Apr 5, 2014, 3:23 pm
Last edit by: eponymous_coward
Emirates award guide using Alaska Airlines miles
Routing Rules:
All trips must start or end in North America.
One open jaw and one stopover allowed on each one-way award.
No fees for changes/cancellations prior to 60 days from departure.
North American Gateway Cities:
West Coast
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Central
Chicago
Dallas
Houston
East Coast
Boston
New York (JFK)
Orlando (Effective September 1, 2015)
Washington DC (IAD)
Canada
Toronto
Award Chart Links*:
Middle East & Africa
Asia
Europe
*If region is not listed on chart its not available.
Perks
Chauffeur Drive NOT Available
Car service is not available for all Business Class and First Class passengers on Alaska Airlines ticketed award tickets on Emirates flights (as of Jan 2015). The chauffeur will not confirm if you use the EK website for this, though the website makes it look you can make a reservation.
Lounges
Access is available for all passengers traveling in Business and First Class. Not all cities have lounges and many may be operated by a Partner. There have been some reports of people having an issue accessing the Dubai lounges as the tickets may appear in their system as non-revenue employee travel. This is not as much of a problem as it used to be but in case it comes up please advise the lounge attendant that you are on an Alaska Airlines award.
Dubai Connect
AS Awards on EK do not qualify for Dubai Connect, which is the service that offers the free hotel.
Tricks to find Transoceanic availability
Instead of performing a blanket, i.e. SEA-DXB search, perform: SEA-MED.
Madinah is a destination that is only served by EK. Consequently, if there is availability, only EK will show up in the calendar results.
Routing Rules:
All trips must start or end in North America.
One open jaw and one stopover allowed on each one-way award.
No fees for changes/cancellations prior to 60 days from departure.
North American Gateway Cities:
West Coast
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Central
Chicago
Dallas
Houston
East Coast
Boston
New York (JFK)
Orlando (Effective September 1, 2015)
Washington DC (IAD)
Canada
Toronto
Award Chart Links*:
Middle East & Africa
Asia
Europe
*If region is not listed on chart its not available.
Perks
Chauffeur Drive NOT Available
Car service is not available for all Business Class and First Class passengers on Alaska Airlines ticketed award tickets on Emirates flights (as of Jan 2015). The chauffeur will not confirm if you use the EK website for this, though the website makes it look you can make a reservation.
Lounges
Access is available for all passengers traveling in Business and First Class. Not all cities have lounges and many may be operated by a Partner. There have been some reports of people having an issue accessing the Dubai lounges as the tickets may appear in their system as non-revenue employee travel. This is not as much of a problem as it used to be but in case it comes up please advise the lounge attendant that you are on an Alaska Airlines award.
Dubai Connect
AS Awards on EK do not qualify for Dubai Connect, which is the service that offers the free hotel.
Tricks to find Transoceanic availability
Instead of performing a blanket, i.e. SEA-DXB search, perform: SEA-MED.
Madinah is a destination that is only served by EK. Consequently, if there is availability, only EK will show up in the calendar results.
Consolidated Emirates (EK) awards availability/booking/routing thread
Mar 23, 2015, 11:23 am
#1699
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Mar 24, 2015, 6:48 am
#1700
Join Date: Oct 2002
Programs: United Premier 1K
Posts: 1,230
Posting from ICN, about to fly on my AS award ticket ICN-DXB-JFK.
Had no major issues checking in (although it took the agent about 5 minutes to confirm that Canadians did not need a visa to fly to the US
). We were given passes to use the Asiana F Lounge across from the EK gate. (Note for anyone else flying out of ICN - go over to the business side of the lounge for a better/different selection of food if you don't like the spread on the F side)
My main concern is that both my boarding pass and my husband's for the connecting flight from DBX-JFK are labeled SSSS. We have no idea why, other than perhaps it's because of award ticket having similar coding to airline employee tickets (which also come up SSSS often I believe). It does seem odd though that the computer thinks we are "no threat" for ICN security, but need to have extra scanning at DXB.
Had no major issues checking in (although it took the agent about 5 minutes to confirm that Canadians did not need a visa to fly to the US
). We were given passes to use the Asiana F Lounge across from the EK gate. (Note for anyone else flying out of ICN - go over to the business side of the lounge for a better/different selection of food if you don't like the spread on the F side)My main concern is that both my boarding pass and my husband's for the connecting flight from DBX-JFK are labeled SSSS. We have no idea why, other than perhaps it's because of award ticket having similar coding to airline employee tickets (which also come up SSSS often I believe). It does seem odd though that the computer thinks we are "no threat" for ICN security, but need to have extra scanning at DXB.
Mar 24, 2015, 7:21 am
#1701
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Emirates just announced a 2nd daily to DXB from SEA. LOOK NOW!
Mar 24, 2015, 9:47 am
#1702
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Thanks for the ICN update. I'll be on 323 in a few weeks. How early did you check in?
Thanks for the ICN update. I'll be on 323 in a few weeks. How early did you check in?
