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
Jan 9, 2014, 1:55 pm
#541
Join Date: May 2012
Location: DFW
Programs: Marriott (Titanium); National (Exec); Hilton (Gold)
Posts: 175
Any tricks to get Alaska website to show the DXB-JNB or -CPT availability? I can see availability for USA-DXB but I cannot see any DXB-JNB or -CPT availability because they say there don't fly to JNB or CPT.
Jan 9, 2014, 2:01 pm
#542
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 759
There's not a good way to search just that leg. I think your best bet is to find a day with US-DXB availability and then use the multiple destination search to do US-DXB on the one day and then DXB-JNB/CPT.
Jan 9, 2014, 2:03 pm
#543
Join Date: May 2012
Location: DFW
Programs: Marriott (Titanium); National (Exec); Hilton (Gold)
Posts: 175
I guess I have been used to United where you have to be very careful with the .Bomb
Jan 9, 2014, 2:18 pm
#544
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: PDX
Programs: United, SPG, Hyatt
Posts: 167
If anyone else has a better way to check this, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll keep pestering their booking agents
BTW, very insightful discussion earlier in the thread between ASTechGuy et al. I was about to post here why AS agents don't see all award space that EF shows, but this thread answered all my questions (for the worse, unfortunately).
Jan 9, 2014, 4:35 pm
#546
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 4
EK routing using AS miles
I just booked LAX-DXB-JNB on EK using AS miles for end of October. I want to change the DXB-JNB to DXB-CPT but the AS site shows no seats available even though EF shows plenty of award seats available. Just wondering if this is a routing that AS/EK don't allow? A call to the AS help desk didn't help. They say there is nothing, even though I can clearly see seats available through EF on multiple dates. No problem on the return itinerary, although the AS site can't seem to handle overnight flights that connect the next day. I have to search as a multiple-city rather than a one-way.
Jan 9, 2014, 5:22 pm
#547
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 759
I just booked LAX-DXB-JNB on EK using AS miles for end of October. I want to change the DXB-JNB to DXB-CPT but the AS site shows no seats available even though EF shows plenty of award seats available. Just wondering if this is a routing that AS/EK don't allow? A call to the AS help desk didn't help. They say there is nothing, even though I can clearly see seats available through EF on multiple dates. No problem on the return itinerary, although the AS site can't seem to handle overnight flights that connect the next day. I have to search as a multiple-city rather than a one-way.
Elsewhere in this thread people have reported a mismatch between AS and EF. I'm pretty lazy so I won't link it but I think it was like 2-3 pages back. I believe the conclusion was 'yes AS does not have the same inventory as EF and oh well'
Jan 9, 2014, 5:44 pm
#548
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YVR to SEA
Posts: 2,532
What fare class and what date? I just looked on EF, nothing on Z (Saver first) and D (Saver business) for the entire month of October DXB to CPT
Jan 9, 2014, 7:58 pm
#549
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 321
Guys..
I am trying to do JFK-DXB-CMB...and I would like to stop over in DXB for 2 days possibly. When I search JFK-DXB there are flight and JFK-CMB shows great connection on Nov 2014. I was trying to do 2 different segments but when I search DXB to CMB it shows none? Any tricks? Appreciate the help.
I am trying to do JFK-DXB-CMB...and I would like to stop over in DXB for 2 days possibly. When I search JFK-DXB there are flight and JFK-CMB shows great connection on Nov 2014. I was trying to do 2 different segments but when I search DXB to CMB it shows none? Any tricks? Appreciate the help.
Jan 9, 2014, 8:43 pm
#550
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 759
Guys..
I am trying to do JFK-DXB-CMB...and I would like to stop over in DXB for 2 days possibly. When I search JFK-DXB there are flight and JFK-CMB shows great connection on Nov 2014. I was trying to do 2 different segments but when I search DXB to CMB it shows none? Any tricks? Appreciate the help.
I am trying to do JFK-DXB-CMB...and I would like to stop over in DXB for 2 days possibly. When I search JFK-DXB there are flight and JFK-CMB shows great connection on Nov 2014. I was trying to do 2 different segments but when I search DXB to CMB it shows none? Any tricks? Appreciate the help.
Jan 9, 2014, 9:17 pm
#551
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 321
Thanks for the help. It worked.
Last edited by woow14610; Jan 9, 2014 at 9:39 pm
Jan 9, 2014, 9:59 pm
#554
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 4
That routing is available (eg LAX-CPT on 4/28 right now)
Elsewhere in this thread people have reported a mismatch between AS and EF. I'm pretty lazy so I won't link it but I think it was like 2-3 pages back. I believe the conclusion was 'yes AS does not have the same inventory as EF and oh well'
Elsewhere in this thread people have reported a mismatch between AS and EF. I'm pretty lazy so I won't link it but I think it was like 2-3 pages back. I believe the conclusion was 'yes AS does not have the same inventory as EF and oh well'