Also liked Fly Ahead, or whatever it was called, though I expect it cost them significant marginal revenue from precisely those customers who might pay it.

Platinum, and the following is enough for me. A reasonable lounge with refreshments and good wifi, not too crowded. Proper meal-like food at dinner time and a passable breakfast. In other words, exactly what they had, though I personally can take or leave the free booze. A reasonable business cla...

Doesn't hurt to check every day.. EK availability does come and go, so you might get lucky. I once snagged 2x J SYD-DXB on Boxing Day about 6 weeks before.

Waitlisted redemptions will not be confirmed 2 weeks before. They will be either confirmed or cancelled at that time, so this implies that you can't be on a waitlist inside 2 weeks out, making a reduction in benefit.There's also increases in the number of miles needed for redemptions. So all take...

Yup, same experience. Takes ages, but once that 20 day period is over, call them and it happens relatively quickly.