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, 2013, 3:49 pm
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Saw it this morning- then I fell back asleep. 
Exciting to see- but wish it was a tad bit cheaper
Exciting to see- but wish it was a tad bit cheaper
Jan 9, 2013, 4:19 pm
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Did a little bit of research plugging in random dates...
Seems LAX/SFO/YYZ/IAD are not easy for F redemptions on EK with IAH/SEA/JFK/DFW being a lot easier... I see many dates with 2-3 Z inventory. It also seems EK is good with releasing F awards if the cabin is not full a few weeks before the flight, unlike some airlines.
Seems LAX/SFO/YYZ/IAD are not easy for F redemptions on EK with IAH/SEA/JFK/DFW being a lot easier... I see many dates with 2-3 Z inventory. It also seems EK is good with releasing F awards if the cabin is not full a few weeks before the flight, unlike some airlines.
Jan 9, 2013, 4:28 pm
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I assume if we are to search on expertflyer we should select the saver awards for availability?
Jan 9, 2013, 4:42 pm
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I would ask whether AS would fly us out to EWR to connect to a JFK flight, but I know better than to assume I would ever see A space on SEA-EWR.
Jan 9, 2013, 4:52 pm
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Jan 9, 2013, 4:55 pm
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Same goes for SEA-DCA if you want to catch the IAD-DXB flight.
What AS won't do is book those on the east coast to fly up to SEA/LAX to connect onto EK
Jan 9, 2013, 6:27 pm
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Emirates (EK) awards availability status update?
Hmm... Glad the wait is over but it's too bad these rates aren't more on par with JL's. (JFK-DXB for 135,000 RT in F.) I would like to do an EK award in F but these rates mean it looks like there may be some CX awards in my future instead.
Jan 10, 2013, 11:35 am
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Well it looks cheaper if you go to JNB or NRT. And easier to get AS miles I think?
Jan 10, 2013, 8:34 pm
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It saddens me that there is no chance to redeem miles from Europe to DXB only... sigh... I only have 75k miles... Need to go a LONG way... any thoughts?
Jan 10, 2013, 9:32 pm
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Just checked Expert Flyer, I see a bunch of dates with 2 Z class seats avail SEA-DXB.
Jan 10, 2013, 11:21 pm
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Most pleased, overall, about the AS/EK awards partnership. Want to spend a few days in DXB and this makes it easy. Now I need to construct a fun award itin for 2014 that encompasses EK and a couple destinations in Asia....think I'll wait a month or two, though, to see if the one-way awards come about sooner rather than later.
--mcz
Jan 11, 2013, 5:40 am
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For me the biggest win with the EK partnership is the ability to redeem miles to destinations outside of JNB for Africa and reasonable access to MLE and MRU along with some smaller Indian cities.
Jan 11, 2013, 9:54 am
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They have that option with most of AS's other partners..
Jan 11, 2013, 9:59 am
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You don't need a separate award chart for that if you are flying from North America to the Maldives or Mauritius via DXB. However, what I am not sure is whether they fall under Middle East/India or Asia?
