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
Aug 24, 2013, 11:14 pm
#361
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Agree. Its almost impossible to find space headed to the US on EK.
Aug 25, 2013, 8:00 am
#362
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Am I correct to assume that miles cannot be redeemed for routes not listed on the AS website such Europe-Oceania, intra-Oceania etc.?
Aug 25, 2013, 8:53 am
#363
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Aug 25, 2013, 10:42 am
#364
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I'm finding plenty of availability on EK to JFK. I'm sure it just depends on the date. However, the return timings don't work out quite well.
Aug 25, 2013, 2:42 pm
#365
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The consensus is that DXB-NA space j/f space is particularly hard to find, right?
Aug 26, 2013, 7:44 am
#366
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Aug 26, 2013, 6:31 pm
#367
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Booked two J seats SEA-DXB-IST during the third week of september. There were several days open with J seats in SEA-DXB. Bummed about not getting the complimentary Dubai Connection though, as the layover is 17 hours.
Aug 28, 2013, 7:35 am
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Aug 28, 2013, 8:54 am
#369
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Sep 4, 2013, 2:55 am
#370
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In DXB, when trying to access the F lounge the agent, along with a manager, spent two minutes fiddling with the computer. Then the manager announced that I am an EK staff member to which I clarified that I wasn't.
They gave up immediately after my response and just waved me in.
I hope AS will work with EK and get this fixed.
They gave up immediately after my response and just waved me in.
I hope AS will work with EK and get this fixed.
Sep 4, 2013, 5:15 pm
#371
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In DXB, when trying to access the F lounge the agent, along with a manager, spent two minutes fiddling with the computer. Then the manager announced that I am an EK staff member to which I clarified that I wasn't.
They gave up immediately after my response and just waved me in.
I hope AS will work with EK and get this fixed.
They gave up immediately after my response and just waved me in.
I hope AS will work with EK and get this fixed.
Sep 5, 2013, 11:17 pm
#373
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Sep 6, 2013, 9:20 am
#374
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Thank you for sharing.
I am looking at the XXX-HKG-JNB on CX F for a while. Now since both partners can be booked as one-way, this opens up some new options. I assume the JFK-DXB-JNB on EK would cost more than the XXX-HKG-JNB on CX.
I am looking at the XXX-HKG-JNB on CX F for a while. Now since both partners can be booked as one-way, this opens up some new options. I assume the JFK-DXB-JNB on EK would cost more than the XXX-HKG-JNB on CX.
Sep 6, 2013, 9:32 am
#375
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Yes. US-DXB-JNB on EK is 100K, while US-HKG-JNB is only 70K. We split our trips up into one ways like this as we found that JNB/CPT-DXB-US on EK was impossible to find in advance for the dates we wanted. Another more expensive option is JNB-AUH-JFK/IAD for 135K AA miles although JNB-AUH is two class service. With AA miles, JNB-LHR-US on BA is also an option, but then you have BA surcharges and substandard BA F.