Economy seats.
Many airlines now send emails to customers when economy class is oversold. This is an offer to upgrade for a fixed amount or to put in a bid. Often, this offer is made at check in too. Frequent fliers are also encouraged to redeem their points. This way, the airline can maximize their revenue before handing out freebees to frequent fliers based on their fares and tiers. A well dressed customer is quite low in the pecking order. Trust me, there is not a lot that these airline staff have not come across already.
Right, like they would give a no status person priority over one of their loyal Gold or higher - or whatever they call their levels - members. 30 years ago, perhaps?
Without doing anything whatsoever I have been invited to board business about 8 times over the past 6 yrs. Ii have no explanation for this. They have all been US to London flights on different airlines. Also some domestic. east coast to LA. I am minding my own business waiting to board economy and someone will approach and ask if I would like to be bumped up. I honestly think it’s just good luck. I do always dress very well to fly, probably more so than most around me but I’m not convinced that’s the reason. Perhaps my subconscious is willing it at this point. Lol.
They do if economy is overbooked and business isn’t, whoever is the highest tier in economy will be upgraded first, at the gate. I was EK gold years ago and flying economy Jakarta to Dubai I was upgraded to business more times than I actually sat in economy on all the flights I took, as they always overbooked economy on that leg. So it can happen, but won’t happen to someone who isn’t platinum/gold already I highly doubt
I’m Emirates Gold, and have been upgraded multiple times from economy to biz, and biz to first on flights that are full / overbooked. Never gotten an upgrade on flights that have seats vacant.
@@jojovv5854it’s not a free upgrade, it’s a strategy the airline has, it overbooks economy and should everyone turn up they have no choice but to move select people up to the next class. BA do this as well in my experience as I was moved to business from economy the other week when the previously flight to the same destination was canceled. They haven’t purposely set out to provide free upgrades out of generosity, they have no choice but to move people. This has been known to go wrong when on busy flights every cabin class is overbooked and they’re asking people to stay over night in Dubai and get a coupon for a complimentary flight in future, in the case of emirates.
Yeah….no This day & age (I’m 63) flights are packed. FF who have premium status always get the upgrade. oh by the way , when traveling….comfort is king. I agree, being nice and polite never hurts any chance for potential upgrade or perk like a free drink in coach.
I doubt that very much, it’s not up to the crew to upgrade, there isn’t much extra food onboard, business vs economy food, it isn’t possible to make bulkhead requests via the phone and then there is the pre calculated weight balancing. But the signing up it true, if the flight is overbooked, and few or no other members are onboard, you get the upgrade, that happened to a friend of mine.
I'm flying a ton, have the highest status and got upgraded to Business for free once, because the plane was overbooked. A business ticket costs 5x the amount of Economy, they don't give that away if they don't have to unfortunately. You also can't trick them by just sitting in Business, because they have an iPad and check each Business guest in manually :D
It takes a miracle, to get an upgrade. Leaving Bali, was delayed by 8 hrs, do to G20 and the arrival of airforce one. This meant an aircraft full, of tiered angry passengers, arrived in Singapore at 05:00am. Singapore airlines refused to give anybody available business class’s seats on other air carriers, not even the business class passengers from our flight. They tried to force everybody to stay over night at nasty hotel and fly on 24 hrs later on available economy seats, which several of us refused, so eventually flew via London and got home with 12 hour delay not the 30 they were offering us. So yes, they rather pay for a cheap hotel and a nasty meal, then upgrade anybody.
I work on it currently, this asshat will inconvenience at least 5 ppl, and take time from ppl that could be tending to ASC crap like missconnections and such.. this is not the 50s the airline knows the fare WE all know..
Then don't try it, I'm Platinum now so don't need to do this but the first time I ever flew Business was literally from trying this out in 2017 and it worked, maybe it was dumb luck but I was a Blue member with zero miles at the time and had never gotten upgraded before that.
Emirates doesn't give complimentary upgrades for platinum either. If you're getting upgrades now it's because they are operational upgrades and you're at the top of the list after economy has been oversold.
@@Sergi.Galiano nonsense. Upgrading happens when flights are overbooked, it goes by status so platinum members first. And then simply by who paid the most for their ticket. It is a very transparent, clear and honest system. Nothing you do will influence it. (Years of platinum status here, plus multiple family members are pilots and cabin crew). -> if you just asked a random cabin crew member of an airliner they would have given you this exact answer.
