Originally Posted by
lamphs
Great reporting as always! Curious about obtaining the LH F award as I've read that those seats open last minute. And was EK F an award? I've also read that those are now hard to obtain unless one has status with EK. (I had an EK F award booked last year, DXB-JFK, via Aeroplan, but had to cancel due to a work conflict. I was very disappointed in that EK was the only F product, other than KE, that I hadn't flown.)
Thanks
lamphs. LH awards were pre-devaluation 115K M&M awards. EK was an EK award ticket at 186K plus $1200 or so in fees. One now needs status to book using EK skywards miles. The good news is that EK is now releasing more than 1 F award seats on many flights.