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 18, 2016, 4:57 pm
#3017
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,634
Anyone have recent information on phantom availability? AS's website is showing 4F on some flights on EK. But ExpertFlyer disagrees. This clearly seems like phantom space to me but wanted to see what others' experience was. I know for a while AS would show 1 seat less than EF but EF now just says "yes" or "no."
Ideally I'd like to fly my family of 4 in EK F. I'm willing to do 2 + 2 on separate flights though. I'd just like to know what kind of availability I'm dealing with before I start...
Thanks in advance!
Ideally I'd like to fly my family of 4 in EK F. I'm willing to do 2 + 2 on separate flights though. I'd just like to know what kind of availability I'm dealing with before I start...
Thanks in advance!
Mar 18, 2016, 6:40 pm
#3018
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
Anyone have recent information on phantom availability? AS's website is showing 4F on some flights on EK. But ExpertFlyer disagrees. This clearly seems like phantom space to me but wanted to see what others' experience was. I know for a while AS would show 1 seat less than EF but EF now just says "yes" or "no."
Ideally I'd like to fly my family of 4 in EK F. I'm willing to do 2 + 2 on separate flights though. I'd just like to know what kind of availability I'm dealing with before I start...
Thanks in advance!
Ideally I'd like to fly my family of 4 in EK F. I'm willing to do 2 + 2 on separate flights though. I'd just like to know what kind of availability I'm dealing with before I start...
Thanks in advance!
Mar 20, 2016, 10:08 am
#3019
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: AMEX PLT, AA PPro, Spire AMB
Posts: 1,617
Right now I have my SFO-DXB...just waiting on any seat...even econ on the DXB-MLE direct.
Mar 20, 2016, 10:31 am
#3020
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
I have my F booked for Feb 2017. Anyone know how to book the chauffeur pickup from my hotel?
Mar 20, 2016, 10:57 am
#3021
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Sunny Seattle
Programs: AS MVPG 75K, HH Diamond
Posts: 539
Originally Posted by The wikipost on this thread
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.
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.
Mar 20, 2016, 12:18 pm
#3025
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
Mar 20, 2016, 1:29 pm
#3026
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
Here is the work around: http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...award-tickets/
Mar 20, 2016, 3:42 pm
#3027
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 25
Consolidated Emirates (EK) awards availability/booking/routing thread
Anybody willing to help me out. Currently 2x j JNB --> DXB on 4/22 looking for F either out of JNB or even better CPT. Having EF issues and wondering if calling AS has any merit.
Mar 20, 2016, 4:31 pm
#3028
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada
Programs: UA*1K MM SK EBG LATAM BL
Posts: 23,314
Mar 20, 2016, 6:28 pm
#3029
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
Sometimes you can have FC all the way through.
Mar 20, 2016, 6:49 pm
#3030
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,397
Here is the work around: http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...award-tickets/
Using the desk at DXB might work to get you TO a hotel in Dubai, but not FROM a hotel to your flight (either Dubai or where your EK flight originates from).
Also, the later comments in that thread seem to indicate that EK has cracked down on this "workaround"; some people report that they weren't able to use it.
This is usually how "workarounds" like this go; they get publicized and they eventually don't work...
Last edited by eponymous_coward; Mar 20, 2016 at 6:56 pm