Mar 24, 2015, 9:53 am
#1703
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SLC
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My main concern is that both my boarding pass and my husband's for the connecting flight from DBX-JFK are labeled SSSS. We have no idea why, other than perhaps it's because of award ticket having similar coding to airline employee tickets (which also come up SSSS often I believe). It does seem odd though that the computer thinks we are "no threat" for ICN security, but need to have extra scanning at DXB.
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Mar 24, 2015, 10:13 am
#1704
Join Date: Jan 2000
Programs: Free agent
Posts: 1,296
A few data points from a recently completed trip.
1. Changed from KUL-DXB-DFW to HKG-DXB-DFW about 24 hours before the trip with no issue.
2. Transfer desk at HKG printed our BP and said we didn't have lounge access. our layover was only 1.5 hours and it took about 20 minutes with her on the phone until we were allowed into the lounge. She mentioned we'd probably have trouble getting into the lounge at DXB as well.
3. Sure enough we did, stood at the desk for about 10 minutes waiting for a supervisor to approve entry.
You would think that with all of these award tickets that are supposedly being issued they would have this sorted out. Experienced the exact same thing on AS award tickets last year.
Other than that it was two great flights.
1. Changed from KUL-DXB-DFW to HKG-DXB-DFW about 24 hours before the trip with no issue.
2. Transfer desk at HKG printed our BP and said we didn't have lounge access. our layover was only 1.5 hours and it took about 20 minutes with her on the phone until we were allowed into the lounge. She mentioned we'd probably have trouble getting into the lounge at DXB as well.
3. Sure enough we did, stood at the desk for about 10 minutes waiting for a supervisor to approve entry.
You would think that with all of these award tickets that are supposedly being issued they would have this sorted out. Experienced the exact same thing on AS award tickets last year.
Other than that it was two great flights.
Mar 24, 2015, 2:39 pm
#1705
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Jeff is Deaf
Posts: 541
Weird never got any hassles at dxb. Quick and easy. All moot point since Mar 28 is near us. Burned all my miles down to near 0. It was fun while it lasted.
A few data points from a recently completed trip.
1. Changed from KUL-DXB-DFW to HKG-DXB-DFW about 24 hours before the trip with no issue.
2. Transfer desk at HKG printed our BP and said we didn't have lounge access. our layover was only 1.5 hours and it took about 20 minutes with her on the phone until we were allowed into the lounge. She mentioned we'd probably have trouble getting into the lounge at DXB as well.
3. Sure enough we did, stood at the desk for about 10 minutes waiting for a supervisor to approve entry.
You would think that with all of these award tickets that are supposedly being issued they would have this sorted out. Experienced the exact same thing on AS award tickets last year.
Other than that it was two great flights.
1. Changed from KUL-DXB-DFW to HKG-DXB-DFW about 24 hours before the trip with no issue.
2. Transfer desk at HKG printed our BP and said we didn't have lounge access. our layover was only 1.5 hours and it took about 20 minutes with her on the phone until we were allowed into the lounge. She mentioned we'd probably have trouble getting into the lounge at DXB as well.
3. Sure enough we did, stood at the desk for about 10 minutes waiting for a supervisor to approve entry.
You would think that with all of these award tickets that are supposedly being issued they would have this sorted out. Experienced the exact same thing on AS award tickets last year.
Other than that it was two great flights.
Mar 24, 2015, 2:52 pm
#1706
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AS needs to come clean and remove EK First Class from its award chart.
Mar 24, 2015, 3:05 pm
#1708
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With EK out of the picture, it looks like CX is back to being the best option for value F redemption.
Availability may not be what it used to be, but at least the persistent amongst us can (eventually) find some CF F seats.
Mar 24, 2015, 3:18 pm
#1709
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Jeff is Deaf
Posts: 541
Indeed. Having just flown SFO-DXB-CPT-DXB-JFK this past week, I'm ready to move on. EK is not what it used to be. Adequate but nothing great. There are better airlines. Food and wines are not what they used to be. And DXB is becoming way too chaotic. Too many bus gates and inadequate attention to premium pax on the ground.
AS needs to come clean and remove EK First Class from its award chart.
AS needs to come clean and remove EK First Class from its award chart.
Friendly flight attendants, even the shower attendants could teach a United flight attendant a thing or two about customer service.
Food wise, just stick with the seafood and it is top notch. Heck my most recent flight they had foie gras + caviar as an appetizer.
And nothing beats a shower to freshen up after a long flight. Really gonna miss that post shower euphoria.
Ground food service is also top notch, yeah concourse A is big and impersonal, but has everything you possibly need.
Will miss EK F.
Mar 24, 2015, 3:53 pm
#1710
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 759
I have to disagree with you completely on that one. I find EK soft product top notch. Their suite is also very comfortable sleep, perhaps the seat is not big as CX F, but its up there.
Friendly flight attendants, even the shower attendants could teach a United flight attendant a thing or two about customer service.
Friendly flight attendants, even the shower attendants could teach a United flight attendant a thing or two about customer service.