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
Dec 1, 2013, 9:41 pm
#496
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,385
As a coda to my experience, I went looking (pessimistically, I confess) on the AS website for DXB-LAX F award seats (in pairs, to accommodate my wife and I).
On the Tuesday I wanted, 330 days out, I had no problem with availability. For grins, I looked back a couple of weeks as well, and found availability for two seats then, too. So perhaps the rare spot of good news...
Having a bit more trouble with the MLE-DXB leg, but that's easier to work around. Hard to find a good substitute for the F experience in an EK A380!
On the Tuesday I wanted, 330 days out, I had no problem with availability. For grins, I looked back a couple of weeks as well, and found availability for two seats then, too. So perhaps the rare spot of good news...
Having a bit more trouble with the MLE-DXB leg, but that's easier to work around. Hard to find a good substitute for the F experience in an EK A380!
Dec 2, 2013, 2:07 pm
#497
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Sadly nothing in F from DUR/JNB/CPT to DXB for when I'm looking. I may just have to slum it back in J for the shorter segment. Hoping i can match up with some CX availability to JNB while JNB/HKG is still 4 class
Dec 2, 2013, 3:57 pm
#498
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: HIO
Programs: AS MVPG 75K (Pure AS)
Posts: 194
CX ain't a bad alternative, though! On the trip we just booked, we're doing CX F on the outbound (on a 747) and EK F on the return (on an A380). I think we'll be well taken-care of...
Dec 2, 2013, 4:30 pm
#499
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Grrrrr even though its on AS site i get this error on 2 different dates I tried: CPT-DXB-LAX late summer
The request was not successful. See the red message(s) below. Space on partner flights cannot be confirmed. Please change the dates, cities, or flights of your original request.
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The request was not successful. See the red message(s) below. Space on partner flights cannot be confirmed. Please change the dates, cities, or flights of your original request.
-1640
Last edited by CDKing; Dec 2, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Dec 3, 2013, 10:26 am
#500
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Grrrrr even though its on AS site i get this error on 2 different dates I tried: CPT-DXB-LAX late summer
The request was not successful. See the red message(s) below. Space on partner flights cannot be confirmed. Please change the dates, cities, or flights of your original request.
-1640
The request was not successful. See the red message(s) below. Space on partner flights cannot be confirmed. Please change the dates, cities, or flights of your original request.
-1640
Dec 18, 2013, 11:18 pm
#501
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: KSPB
Programs: AS, HH, UA, IHG
Posts: 76
Bugs on AS site are just frustrating.
Finally was able to book SEA-DXB-AMS-DXB-SEA-PDX. Adding in PDX at the front end resulted in routings through LAX or SFO. Tossed in the return SEA-PDX just for fun and was surprised to see it didn't change any routings or availability.
Tried to get the partner desk to add on PDX-SEA and was told they can no longer do this, has to be available on the web site. Hung up and tried two other times with the same result.
I'll have to figure out how to maximize chauffeur drive in this situation, maybe dropping the final SEA-PDX leg.
Finally was able to book SEA-DXB-AMS-DXB-SEA-PDX. Adding in PDX at the front end resulted in routings through LAX or SFO. Tossed in the return SEA-PDX just for fun and was surprised to see it didn't change any routings or availability.
Tried to get the partner desk to add on PDX-SEA and was told they can no longer do this, has to be available on the web site. Hung up and tried two other times with the same result.
I'll have to figure out how to maximize chauffeur drive in this situation, maybe dropping the final SEA-PDX leg.
Dec 18, 2013, 11:33 pm
#502
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: HIO
Programs: AS MVPG 75K (Pure AS)
Posts: 194
(Also, this is a little OT, but what are the chauffeur drive benefits available on an AS-miles-based EK F ticket? Are they identical to paid EK F? We've got an EK F itinerary that has a 24-hour layover in DXB en route, and it would be useful to take advantage of it.)
Dec 19, 2013, 7:26 am
#503
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
It should show up under the reservation after you pull it up from Manage Existing Booking screen on the EK site. I dont have any flights on the itin before the EK leg and it lets me select Departing LAX, Arriving DXB, Departing DXB and Arriving in SIN.
Dec 23, 2013, 1:44 pm
#504
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 589
Can I redeem an award 100K AS Points on EK F Suites A380:
JFK-DXB-PEK or PVG or SIN(A380 Asia routes)-NRT or KIX?.
Since EK does not service Japan with the A380
JFK-DXB-PEK or PVG or SIN(A380 Asia routes)-NRT or KIX?.
Since EK does not service Japan with the A380
Dec 23, 2013, 1:50 pm
#505
Ambassador: Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: BWI
Posts: 7,390
Maybe fly into Seoul or Hong Kong then get a separate ticket to fly up to Japan?
Dec 23, 2013, 1:52 pm
#506
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Denver • DEN-APA
Programs: AF Platinum, EK Gold, AA EXP, UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 21,602
Don't know about NRT/KIX but you can redeem 100K AS points for EK First for JFK-DXB-PEK or PVG or SIN, if you can find the space.
Dec 23, 2013, 2:07 pm
#507
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
I know LAX-DXB-HND is valid. I have been able to find Y , J and a mixed F/J. For an example April has Y almost every day I checked. DXB-HND is 777-200LR
Dec 27, 2013, 7:49 am
#508
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Beaufort, SC
Programs: Delta, Alaska Air, & BA
Posts: 535
Just booked two one way F tickets on EK - JFK-DXB-SIN on 11/18. Might try and book the return with CX. Might take three 3 showers on the way to Singapore! :-)
Dec 27, 2013, 10:37 am
#509
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: GEG
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Lifetime SkyClub, AS MVP
Posts: 2,410
According to this relatively old trip report:
http://crankyflier.com/2011/04/20/fi...t-trip-report/
you might be limited to one shower for five minutes.
Hope that's not the case!
http://crankyflier.com/2011/04/20/fi...t-trip-report/
you might be limited to one shower for five minutes.
Hope that's not the case!
Dec 27, 2013, 11:22 am
#510
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: AS MVPG
Posts: 2,206
According to this relatively old trip report:
http://crankyflier.com/2011/04/20/fi...t-trip-report/
you might be limited to one shower for five minutes.
Hope that's not the case!
http://crankyflier.com/2011/04/20/fi...t-trip-report/
you might be limited to one shower for five minutes.
Hope that's not the case!
