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
Nov 16, 2013, 4:32 pm
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Nov 16, 2013, 4:49 pm
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I wish they would just fix the AS site. If there its Z1 you cant book it but if there is Z2 you can book both. It has to be some sort of glitch.
I didn't think to ask what they use to book CX awards, i would assume direct connect because we know its not web based.
I didn't think to ask what they use to book CX awards, i would assume direct connect because we know its not web based.
Last edited by CDKing; Nov 16, 2013 at 4:57 pm
Nov 17, 2013, 3:47 pm
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Does anyone know how many meals (and which ones) EK serves on their SEA-DXB flight in J? We're trying plan our post-arrival meal in Dubai.
Nov 18, 2013, 9:03 am
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Is F availability on the A380 easier to find close-in or farther-out? Trying to snag 2 F seats o/w US to NBO/South Africa...
thanks!
thanks!
Nov 18, 2013, 10:30 am
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Nov 18, 2013, 10:49 am
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I found out from ASTechGuy that its called "Direct Access" but the same if its not on AS website cannot book it. Ill have to book a CX outbound and hope something opens up. I already have EK for January. I have one for May as well but dropping it for the Asiana F on the new suites product and one last trip through the TG First Class lounge at BKK.
Nov 18, 2013, 11:33 am
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So does this mean that data on ExpertFlyer is not as meaningful since we have to be able to see it on the AS site to be able to book it?
Nov 18, 2013, 12:42 pm
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This is what I was afraid of when they announced the new booking platform. IIRC, I got scolded by Missy and maybe ASTechGuy for predicting this, but sadly, now it's come true--the value of our miles just went down because the new search tool is broken and agents are no longer allowed to go through the system that actually works.
An unannounced devaluation. Although AS' intentions may be pure, it doesn't matter if space is blocked intentionally or by accident. Lack of availability for any reason is a devaluation.
Nov 18, 2013, 1:20 pm
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Well it somewhat meaningful. If there is no space on EF there is no space on AS. It will save you from clicking through every day on the calendar only to find its BA space
Nov 18, 2013, 1:27 pm
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Can ASTechGuy or Missy help us out here relative to an AS.com fix? Or is it that EK isn't releasing some space to AS or other partners?
Nov 18, 2013, 1:44 pm
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Certainly. But if EF is showing Z1 or Z2, and AS.com is showing zero, then something is wrong. To baliktad's point, it's a devaluation, which I sincerely hope is extremely temporary.
Can ASTechGuy or Missy help us out here relative to an AS.com fix? Or is it that EK isn't releasing some space to AS or other partners?
Can ASTechGuy or Missy help us out here relative to an AS.com fix? Or is it that EK isn't releasing some space to AS or other partners?
Now I wonder if KE has a way to look up availability of its partners so we can see if that matches EF or AS
Ive noticed if Z is 1 i cant find it at all but is Z >1 its been avalable at least for what I have searched so far
Nov 18, 2013, 1:59 pm
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Typically with EF it shows availability to members of the airlines own program but since EK has partner and saver buckets I would think it would be the same as we can book AA and DL saver space so why cant we book Emirates saver.
Now I wonder if KE has a way to look up availability of its partners so we can see if that matches EF or AS
Ive noticed if Z is 1 i cant find it at all but is Z >1 its been avalable at least for what I have searched so far
Now I wonder if KE has a way to look up availability of its partners so we can see if that matches EF or AS
Ive noticed if Z is 1 i cant find it at all but is Z >1 its been avalable at least for what I have searched so far
Nov 18, 2013, 2:16 pm
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I don't believe that is the case. The fact that AS agents could find and book Z tickets by using the old Direct Connect would seem to indicate that it is an AS problem. Hopefully, this is a problem that AS plans to solve, although the cynic in me thinks that AS is in no hurry to correct this and thus have to buy more Z seats from EK.
Nov 18, 2013, 3:22 pm
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I don't believe that is the case. The fact that AS agents could find and book Z tickets by using the old Direct Connect would seem to indicate that it is an AS problem. Hopefully, this is a problem that AS plans to solve, although the cynic in me thinks that AS is in no hurry to correct this and thus have to buy more Z seats from EK.
I haven't been following this that closely, so it's possible this was answered earlier in this thread.