I haven't seen *any* F available on the DXB-SEA nonstop for at least a year. ORD-DXB in F seems quite rare as well. I often do see Award space available from LAX, SFO, DFW, IAH, BOS, and JFK. FWIW ..the SEA-DXB flights are on 777s ...which supposedly is not quite as luxe an experience as it is on the A380. I would look for DXB to one of the other gateways with a connection to SEA. I managed to get 3 of us on the same flight in F for DFW-DXB in October (it will be our first time on EK).