Apr 5, 14, 4:23 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
Jun 13, 13, 6:49 pm
#256
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Originally Posted by AMRivlin
The question is, did his view, match ExpertFlyer Zed space?
Jun 13, 13, 6:56 pm
#257
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Originally Posted by SFO777
No, but it did match Zee space.
^ Oh man those complicated fare buckets!
Jun 13, 13, 6:57 pm
#258
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Posts: 194
Wonder how long til the online search shows accurate F space.
Jun 13, 13, 9:48 pm
#259
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Location: BWI
Posts: 7,363
Originally Posted by PDX973
Wonder how long til the online search shows accurate F space.
Once it is available online and easier to book, snagging the very limited EK F award space will be more competitive. QF is even worse.
My speculation, this is probably going to be pretty high on the priority ladder to be fixed. I did see some AF flights that had award space in Premium Economy only [according to EF] show up as bookable in Business class on AS.com.
Jun 13, 13, 9:53 pm
#260
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Originally Posted by golfingboy
Honestly, the longer the bug is still there, the better for us who has EF subscription
^
Jun 13, 13, 11:17 pm
#261
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Posts: 194
good point!
Jun 16, 13, 12:14 am
#262
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Used the EK one way tonight for the first time. Surprise, surprise. Found and booked two First (Z) seats JFK-DXB (A380) connecting to DXB-JNB (one First and one Business (D)) in October. Was told that if Z opens on my DXB-JNB flight, I could change to First without having to cancel/rebook.
On the other hand...
EK would not let me cancel the IAH-DXB portion of a roundtrip and let me keep the DXB-IAH return without canceling the entire trip and starting over. Needless the say, the two DXB-IAH First seats did not go back into Z inventory. No biggie as I had already protected myself on an EY First flight the same day.
On the other hand...
EK would not let me cancel the IAH-DXB portion of a roundtrip and let me keep the DXB-IAH return without canceling the entire trip and starting over. Needless the say, the two DXB-IAH First seats did not go back into Z inventory. No biggie as I had already protected myself on an EY First flight the same day.
Jun 16, 13, 12:31 am
#263
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,360
Originally Posted by SFO777
Used the EK one way tonight for the first time. Surprise, surprise. Found and booked two First (Z) seats JFK-DXB (A380) connecting to DXB-JNB (one First and one Business (D)) in October. Was told that if Z opens on my DXB-JNB flight, I could change to First without having to cancel/rebook.
On the other hand...
EK would not let me cancel the IAH-DXB portion of a roundtrip and let me keep the DXB-IAH return without canceling the entire trip and starting over. Needless the say, the two DXB-IAH First seats did not go back into Z inventory. No biggie as I had already protected myself on an EY First flight the same day.
On the other hand...
EK would not let me cancel the IAH-DXB portion of a roundtrip and let me keep the DXB-IAH return without canceling the entire trip and starting over. Needless the say, the two DXB-IAH First seats did not go back into Z inventory. No biggie as I had already protected myself on an EY First flight the same day.
Jun 16, 13, 12:33 am
#264
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Originally Posted by yerffej201
Wow. I see one other date in October with one seat, one with two seats. All on Tuesdays. Pleasantly surprised.
Jun 16, 13, 12:44 am
#265
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,360
Originally Posted by CDKing
I just saw that as well. Now if only they would open some up for August on Tuesdays in the opposite diretion
Jun 16, 13, 12:15 pm
#266
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So what's the best way to find EK F availability? On an unrelated topic, QF F availability is EXTREMELY limited - always. Expertflyer or not.
Jun 16, 13, 12:33 pm
#267
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Originally Posted by oneworld82
So what's the best way to find EK F availability? On an unrelated topic, QF F availability is EXTREMELY limited - always. Expertflyer or not.
I would say QF space is actually better than EK because you can see some space lax-mel/syd and v.v. more than 330 days about (around 350 days is best). EK does have last minute space, but I'd rather plan my trips wayyyy in advance.
Jun 17, 13, 8:09 am
#268
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Originally Posted by yerffej201
Did they just release some space? I went through a few months and I can see around 4-5 dates where there is a380 space. doesn't seem like there is any dxb-jfk, though
Jun 17, 13, 8:27 am
#269
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Originally Posted by CDKing
I just thought it was odd that F was available for a few dates in October. I didnt think they opened any up that far in advance anymore
Jun 17, 13, 9:57 am
#270
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Originally Posted by yerffej201
Exactly. They haven't released space 6 months out for US in ages...
