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 16, 2015, 9:17 am
#2356
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. Clearly, some inventory is phantom but some is real, so ring up AS if you want to book something.
Oct 16, 2015, 9:25 am
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STOP PRESS. Just ticketed!
1) DARDXBJFK next summer.
2) EF showed nothing.
3) AS site showed at least 4 in both J and F.
4) AS res said they had 2 in J.
5) AS res said they had 2 in F.
6) Ticketed both. Have ticket #s. Got EK PNR. Picked seats. Got confirm from EK.
Agent was Phoenix-based, very helpful, PM if you want his name.
None of this makes any sense to me.
1) DARDXBJFK next summer.
2) EF showed nothing.
3) AS site showed at least 4 in both J and F.
4) AS res said they had 2 in J.
5) AS res said they had 2 in F.
6) Ticketed both. Have ticket #s. Got EK PNR. Picked seats. Got confirm from EK.
Agent was Phoenix-based, very helpful, PM if you want his name.
None of this makes any sense to me.
Double-triple smilie faces to you and your family. Glad you got to use those "worthless" SPG points after all.
How did you decide on Tanzania? We are doing multiple segment RTW and still looking for somewhere in Africa to hit along the way.
Oct 16, 2015, 9:31 am
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Sure enough, gone from AS site when checking for four passengers (which did display before). Also gone if I check for two passengers.
Truth be told, I'm not 100% thrilled with the itinerary, and am trying to resist temptation to change it. Right now, we leave around midnight on an A330 (bad F/J product), and have a 2 hour layover in DXB before 0830 departure. I'm considering leaving DAR earlier, meaning we'd overnight in DXB, and then try to leave at 1500. Gives us the morning to possibly explore. Should I push my luck??
Last edited by jamienbaker; Oct 16, 2015 at 9:41 am
Oct 16, 2015, 9:34 am
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Too kind. We're actually spending quite a bit of time in Namibia, tons of activities there (kids 12/15) from what I've read. But we wanted some beach time after that to just chill. We were considering Mauritius, but decided on Zanzibar instead. Reason was largely a function of award availability. Good luck on your RTW!
Oct 16, 2015, 10:12 am
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You are right... actually looks like all of July and August are totally zip for J/F, at least to Boston. Maybe extra folks taking summer vacations have grabbed them all?
Oct 16, 2015, 10:16 am
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Oct 16, 2015, 10:17 am
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Oct 16, 2015, 11:30 am
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Oct 16, 2015, 12:31 pm
#2366
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Oct 16, 2015, 12:56 pm
#2367
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Oct 16, 2015, 3:36 pm
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Any EK flight to or from the USA operated by a 777 will not show any availability until T-5 days or so. So we are talking BOS, IAD, ORD, SEA. When EF was reliable, it seemed like EK only released one seat on those flights; and not bookable by AS.
Oct 16, 2015, 3:51 pm
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I've booked two first class award seats SEA-DXB-SEA with Alaska miles at two different times, 3 and 7 months in advance.
Oct 16, 2015, 4:08 pm
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I think from past experience to/from DXB is doable what is of issue I think is connecting through DXB and onward. Mine is the lack of biz or FC to SA and having paid for FC and only getting half way without at least a premium coach option. But then it is EK.