I've taken eight flights this year. Six of them were completely booked. First class and business class were always booked up. You have a good idea if there's extra room on the plane.
I have travelled more then 50 times and never asked for a business class, I have flown in economy class, but someday I wanna experience business class, so don't hate me if I ask for business class next time because I wanna experience it, we are just humans, and we want to experience nice things in life, maybe people joy few moments of joy after a busy, problematic and stressful life, so don't hate when people ask for it, because it's made for people...
Other than signing up for the loyalty programme and dressing well nothing else will help get a free upgrade. If you are not polite, basically rude chances of you getting bumped off becomes high. Emirates upgrade is based on the Ticket fare and higher tier Skywards membership nothing else unless you are extremely lucky
Oh! You can actually ask for an upgrade. I was a check in staff for Qatar Airways and sometimes I used upgrade passengers when they requested for an upgrade but they have to be nice and polite also well dressed. But we can only upgrade passengers when economic class is overbooked, we upgrade gold and silver members first then well dressed passengers, sometimes I upgraded nice and well behaved passengers if I like them even though their dressing is okay. Actually this what all check in staffs do.
Dr. Honda take your time to react to anything that you think needs reacting to! I won’t mind if it takes until next year to get until the really good stuff. I’m enjoying everything you’re putting out about Sister Wives. Thank you again!
Upgrades go to high mileage members FIRST, IF they are available. Next group eligible for upgrades are those willing to pay for it (revenue upgrade). Many even leave them empty unless you are willing to pay.
The airline staff look so lovely and smart in their uniforms and the overall they are wearing for serving in 1st class. A credit to the airline company. 😊😊
I’ll say one thing, but this is very old (pre 9/11) advice. Get there late. Be the last to board, be very polite and low key. I was given first class seating on almost every flight after I was late one flying from Paris to Boston. It was a genuine Oopsie, and I apologized profusely, they sat me in a relatively empty first class and said they’d move me later. Whey later came the attendant said “you’ve been very calm and quiet, if you’d like to stay just keep being you”. I got all the goodies too! It was very nice. I booked first class a couple times after that, I never fly first domestically, that’s silly, I mostly went from NYC to the Midwest and these are short trips, but anything overseas, more than 6 hours I’d shoot for first. And I started noticing that friendliness, plain old common decency really made a difference. I stopped booking first and would not be LATE LATE, but the last to board and I’d ask how their day was, and it was almost 100% success with getting seated up front. Since 9/11 it’s really hard to get there late or just walk on 😂 However, I have gotten seated up front for being helpful with other flyers and so long as you don’t expect it even getting seated up front a few times is a major coup! And always always show extreme gratitude!! Also, lay low, don’t be obnoxious about it. Stick with your fave airline too, they give lots of perks. Delta is my favorite domestically, Singapore is just perfect (and I’ve always paid for first with them) and Emirates is a crapshoot. But, so long as you don’t fly a crap airline you’ll have a decent seat and great service regardless. And if you don’t want to pay for first business is still a very nice boost from coach.
This totally works!!! Well it worked like in the 80s or 90s… Not 2024, they might have bumped you up to show some prestige but airlines don’t care about that anymore.
I just like going to the desk at the gate and ask them to page my friend Harry Seaword. You either get that upgrade after the agent stops laugh. Or airport security comes and drags you off😂
I've never had any upgrades from eco to business but, One time, i won 2 return economy tickets to Japan and i took it and used it. When i got transit to change plane, connecting plane decided to leave without some of us and it wasn't our faults because our flight was delayed and arrived late. So, the airline collected us who got left behind, apologised, and gave us complimentary hotels to stay the night while waiting for the Next Day plane. And the day i was about to go home, they messaged me about a change in the flight time and i said okay. And when i arrived at the airport for that changed timeline, i checked in and they said that the specific plane already left, and i was like Whhaaaattt? My companion was already complaining at me(not that it's ny fault), But luckily, the check-in lady was very kind and she decided to give me a complimentary tickets FOR FREE for us so that we could go home. I was like, so relieved and thanked her like so much and i waited to be called and depart. Wiuhhhhh, what an experience for me, that was, ngl.
I always dress up for flights. I've been upgraded twice on long-haul. Another nice move is to greet the flight attendants on entering the plane. They really appreciate being treated well. Thanking them on leaving is also a kindness.
I can recommend to ask if they still have a sweet left in business class. It worked already several times because people are too shy to ask or think it’s rude ☺️
I work for an Airline. Having booked ancillaries without paying them will prevent doing the Check-in and Airport Agents contact us to cancel the unpaid request to be able to print the boarding card. All of those steps do not make sense to me tbh.
