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
Oct 12, 2015, 1:28 pm
#2296
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: LAX
Posts: 288
EK pulls all awards???
It looks like EK just pulls all its awards since late afternoon. I couldn't even find an economy award between all US gateways from West Coast according to EF. After chatting with EF, AS still shows the cache data that there is no more seat.
Anyone has the same issue? Checking QF now.
Anyone has the same issue? Checking QF now.
Oct 12, 2015, 4:11 pm
#2297
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
It looks like EK just pulls all its awards since late afternoon. I couldn't even find an economy award between all US gateways from West Coast according to EF. After chatting with EF, AS still shows the cache data that there is no more seat.
Anyone has the same issue? Checking QF now.
Anyone has the same issue? Checking QF now.
Oct 12, 2015, 4:23 pm
#2298
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: LAX
Posts: 288
Okay after further search, there is only business flex awards that are available. It also seems EK has pulls not only US but all of its award on other regions. Like there were plenty to awards to SEZ, MRU or MLE 24 hours ago and now it's all gone.
Oct 12, 2015, 4:35 pm
#2299
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,385
Still shows on AS. Noticed EF was showing nothing. I guess it's phantom on AS?
Oct 13, 2015, 2:24 am
#2301
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 174
is it possible to force a longer connection on a EK->AS award apart from what is shown on the website? i'm looking to book EU-DXB (stop)-LAX-SEA-YVR, but the website shows connections that would result in arriving at YVR close to midnight. i'm looking to overnight in SEA instead and take the next flight out the next day. would feeding an agent segment by segment through the phone work (i'm ok with paying the phone booking fee)?
Oct 13, 2015, 9:59 am
#2302
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 759
is it possible to force a longer connection on a EK->AS award apart from what is shown on the website? i'm looking to book EU-DXB (stop)-LAX-SEA-YVR, but the website shows connections that would result in arriving at YVR close to midnight. i'm looking to overnight in SEA instead and take the next flight out the next day. would feeding an agent segment by segment through the phone work (i'm ok with paying the phone booking fee)?
Oct 13, 2015, 10:51 am
#2303
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kansas City, MO
Programs: AA PLT, HH DIA, SPG Gold, Hyatt DIA
Posts: 63
Any word on when award space will be available again?
Oct 13, 2015, 10:58 am
#2304
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,397
Oct 13, 2015, 11:30 am
#2305
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: AS MVPG
Posts: 454
I know that EK for this week is offering a 50% sale on all coach awards for the month of November. They may have dialed back partner award availability for the duration of the sale.
Oct 13, 2015, 7:37 pm
#2306
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Nashville -Past DL Plat, FO, WN-CP, various hotel programs
Programs: DL-MM, AA, SW w/companion,HiltonDiamond, Hyatt PLat, IHF Plat, Miles and Points Seeker
Posts: 11,074
Just went to Expert Flyer for mid March into April. A few days ago, there were are fair amount of 1st class from DFW-Dubai. There are NONE right now. Getting a bit concerned as we are about to book those once we hit enough miles.
Same for Houston to Dubai.
Oct 14, 2015, 3:48 am
#2307
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brooklyn
Programs: Delta Diamond, Bonvoy something good; sometimes other things too
Posts: 5,051
Has anyone actually tried to book an EK award on AS.com lately to see if AS is truly showing phantom space? It appears that new space is showing up on AS.com (at the end of the calendar) so it seems like AS.com is not completely out of the loop -- maybe EF is the wrong party here?
Oct 14, 2015, 5:22 am
#2308
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,542
Has anyone actually tried to book an EK award on AS.com lately to see if AS is truly showing phantom space? It appears that new space is showing up on AS.com (at the end of the calendar) so it seems like AS.com is not completely out of the loop -- maybe EF is the wrong party here?
As an aside, Qatar has shut down all North American awards for travel after June 21 (last I checked).
Oct 14, 2015, 11:35 am
#2309
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Nashville -Past DL Plat, FO, WN-CP, various hotel programs
Programs: DL-MM, AA, SW w/companion,HiltonDiamond, Hyatt PLat, IHF Plat, Miles and Points Seeker
Posts: 11,074
Interesting.
Looking at DFW-DXB next spring.
Expert flyer does not show any first at all.
EK site shows first at 115k and serious charges $700 or so for flights.
AS shows fair availability. Some with $20 charges EK, some at $500+ on BA.
So, I just went to AS and attempted a 1st class ticket DFW-DXB on EK. Got all the way to where give your credit card. Seems okay. Not sure if it would still go through if I entered card or not actually book.
Not able to book both of us yet (miles), so can not pull the trigger yet, but concerned.
Looking at DFW-DXB next spring.
Expert flyer does not show any first at all.
EK site shows first at 115k and serious charges $700 or so for flights.
AS shows fair availability. Some with $20 charges EK, some at $500+ on BA.
So, I just went to AS and attempted a 1st class ticket DFW-DXB on EK. Got all the way to where give your credit card. Seems okay. Not sure if it would still go through if I entered card or not actually book.
Not able to book both of us yet (miles), so can not pull the trigger yet, but concerned.
Oct 14, 2015, 11:39 am
#2310
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
I've seen multiple business awards available on DFW-DOH after that date, but we can take any further discussion to the AA or QR forums if desired so as not to derail this thread.