Originally Posted by pnwjourneys

FYI for anyone using Expert Flyer to check Z availability on Emirates--I have an award ticket booked in business from DAR to DXB, then DXB to SEA with a 2 day stopover in Dubai. EF is now showing Z1 for both flights, and the AS site is showing a mixed cabin award available for my itinerary (1st for DAR to DXB, business for DXB to SEA). But when I called just now to try to switch to 1st, I was told the 1st class request came back unconfirmed for BOTH flights--they were not able to book the even the mixed cabin combination showing on the AS site. So not only can you not go on what EF shows, you can't even trust what's on the AS site. Frustrating to say the least.

So...here's hoping for Z2 sometime between now and November! Speaking of which, does DXB-SEA usually fill up in 1st? I've been checking seating charts on EF daily for that flight, and it looks like it usually has a few seats left in 1st--although of course that doesn't mean things don't fill up last minute. Just curious what people's experience has been on this route.