I was traveling with a couple, and they were with me in the economy section. The plane wasn't full, and they asked if they could sleep in at first class. The flight attendant was polite and allowed them the upgrade without any charges.
I was cabin crew for Emirates, this creates such unnecessary expectations when people get on board because a lot goes into consideration, catering in business class, frequent flyers who might be in economy and are platinum members. It’s a lot!
I heard a zookeeper once talk about the escape drills they did. She was down for all of them. Except one. If she heard the call for an escaped chimp “ I’m going to the parking lot getting in my car and going home to look for a new job”
as a bosnian who is traveling the typical "bosnian diaspora pilgrim path" from west germany down to bosnia which takes more than 15 hours means for me that a normal economy flight which is not even a non stop flight is already business class because i am used to have much worse travel conditions with car :'D
I don’t even fly with proper airlines. The last time I had to fly, the airplane didn’t even have classes. The only difference was between people who chose their sits and people who boarded last 😂
I got a free upgrade recently from premium economy to business when taking the EK flight, during the boarding process. No, did not ask for anything, i just felt strange that they change my boarding pass, then came to realise my seat had been changed, and i'm going to be sitting in the business class section. It seem like someone had cancelled or postpone the flight, that's why i get a free upgrade.
Why would it be rude to ask if there any spare seats available in business? I am aure they can see right through the unsubtle 'hints' aboht being a new frequent flyer...
Airlines used to fill those seats up but every airline I've been on in the last decade or so will let them go empty for an entire flight even if it's international. They will move people out of the seats even if it's empty. Everyone in economy wants to get out of economy. It's not rude it's just annoying like "I guess it's free now" when a cashier is having trouble scanning barcodes.
Sorry, this will rarely work. Maybe on some unpopular route with a half empty business class cabin. First off FF programs work by tiers and seniority. Software decides who gets the upgrade, usually days before a flight. Used to be miles now it’s SPEND mostly. And calling? That does nothing. Those people have little/no say. Maybe are in a call center in another country. Show up early; politely ask the person at check in, remind them you’re still interested. Yes, dressing well helps make a good impression.
I've only been upgraded once - and yes, I was in a suit. My strategy-in-waiting, for when the next check-in agent says she has a problem: to say, 'Can I help you in any way?'
As an airline staff that has nothing to do with an complimentary upgrade to businesses class the airline start giving upgrades for free when the economy class is overbooked and the system will prioritise frequent flyers who have hight point for the upgrade so everyone will have a set on the aircraft
OMG THIS ACTUALLY WORKEDD! I came in a suit and let them know I'm a member and made several calls for an upgrade. I was personally escorted off the aircraft. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
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If you want an upgrade on Emirates, you are going to have to pay. Either in cold hard currency or in points. They will fly first and business class half empty before they give away free upgrades.
Once I got a business class in Eurowings… don’t laugh, I know it’s totally different than other planes but I got free snack and nobody sit next to me 😅 still happy tho
I tried this and it worked. I then woke up to discover I was still seated in economy.
LMAO
LMFAO
NO WAY LMFAOO
Lucky you, I "woke up" and I was just daydreaming walking down the street.
That’s funny as
"ma'am you have 0 airmiles on your account, try harder"
lol, exactly.
😂😂😂
Nah bruh they told me “cry” harder 😭
😂😂😂. That's what i think. Howcome zero miles get bussines class seat.
😂😂😂😂😂
Dress to impress. and then don't get the upgrade. enjoy your suite and tie flight in economy
Yeah my dad always wears a suit on his flight 😂
😂😂😂
Hahahaha
Tie? Were you born last century ??
@@nm8548😘🤭
Honestly, after listening to this, i'm 100% sure that i would still be seated on economy. 😂😂😂
Right next to that guy 😂😂😂
@@Me-123
Or the family with screaming baby all 5 hours long.
Also, I've never had any upgrades from eco to business but,
One time, i won 2 return economy tickets to Japan and i embraced it and decided to travel.
The flight was 2hours to reach Singapore only to transit to another plane and the transit time is 50minutes only, and that connecting plane decided to leave without some of us and it wasn't our faults because our flight was delayed and arrived late.
So, the airline collected us who got left behind, apologised, and gave us complimentary hotels to stay the night while waiting for the Next Day plane.
