Originally Posted by
donjo
I think there is a misunderstanding. Round trip first class on Emirates to Dubai from Washington DC prices at $25,000 per ticket. My goal is to get from the United States to Dubai, round trip, first class, for about a week during the first half of June. I found reward availability from the United States leaving from Washington DC for those dates. I have no status on Emirates. I would be using AMEX points to book the reservation
If you're using AMEX points directly through their travel portal they're valued at USD 0.01 so you're burning $4,150 worth of points plus $3,500 in taxes, if I understand you correctly. So that's $7660. As for the entire revenue ticket thing, sometimes point-beyond travel to low F demand locations can get you some really great fares. I just searched ExpertFlyer, and if you're willing to position to YYZ and travel on certain days of the week,"stop over" in DXB and then turn right around in Cairo, you can bag relatively the same fare for less "value" and earn a boat ton of redeemable miles on a program of your choice (AS comes to mind as you're US based). Can you clarify how you plan to book?
