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
Sep 20, 2015, 10:08 am
#2221
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada
Programs: UA*1K MM SK EBG LATAM BL
Posts: 23,314
If one has booked DOH-DXB-DFW for example, is it possible to change it to BAH-DXB-DFW by just changing the first leg - or do they start from scratch (of course nothing available on DXB-DFW now)
Sep 20, 2015, 11:17 am
#2222
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,098
You have to make sure there is availability on all parts of the itinerary even if you want to change only one leg. Sometimes if you cancel the whole trip it will go back into the bucket 24-48 hours later. However this is risk and not something I would recommend doing...You could always switch to another US destination and then switch back T-7 as an example..
Sep 21, 2015, 5:50 pm
#2223
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,913
If you pay for F miles and one of the legs is in J and then F becomes available on the J leg within a few days do you still have to pay the change fee to upgrade the cabin?
Sep 21, 2015, 6:12 pm
#2224
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 1,746
EK seems to be Z=0 (for real, not just on alaskaair.com) from July 16 onward for the SFO route. Coach/PE awards are plentiful. Has anyone else observed this before? Is this normal to have a lag or should I be worried that they won't open up anything in this period? It is not Ramadan which was the only thing I thought might explain it.
Sep 21, 2015, 6:25 pm
#2225
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
Patience it works
Sep 21, 2015, 6:41 pm
#2226
Join Date: Aug 2013
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold
Posts: 917
No change fee to do that. Also no change fee no matter what if it's more than 60 days from departure.
Sep 22, 2015, 6:16 am
#2227
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Dallas, TX, USA
Programs: AA EXP, HH Gold, Hyatt Globalist, IC Plat, SPG Gold
Posts: 961
Sep 22, 2015, 9:26 am
#2228
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: LHR, DFW, J Cabins WorldWide
Programs: AA EXP, UA GS, FB Gold, AS MVPG, MR Titanium, VS Gold
Posts: 954
Looking at booking TPE-DXB-LAX/SFO/SEA in F for next week the 28th.
I have found Z3 space on EF for TPE-DXB for the 27th, but both SFO/LAX show Z1 for the morning 9/28 flights. Nothing on EF for SEA.
Think I should be able to get a AS agent (maybe asking to check the "old system) to book either LAX or SFO? LAX has 8 seats in F open as of now, and SFO has 9.
I have found Z3 space on EF for TPE-DXB for the 27th, but both SFO/LAX show Z1 for the morning 9/28 flights. Nothing on EF for SEA.
Think I should be able to get a AS agent (maybe asking to check the "old system) to book either LAX or SFO? LAX has 8 seats in F open as of now, and SFO has 9.
Sep 22, 2015, 1:45 pm
#2230
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada
Programs: UA*1K MM SK EBG LATAM BL
Posts: 23,314
Sep 22, 2015, 1:46 pm
#2231
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
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Sep 22, 2015, 2:44 pm
#2232
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Oakland, CA
Posts: 1,231
Under manage my bookings on emirates.com, it shows that I can order a car service. However, when I try to save the information, it doesn't work. Just a headsup.
Sep 22, 2015, 2:52 pm
#2233
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,542
So, I booked MRUJFK with a nine hr DXB connection, for 4 in J, on a date in August I have no intent to fly. I'm willing to ignore AS fees inside of 60 days.
Will I be able to:
1) Change departure date if availability exists on both legs? (Yes)
2) Extend or reduce DXB layover if availability exists on different DXBJFK but not on my initial MRUDXB?
3) Upgrade both legs to F if availability exists? (Yes)
4) Upgrade only one leg to F if other leg is completely sold out for awards in any class (even though I'm ticketed in J)?
5) Change MRUDXB to something else (JNB?) if availability exists but does NOT exist on the DXBJFK I'm already ticketed on? (Sounds like answer is no).
Thanks in advance - Jamie
Sep 25, 2015, 1:14 pm
#2234
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: YYZ
Programs: AA LT Plat, AC 25K, Marriott Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,137
Sep 25, 2015, 1:45 pm
#2235
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Manhattan (JFK)
Programs: Delta PM, Hilton Gold, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 66
Do you add your EK skywards number to your alaska rewards booking once it shows up on the emirates website? I wanted to add mine (so I can see all of my flights in one place), but was afraid that adding the number might mess up the reservation.