Agree, these are great tips but I'd rather just chill, go with the flow and enjoy the movies. Leave it to fate, you could end up sitting next to the man of your dreams 😍
@@SteffiJ-gu1rr
That sounds dreamy but yea, that be awesome ngl
someone wake this dude up. It’s 2024 now.
🎃😃👍
I like this comment very much! Bravo Dude 🎉
True.
It might work Before Covid, but after 2021, ALL Flight Regulations, Pricing and etc, they all changed
@@World_of_DramaWhen the economy class is overbooked we can upgrade the passengers to business class. I used to be an airline check in staff.
@@lavender8415
Hmmmm.... interesting but, as long as i could remember (before covid when i used to travel frequently), all eco seats were always full and the business stayed empty. Never in my life i got upgraded to business even when the seats were empty at front.
But what i missed the most about flight regulation BeforeCovid was that, 20kg or 30kg luggage was Already included in the ticket price.
Because since the end of 2022, they changed the regulation and we need to buy the luggage separately, and the luggage price is always 1:1 to the ticket pricing, so it's like buying 2 return tickets for one person.
Step 1
Be rich.
Step 2
Refer to step 1
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😂😂😂 TRUTH!!!
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Best advice😂
@@goondabosslm i know right 🤣🤣🤣
Im not rich and i fly business just work harder
If they're going to upgrade a frequent flier, they'll upgrade someone with miles and a higher status, not a two month old account
My American Airlines flight upgraded me to first class and I didn’t have to do anything like he said in the video, just was an AAdvantage member on my first flight with them :) (Saying this to show it can happen, I guess if there’s no one of a higher status than you on the flight… it was domestic though so basically like premium or smth)
@@douba_plusaYeah but not always
True lol who's going to tell him... 😂
Thisssss
--- What a BS video 😂. The things people post for views and comments! 😂
never in my life i could afford a business class. One day i was heading home with Emirates. It was a 9 hours flight. I was very happy that i found a discounted fare 2 weeks prior. At the gate my name was called up, went straight to the desk only to find out i’ve been upgraded to business class. I guess it was just my day 😊
That was to show you that you can manifest when you don't put a blockage or resistance or lack or limitation mindset. You can have a day like that every day using the law of attraction. Now that you know what it feels like take yourself back to how wonderful it felt and you will attract things like that more and more. It's all about the emotions which is energy in motion, when you shift into a higher frequency consistent mindset and consciously choose High vibrational thoughts, the universe must conspire to line up with you, because we are Just Energy frequency and vibration. I'm an intuitive and what that was telling me was that the Divine wants you to start manifesting better things and it wants you to start shifting your conscious thoughts..❤ the more you play with the universe, the more it shows up for you. It's just waiting for you to enjoy everything it's trying to offer you. The more you sit in the higher vibrational frequencies like this Joy gratefulness love and peace.... and create that within, it will show up easily and effortlessly
Love your comment ❤@@jenifernadeau
@@jenifernadeau dude im pretty sure the universe is conspiring AGAINST me because I tried crypto trading and I was like "yo ok this is ez, all coins are going up now, we're in a bull market" and somehow both the coins I bought went -80% less than 24 hours apart while all other coins doubled or tripled in price. so unfortunately it seems that for me, the mindset is irrelevant.
@@spinaaaaait was the doubt and stress, greed and lack of faith in yourself and being able to manifest that made you loose, I've had the exact opposite experience, I fly business now..
@@spinaaaaaevery thing plays it's role mindset is a THING have very positive thoughts Abt it and invest mindfully with full knowledge as well.
As someone who flies a lot I can tell you that this only works if you have a huge amount of miles. If an airline has free upgrades available, they go to the most loyal customers.
If you are new in the airline program, that means you've never spent money on them and there is no reason to upgrade you :O)
Wait. I just learnt I have 145,639 miles!!!
I've read the guy's responses in the comments, bro got lucky ONCE in 2017 and now he does tutorials on how to do it lmao
HAHAHAHA
This mindset will never take you to business class, will only make you a life-time economy class passenger in every single area of your life.
I’ve flown economy all my life. If I ever get an upgrade, cool. If not, i don’t really care. I just wanna reach my destination safely. At the end of the day, that’s all that matters to me.
I’ve rode the Greyhound a few occasions. Economy is nothing. Put up with it for 4 hours? Easy.
That is just sad, even as a child I saw after the first two times that economy sucked hard and to always go for business or first class after my parents upgraded at the gate as a surprise.
