Apr 2, 2016, 9:31 am
Last edit by: eponymous_coward
Emirates award guide using Alaska Airlines miles. Note that Alaska Airlines cannot book EK F any longer- it's just J or Y. F awards were ceased on 3/31/2021.
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.
Only AS and EK can be used for the award.
North American Gateway Cities:
West Coast
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Central
Chicago
Dallas
Houston
East Coast
Boston
New York (JFK, EWR)
Washington DC (IAD)
Fort Lauderdale
Orlando
Canada
Toronto
Mexico
Mexico City (via Barcelona)
Award Chart Links*:
Middle East & Africa
Asia
Note: EK flies DXB-HKG-BKK but otherwise it is DXB-final stop
Europe
Note: EK flies JFK-MXP-DXB and EWR-ATH-DXB but otherwise routing will be via DXB
*If region is not listed on chart it's 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.
Only AS and EK can be used for the award.
North American Gateway Cities:
West Coast
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Central
Chicago
Dallas
Houston
East Coast
Boston
New York (JFK, EWR)
Washington DC (IAD)
Fort Lauderdale
Orlando
Canada
Toronto
Mexico
Mexico City (via Barcelona)
Award Chart Links*:
Middle East & Africa
Asia
Note: EK flies DXB-HKG-BKK but otherwise it is DXB-final stop
Europe
Note: EK flies JFK-MXP-DXB and EWR-ATH-DXB but otherwise routing will be via DXB
*If region is not listed on chart it's 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 (2016 and Later)
May 19, 2020, 11:58 am
#691
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Anchorage, AK
Programs: Lifetime AS 1MM & MVPG, AS MVPG100K, AA, DL, HH-G
Posts: 8,250
My flight, EWK 210, JFK-ATH on Oct. 31 is still showing. I will keep an eye on it for any changes. ATH-EWR-SEA-ANC on Nov. 21 is showing with EK flight 209 available.
May 19, 2020, 12:05 pm
#692
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: SFO
Programs: DL Gold, Hilton Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 46
i just got off the phone with alaska. i had an EK F award for our honeymoon in november that i made a change to last night. woke up today and still hadn't seen a confirmation, and didn't see the flight any longer in my alaska or emirates accounts.
alaska said that emirates is canceling all US flights and that this started about an hour and a half ago. has anyone else heard anything? this is kind of hard to believe and i asked a bunch of clarifying questions about what his statement meant but he was adamant that this is what was happening. the agent said he could no longer see EK availability for an US destination for any dates.
alaska said that emirates is canceling all US flights and that this started about an hour and a half ago. has anyone else heard anything? this is kind of hard to believe and i asked a bunch of clarifying questions about what his statement meant but he was adamant that this is what was happening. the agent said he could no longer see EK availability for an US destination for any dates.
May 19, 2020, 12:09 pm
#693
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 507
now we are without flights at all. really sucks.
May 19, 2020, 12:16 pm
#694
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: SFO
Programs: DL Gold, Hilton Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 46
i mentioned this to the agent when i was on the phone with him. i also to a cash booking on the emirates site all the way to the payment page. i was on hold for a while while he talked to someone at the partner desk and this is what he said the partner desk said. then when he tried to bring up availability nothing showed.
now we are without flights at all. really sucks.
now we are without flights at all. really sucks.
May 19, 2020, 12:46 pm
#695
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 507
Yikes. I'm very afraid. But I imagine if Emirates cancelled all flights to US for the rest of the year that would be pretty massive news. Did you try to HUCA to see if you get a different answer? Maybe try to take advantage of that Qatar rebooking scheme. That's my back-up plan.
except..... our connection was 3 days later. i really dont know what to believe now.
UPDATE: to follow-up on this, finally got a supervisor to look through everything who admitted there was a system screwup, the tickets were canceled, and that she couldn't do anything except help us book something new. said thanks, then did searching on my own found an itinerary that worked and booked. modified that a couple days later to something even better.
i have noticed though, that the day after i modified EK seemed to pull all biz/first availability through AS for about 3 days, then some came back for a 7-10 days, and now not only are biz/first not showing but economy as well. so not sure what is happening there.
Last edited by ahcjar103; Jun 2, 2020 at 10:31 am Reason: updating with resolution
Jun 2, 2020, 12:08 pm
#699
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 2,393
There is your answer. AS either has a problem or has purposefully decided to block inventory. They have recently started blocking some JL inventory so this looks like more AS blocking. Contact AS and report it as a problem but I fear it might be the new normal.
Jun 15, 2020, 8:01 am
#701
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 299
Are stopovers at the 5th freedom location allowed, i.e. JFK-DXB-SIN (stopover)-MEL?
EDIT: It doesn't seem allowed on the website, but wasn't sure if this was a rule cited or a call-in situation.
EDIT: It doesn't seem allowed on the website, but wasn't sure if this was a rule cited or a call-in situation.
Last edited by coffee18; Jun 15, 2020 at 8:23 am
Jun 15, 2020, 8:07 am
#702
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 115
Some dates are still not available. For instance, if I search for a business class ticket from BOS to DXB between 9/4 and 9/12 on the ES website, I see Business Saver tickets available. However, AS miles don't have any option for ES business tickets until 9/14.
Jun 15, 2020, 9:50 am
#703
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
Furthermore, if the DXB-SIN-MEL flight is a one-stop direct flight with one flight number you couldn't split it up to fly the two segments on different dates creating a stopover.
James
Jun 15, 2020, 11:43 am
#704
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 299
I think the issue is that you can't redeem SIN-MEL on EK with AS Mileage Plan and that would be required to "price" an award with a stopover in SIN, if it was possible. Award flights between Asia & Australia are only available on CX and from HKG only.
Furthermore, if the DXB-SIN-MEL flight is a one-stop direct flight with one flight number you couldn't split it up to fly the two segments on different dates creating a stopover.
James
Furthermore, if the DXB-SIN-MEL flight is a one-stop direct flight with one flight number you couldn't split it up to fly the two segments on different dates creating a stopover.
James
EDIT: The SIN-MEL leg is not the same flight number as any of the DXB-SIN legs.
Last edited by coffee18; Jun 15, 2020 at 12:30 pm Reason: Typo
Jun 15, 2020, 7:07 pm
#705
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,378
Emirates awards on AS devalued with no notice
So good luck getting something to ticket. Going to play the HUCA game to find the clueless phone rep?