It seems there’s a bit of a timezone mix-up here — your post is indeed dated today. I’m based in Europe, and since Emirates is headquartered in Dubai, June 9 (the start of the announced maintenance period) is already well underway from both perspectives.

Given that, it’s worth considering whether the unusual reward availability you’re seeing might simply be linked to the Skywards system maintenance that’s been clearly communicated. You’re describing exactly the kind of disruption Emirates warned about — temporary issues with reward bookings.I’m monitoring a route myself at the moment and can observe similar behavior: sometimes award availability appears, sometimes it doesn’t. Clearly, there’s backend work happening, just as announced.

So with all due respect, I think everything that needs to be said on this has already been covered.