@@offworlder1why is that sad? You expect everyone to have the same priorities? The man is happy, fu*k off.
But it makes a HUGE difference if your trip takes 30 (or more) hours. I fly a lot between Japan and Brazil, and there's no direct flight so I need to take 2 or 3 flights to get to my destination. For instance, in December I will fly to Brazil to visit my family and I will firstly take a 12 hours flight to Dubai, then wait some hours in the airport and then finally take a 15 hours flight to Rio.
It's insane how I get exhausted in Economy seats.
How do u put in a request for something u haven’t even booked or paid for?
@@Nanticoke I paid for the economy flights, I got the upgrade for free. I think me not clarifying has caused a lot of confusion lol
@@Sergi.Galiano YOOH !!!
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@@Sergi.Galiano
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@@Sergi.Galiano I got hotel room updrades to suites not all airlone do so
Many airlines now send emails to customers when economy class is oversold. This is an offer to upgrade for a fixed amount or to put in a bid. Often, this offer is made at check in too. Frequent fliers are also encouraged to redeem their points. This way, the airline can maximize their revenue before handing out freebees to frequent fliers based on their fares and tiers. A well dressed customer is quite low in the pecking order. Trust me, there is not a lot that these airline staff have not come across already.
It used to work when the check-in people had control over the seat allocation, now every check-in is just a bag-drop service.
THIS ACTUALLY WORKED! I got a business class upgrade. But when I woke up, I was still falling in line in the check in luggage.
Right, like they would give a no status person priority over one of their loyal Gold or higher - or whatever they call their levels - members.
30 years ago, perhaps?
Plot twist: None of this works 😅
Without doing anything whatsoever I have been invited to board business about 8 times over the past 6 yrs. Ii have no explanation for this. They have all been US to London flights on different airlines. Also some domestic. east coast to LA. I am minding my own business waiting to board economy and someone will approach and ask if I would like to be bumped up. I honestly think it’s just good luck. I do always dress very well to fly, probably more so than most around me but I’m not convinced that’s the reason. Perhaps my subconscious is willing it at this point. Lol.
This is called The Lord's Favour😊 surely you're a kind person
Nice!
Do you often fly solo?
absolute bullshit
Emirates doesn’t do free upgrades or free loyalty member upgrades so this definitely is fake
They do if economy is overbooked and business isn’t, whoever is the highest tier in economy will be upgraded first, at the gate. I was EK gold years ago and flying economy Jakarta to Dubai I was upgraded to business more times than I actually sat in economy on all the flights I took, as they always overbooked economy on that leg. So it can happen, but won’t happen to someone who isn’t platinum/gold already I highly doubt
I’m Emirates Gold, and have been upgraded multiple times from economy to biz, and biz to first on flights that are full / overbooked. Never gotten an upgrade on flights that have seats vacant.
Emirates r actually quite generous in giving free upgrades. The airlines that dont do as far as i know is singapore airlines
As someone who used to work for Emirates I can confirm this is not how you get upgrades.
@@jojovv5854it’s not a free upgrade, it’s a strategy the airline has, it overbooks economy and should everyone turn up they have no choice but to move select people up to the next class. BA do this as well in my experience as I was moved to business from economy the other week when the previously flight to the same destination was canceled. They haven’t purposely set out to provide free upgrades out of generosity, they have no choice but to move people. This has been known to go wrong when on busy flights every cabin class is overbooked and they’re asking people to stay over night in Dubai and get a coupon for a complimentary flight in future, in the case of emirates.
Yeah….no
This day & age (I’m 63) flights are packed. FF who have premium status always get the upgrade. oh by the way , when traveling….comfort is king. I agree, being nice and polite never hurts any chance for potential upgrade or perk like a free drink in coach.
I doubt that very much, it’s not up to the crew to upgrade, there isn’t much extra food onboard, business vs economy food, it isn’t possible to make bulkhead requests via the phone and then there is the pre calculated weight balancing.
But the signing up it true, if the flight is overbooked, and few or no other members are onboard, you get the upgrade, that happened to a friend of mine.
Only long haul flights is matters ， domestic flights upgrade is sucks
I'm flying a ton, have the highest status and got upgraded to Business for free once, because the plane was overbooked. A business ticket costs 5x the amount of Economy, they don't give that away if they don't have to unfortunately.
You also can't trick them by just sitting in Business, because they have an iPad and check each Business guest in manually :D
It takes a miracle, to get an upgrade. Leaving Bali, was delayed by 8 hrs, do to G20 and the arrival of airforce one.
