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
Sep 3, 2014, 8:37 pm
#992
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
I had a confirmed seat in F LAX-DXB last month and canceled 3 days prior to departure. On the day of departure, EK F was available to DXB from ORD, DFW, and IAH using AS (EF was showing 3 seats on some of the legs). The inventory was bookable to these cities 5-7 days prior to departure. When I canceled my LAX departure; the award never was re-released. Hopefully, this is one data point. Not sure if this is a LAX thing or a system wide thing. Also not sure if it was due to being close to departure.
Did you check for LAX-DXB availability only immediately after you cancelled, or each day until departure? Thanks again.
Sep 3, 2014, 9:07 pm
#993
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: San Francisco
Programs: AS MVP Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 700
Have been stalking EK F availability on the AS website - like clockwork, it's been released 5 days prior to departure, and everyday there has been at least 1 N American gateway with two F seats (DFW, ORD, and SEA have been most consistent). I've noticed that those seats are typically released between 10pm and 1am PST each day.
Could work really well for those that have flexibility to make last-minute changes.
Could work really well for those that have flexibility to make last-minute changes.
Sep 3, 2014, 10:08 pm
#994
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
Have been stalking EK F availability on the AS website - like clockwork, it's been released 5 days prior to departure, and everyday there has been at least 1 N American gateway with two F seats (DFW, ORD, and SEA have been most consistent). I've noticed that those seats are typically released between 10pm and 1am PST each day.
Could work really well for those that have flexibility to make last-minute changes.
Could work really well for those that have flexibility to make last-minute changes.
Also, when EK opens up F availability (whether 5 days or 11 months before departure), how many seats do they release typically? Is it at least 2?
Last edited by DaveInLA; Sep 3, 2014 at 11:14 pm
Sep 7, 2014, 4:47 am
#996
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: SIN
Programs: SQ, UA, Delta, BMI(RIP), Marriott Lifetime Titanium, Hilton Diamond (Thanks Amex) Hyatt Discov
Posts: 1,942
Keep Lifemiles *alliance redemption as a back up. They let you cancel for $50 even after the flight has left!!!
Sep 7, 2014, 12:33 pm
#997
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,397
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/avian...es-ticket.html
Be prepared to spend between 20 minutes and 3 hours on the phone to get your changes / cancellation done, depending on the agent you get
Sep 7, 2014, 8:21 pm
#998
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Homeless
Programs: Marriott Titanium / HH Diamond / Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 287
Trying to book EK; CPT>DXB-stopover>SFO
Finding several available dates that work for me Dec 9-10 & 15-16
CPT>DXB-biz & DXB>SFO-1st
Computer takes me all the way to purchase & get error code.
Called CS & they get same thing.
Are those seats really not there or is there a work around/solution to get these?
Finding several available dates that work for me Dec 9-10 & 15-16
CPT>DXB-biz & DXB>SFO-1st
Computer takes me all the way to purchase & get error code.
Called CS & they get same thing.
Are those seats really not there or is there a work around/solution to get these?
Sep 7, 2014, 8:53 pm
#999
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 9
Hey guys, currently looking at EK F to get to BCN from JFK. I tried looking month by month and as far as I can tell AS isn't showing any EK F (JFK-DXB-BCN).
Any ideas on the issue?
Just wanted to note that no EK routes whether it be coach, business or first show up via AS for JFK-DXB-BCN or LAX-DXB-BCN...I have tried one-way JFK-BCN & LAX-BCN as well as multi city including DXB, if routed via DXB I get BA and AA
Any ideas on the issue?
Just wanted to note that no EK routes whether it be coach, business or first show up via AS for JFK-DXB-BCN or LAX-DXB-BCN...I have tried one-way JFK-BCN & LAX-BCN as well as multi city including DXB, if routed via DXB I get BA and AA
Last edited by coronado22; Sep 8, 2014 at 1:45 pm Reason: Clarification
Sep 7, 2014, 9:44 pm
#1000
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Homeless
Programs: Marriott Titanium / HH Diamond / Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 287
Trying to book EK; CPT>DXB-stopover>SFO
Finding several available dates that work for me Dec 9-10 & 15-16
CPT>DXB-biz & DXB>SFO-1st
Computer takes me all the way to purchase & get error code.
Called CS & they get same thing.
Are those seats really not there or is there a work around/solution to get these?
Finding several available dates that work for me Dec 9-10 & 15-16
CPT>DXB-biz & DXB>SFO-1st
Computer takes me all the way to purchase & get error code.
Called CS & they get same thing.
Are those seats really not there or is there a work around/solution to get these?
I found out about the "manual sell".
I called AK again, the agent did not know of a manual sell, she put me on hold to ask someone, came back and said that even if they processed it manually it still will not go through, the problem is a computer/software problem.
Sep 8, 2014, 7:41 am
#1001
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
To the person who is going to tell to read furthered up the thread, I'm going beat you to the punch.
I found out about the "manual sell".
I called AK again, the agent did not know of a manual sell, she put me on hold to ask someone, came back and said that even if they processed it manually it still will not go through, the problem is a computer/software problem.
I found out about the "manual sell".
I called AK again, the agent did not know of a manual sell, she put me on hold to ask someone, came back and said that even if they processed it manually it still will not go through, the problem is a computer/software problem.
Dont worry i wasn't going to tell you to have them manual sell becasue i know it would fail as well.
Sep 8, 2014, 10:26 am
#1002
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Homeless
Programs: Marriott Titanium / HH Diamond / Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 287
I'm pretty sure every single issue is part of the same computer problem even though the won't admit. If there is an error causing it to show, there has to be an error with it not showing.
Dont worry i wasn't going to tell you to have them manual sell becasue i know it would fail as well.
Dont worry i wasn't going to tell you to have them manual sell becasue i know it would fail as well.
And Thank You
Sep 8, 2014, 11:11 am
#1003
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Sep 8, 2014, 12:35 pm
#1004
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: LAX/PVG
Programs: HH G, MR/SPG G, IHG Plat, Club Carlson G, National Exec
Posts: 191
If you can find availability on EF or EK.com, and then call AS for a manual sell, it should work. Some of the availability on AS.com is phantom.
Sep 8, 2014, 1:45 pm
#1005
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Homeless
Programs: Marriott Titanium / HH Diamond / Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 287
Trying to book EK; CPT>DXB-stopover>SFO
Finding several available dates that work for me Dec 9-10 & 15-16
CPT>DXB-biz & DXB>SFO-1st
Computer takes me all the way to purchase & get error code.
Called CS & they get same thing.
Are those seats really not there or is there a work around/solution to get these?
Finding several available dates that work for me Dec 9-10 & 15-16
CPT>DXB-biz & DXB>SFO-1st
Computer takes me all the way to purchase & get error code.
Called CS & they get same thing.
Are those seats really not there or is there a work around/solution to get these?
Went to QF and found some true availability out of JNB; went to AK punched it in & IT WORKED!
Will be staying in SoAfrica a bit longer than planned - oh well