This meant an aircraft full, of tiered angry passengers, arrived in Singapore at 05:00am. Singapore airlines refused to give anybody available business class’s seats on other air carriers, not even the business class passengers from our flight. They tried to force everybody to stay over night at nasty hotel and fly on 24 hrs later on available economy seats, which several of us refused, so eventually flew via London and got home with 12 hour delay not the 30 they were offering us.
So yes, they rather pay for a cheap hotel and a nasty meal, then upgrade anybody.
The last time I dressed to impress I had one economy passenger telling me im wearing too much gucci for economy 😂
What utter utter utter nonsense.
You’re welcome
Love from someone who’s worked in the industry for 30 years.
Now this is a real review!
I work on it currently, this asshat will inconvenience at least 5 ppl, and take time from ppl that could be tending to ASC crap like missconnections and such.. this is not the 50s the airline knows the fare WE all know..
What a load of BS. Don’t ever expect an upgrade unless you have platinum membership or have been gold for years.
Or just simply pay for business class. Lol
Then don't try it, I'm Platinum now so don't need to do this but the first time I ever flew Business was literally from trying this out in 2017 and it worked, maybe it was dumb luck but I was a Blue member with zero miles at the time and had never gotten upgraded before that.
Yeah you were lucky it happens sometimes
Emirates doesn't give complimentary upgrades for platinum either. If you're getting upgrades now it's because they are operational upgrades and you're at the top of the list after economy has been oversold.
@@Sergi.Galiano nonsense. Upgrading happens when flights are overbooked, it goes by status so platinum members first. And then simply by who paid the most for their ticket. It is a very transparent, clear and honest system. Nothing you do will influence it. (Years of platinum status here, plus multiple family members are pilots and cabin crew). -> if you just asked a random cabin crew member of an airliner they would have given you this exact answer.
I've taken eight flights this year. Six of them were completely booked. First class and business class were always booked up. You have a good idea if there's extra room on the plane.
I used to work for this airline and we hate it when people open their mouth asking for upgrades cuz everyone does it
I have travelled more then 50 times and never asked for a business class, I have flown in economy class, but someday I wanna experience business class, so don't hate me if I ask for business class next time because I wanna experience it, we are just humans, and we want to experience nice things in life, maybe people joy few moments of joy after a busy, problematic and stressful life, so don't hate when people ask for it, because it's made for people...
If you can’t afford it stop trying to get it for free.
But not being able to afford it is precisely why someone would want to try it for free.
Other than signing up for the loyalty programme and dressing well nothing else will help get a free upgrade. If you are not polite, basically rude chances of you getting bumped off becomes high.
Emirates upgrade is based on the Ticket fare and higher tier Skywards membership nothing else unless you are extremely lucky
The moment the secret trick is published, it's, well, over.
Oh! You can actually ask for an upgrade. I was a check in staff for Qatar Airways and sometimes I used upgrade passengers when they requested for an upgrade but they have to be nice and polite also well dressed. But we can only upgrade passengers when economic class is overbooked, we upgrade gold and silver members first then well dressed passengers, sometimes I upgraded nice and well behaved passengers if I like them even though their dressing is okay. Actually this what all check in staffs do.
If you can’t afford, just be real!! 😂
This is so dumb and untrue
Summarizing all the steps: buy yourself a first class or business ticket if you want to flight first/business class. Simple 😢
Only surefire way is to pay sir. You get what you pay for, as with most things in life!
Dr. Honda take your time to react to anything that you think needs reacting to! I won’t mind if it takes until next year to get until the really good stuff. I’m enjoying everything you’re putting out about Sister Wives. Thank you again!
They barely let you in, they don’t engage in any conversation because they have 200 passengers to deal with.
How does one put in a request for a bulkhead seat without paying for it?
Upgrades go to high mileage members FIRST, IF they are available. Next group eligible for upgrades are those willing to pay for it (revenue upgrade). Many even leave them empty unless you are willing to pay.
The dress is so dreamy😍😍 they did such a great job✨✨
Imagine going through all this effort to sit in a slightly more padded chair for 3-6 hours.
Step 1 : work harder and earn more money
Step 2 : book the business class seat
The airline staff look so lovely and smart in their uniforms and the overall they are wearing for serving in 1st class. A credit to the airline company. 😊😊
Que entrevista incrível!!!!! Chorei e ri junto com sua mãe!! Que lindo 💕💕💕 obrigada por compartilhar sofy!
I’ll say one thing, but this is very old (pre 9/11) advice.
Get there late. Be the last to board, be very polite and low key.
I was given first class seating on almost every flight after I was late one flying from Paris to Boston.
It was a genuine Oopsie, and I apologized profusely, they sat me in a relatively empty first class and said they’d move me later.
Whey later came the attendant said “you’ve been very calm and quiet, if you’d like to stay just keep being you”.
I got all the goodies too!
It was very nice.
I booked first class a couple times after that, I never fly first domestically, that’s silly, I mostly went from NYC to the Midwest and these are short trips, but anything overseas, more than 6 hours I’d shoot for first.
And I started noticing that friendliness, plain old common decency really made a difference.
I stopped booking first and would not be LATE LATE, but the last to board and I’d ask how their day was, and it was almost 100% success with getting seated up front.
Since 9/11 it’s really hard to get there late or just walk on 😂
However, I have gotten seated up front for being helpful with other flyers and so long as you don’t expect it even getting seated up front a few times is a major coup!
And always always show extreme gratitude!! Also, lay low, don’t be obnoxious about it.
Stick with your fave airline too, they give lots of perks.
Delta is my favorite domestically, Singapore is just perfect (and I’ve always paid for first with them) and Emirates is a crapshoot.
But, so long as you don’t fly a crap airline you’ll have a decent seat and great service regardless.
And if you don’t want to pay for first business is still a very nice boost from coach.
this is a great story, thank you. why is emirates a crapshoot? had any bad experiences with them?
Airline staff wondering why idiots are calling them up asking about boolquehead, bilgehead, bolkhead seats.
Too funny 😂
This totally works!!!
Well it worked like in the 80s or 90s… Not 2024, they might have bumped you up to show some prestige but airlines don’t care about that anymore.
Haha “Tell them you’re a member” 😂.
I love how smooth you lie 😂
It work on braindead people
Dress to impress. I miss the days when people took pride before going out.
You still can, no one is stopping you lol
I just like going to the desk at the gate and ask them to page my friend Harry Seaword. You either get that upgrade after the agent stops laugh. Or airport security comes and drags you off😂
imagine one of the flight attendant see this video 😂
Yes, do not ask for an upgrade!!!
I’m not giving a cent more than I need to these airlines screw them…
The marketing is wild here lol
I've never had any upgrades from eco to business but,
One time, i won 2 return economy tickets to Japan and i took it and used it.
When i got transit to change plane, connecting plane decided to leave without some of us and it wasn't our faults because our flight was delayed and arrived late.
So, the airline collected us who got left behind, apologised, and gave us complimentary hotels to stay the night while waiting for the Next Day plane.
And the day i was about to go home, they messaged me about a change in the flight time and i said okay. And when i arrived at the airport for that changed timeline, i checked in and they said that the specific plane already left, and i was like Whhaaaattt? My companion was already complaining at me(not that it's ny fault),
But luckily, the check-in lady was very kind and she decided to give me a complimentary tickets FOR FREE for us so that we could go home.
I was like, so relieved and thanked her like so much and i waited to be called and depart. Wiuhhhhh, what an experience for me, that was, ngl.
I always dress up for flights. I've been upgraded twice on long-haul. Another nice move is to greet the flight attendants on entering the plane. They really appreciate being treated well. Thanking them on leaving is also a kindness.
The quote of the year: “It’s a Boeing, so let’s hope nothing bad happens” ~Eric Struk 😅😂
Edit: thanks for 10 likes ❤️
Also ex EK. It actually could have worked in 90th.....
Now all about money, even emergency seat!
I can recommend to ask if they still have a sweet left in business class. It worked already several times because people are too shy to ask or think it’s rude ☺️
Sorry but you’re wrong - it’s an automated system that does upgrades. Please stop presenting false information.
I work for an Airline. Having booked ancillaries without paying them will prevent doing the Check-in and Airport Agents contact us to cancel the unpaid request to be able to print the boarding card. All of those steps do not make sense to me tbh.
Tip of the day - buy business class tickets to fly in business class.
I was traveling with a couple, and they were with me in the economy section. The plane wasn't full, and they asked if they could sleep in at first class. The flight attendant was polite and allowed them the upgrade without any charges.
Mile high club threesome
You could also just buy business class tickets and not do this song and dance that will likely fail.
Whenever I flew on businesses I dressed ready for my meeting g on arrival. I automatically was upgraded nearly every flight.
BS
At this point I'd be grateful for any flight anywhere
I called it Bull the moment i saw the title, there's no free upgrades.
There is a reason why his video received tons of comments.
My point exactly
It technically isn’t free because you still have to pay for the economy seat 😂
Dude probably also applies to jobs armed only with eye contact and a firm handshake
The funniest thing about watching this video is to hear this guy lecture me what's rude or not.
I was cabin crew for Emirates, this creates such unnecessary expectations when people get on board because a lot goes into consideration, catering in business class, frequent flyers who might be in economy and are platinum members. It’s a lot!
❤ I like ur videos sir ❤ tc
I heard a zookeeper once talk about the escape drills they did. She was down for all of them. Except one. If she heard the call for an escaped chimp “ I’m going to the parking lot getting in my car and going home to look for a new job”
That last Aerial shot was mesmerizing bro 😍😍
So it's a scam
I call bullship!
as a bosnian who is traveling the typical "bosnian diaspora pilgrim path" from west germany down to bosnia which takes more than 15 hours means for me that a normal economy flight which is not even a non stop flight is already business class because i am used to have much worse travel conditions with car :'D
Don’t ask for an upgrade… but then proceeds to ask for an upgrade 😂
How i wanna do this
Lol, no just no
I don’t even fly with proper airlines. The last time I had to fly, the airplane didn’t even have classes. The only difference was between people who chose their sits and people who boarded last 😂
I got a free upgrade recently from premium economy to business when taking the EK flight, during the boarding process. No, did not ask for anything, i just felt strange that they change my boarding pass, then came to realise my seat had been changed, and i'm going to be sitting in the business class section. It seem like someone had cancelled or postpone the flight, that's why i get a free upgrade.
Why would it be rude to ask if there any spare seats available in business? I am aure they can see right through the unsubtle 'hints' aboht being a new frequent flyer...
Airlines used to fill those seats up but every airline I've been on in the last decade or so will let them go empty for an entire flight even if it's international. They will move people out of the seats even if it's empty. Everyone in economy wants to get out of economy. It's not rude it's just annoying like "I guess it's free now" when a cashier is having trouble scanning barcodes.
Thats a lot of dang work😂 im just happy i get to fly out the country
Sorry, this will rarely work. Maybe on some unpopular route with a half empty business class cabin. First off FF programs work by tiers and seniority. Software decides who gets the upgrade, usually days before a flight. Used to be miles now it’s SPEND mostly. And calling? That does nothing. Those people have little/no say. Maybe are in a call center in another country.
Show up early; politely ask the person at check in, remind them you’re still interested. Yes, dressing well helps make a good impression.
Am i the only one who will never use such tricks but still watching him carefully 😂
I work as airport passenger service for Delta, you can be on a wait list for standby for a business class upgrade but not much other than that.
I've only been upgraded once - and yes, I was in a suit.
My strategy-in-waiting, for when the next check-in agent says she has a problem: to say, 'Can I help you in any way?'
As an airline staff that has nothing to do with an complimentary upgrade to businesses class the airline start giving upgrades for free when the economy class is overbooked and the system will prioritise frequent flyers who have hight point for the upgrade so everyone will have a set on the aircraft
I get an free upgrade while wearing Hoodie and pajama.
If you have charming personality and good looks then nothing matters
OMG THIS ACTUALLY WORKEDD! I came in a suit and let them know I'm a member and made several calls for an upgrade. I was personally escorted off the aircraft. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
"Be polite and snatch that boarding pass back" 😅😂
Balik lg ke preference owner sih, kenapa cleaning tools ga disimpan di laundry room ya, lemari penyimpanan biar full utk stok sehari2.
Namun, suka ide nya utk lemari penyimpanan, krn barang keperluan sehari2, seperti lap2, tas belanja, alat jahit, batre, tisu, dll perlu juga ada tempat tersendiri apalagi utk kami, family of 6.
4 anak, remaja - bayi.
Rumahnya benar2 worth to wait. Masa pembangunan yg cukup panjang hingga jadi seperti itu.
Masya Allah..
I want a seat that gets me faster to my destination than everyone else onboard 😊
If you want an upgrade on Emirates, you are going to have to pay. Either in cold hard currency or in points. They will fly first and business class half empty before they give away free upgrades.
These kind of videos just make their jobs harder :’)
I tried it and was upgraded to first class! You the man!
Once I got a business class in Eurowings… don’t laugh, I know it’s totally different than other planes but I got free snack and nobody sit next to me 😅 still happy tho