AS Ends Emirates Partnership (7/31/2021)
Jun 2, 2021, 9:54 am
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 165
AS Ends Emirates Partnership (7/31/2021)
Received this email today:
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...rce=ESTATEMENT
Who’s next?
Emirates partnership update. Our partnership with Emirates will end on July 31, 2021. Mileage Plan members can continue to earn and redeem miles** on oneworld® member airlines and our Global Partners to more than 1,000 destinations on 20+ airlines, including Europe, Asia, India, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia.
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Jun 2, 2021, 11:02 am
#6
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: AS MVPG
Posts: 454
I have a ticket booked on EK with a return date of August 1st. I need to adjust the outbound date to comply with quarantine rules at my destination. Could this jeopardize earning on the return? The notification doesn’t differentiate “booked” from “reissued.”
Jun 2, 2021, 11:05 am
#7
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: PIT-SCE-AOO-PHL-NYC-WAS
Programs: free agent
Posts: 1,036
No surprise on Emirates-Alaska divorce. They really emphasize on Qatar in announcement page, so I guess QR pressure Alaska to divorce with EK.
Have to debate what to do with my late-August EK award booking. Kinda have 2nd thought about staying in DXB, but this divorce mean unable to add 2nd segment if i dont want to stay in DXB.
Have to debate what to do with my late-August EK award booking. Kinda have 2nd thought about staying in DXB, but this divorce mean unable to add 2nd segment if i dont want to stay in DXB.
Jun 2, 2021, 11:27 am
#8
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 1,445
Jun 2, 2021, 12:44 pm
#11
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: HH Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 10,458
No surprise on Emirates-Alaska divorce. They really emphasize on Qatar in announcement page, so I guess QR pressure Alaska to divorce with EK.
Have to debate what to do with my late-August EK award booking. Kinda have 2nd thought about staying in DXB, but this divorce mean unable to add 2nd segment if i dont want to stay in DXB.
Have to debate what to do with my late-August EK award booking. Kinda have 2nd thought about staying in DXB, but this divorce mean unable to add 2nd segment if i dont want to stay in DXB.
Jun 2, 2021, 1:12 pm
#13
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: PIT-SCE-AOO-PHL-NYC-WAS
Programs: free agent
Posts: 1,036
im sure EK is like umm, you seems getting closer with my gulf rival and I think we should go on our own path. Will be interesting to see what AS will do with non-OW partners. I def would book and take trip within 1-2 month with non-OW partner to avoid unpleasant surprises such as partnership termination like AS/EK
Jun 2, 2021, 1:17 pm
#14
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Pacific NW
Programs: AS 75K / DL PM / Bonvoy Platinum / HHonors Gold /mLife Gold / WOH Explorist
Posts: 30
The partnership with EK was what convinced me to let AS convert ALLLLL my wallet credit from COVID cancellations at the beginning of 2020 into miles.
Jun 2, 2021, 1:21 pm
#15
Join Date: May 2019
Location: RTW
Programs: Delta PM, AA PlatPro
Posts: 406
Meh, Emirates F awards going away was the biggest loss for most of us.
Qatar can do everything Emirates could do, except for that A380 F shower...
Just today booked JNB-DOH-SFO-PDX.
I wish AS had kept EK, and the F..... but, whatever.
Emirates J is underwhelming. If we can't have First anymore - Qatar Qsuites will be a decent enough substitute.
Qatar can do everything Emirates could do, except for that A380 F shower...
Just today booked JNB-DOH-SFO-PDX.
I wish AS had kept EK, and the F..... but, whatever.
Emirates J is underwhelming. If we can't have First anymore - Qatar Qsuites will be a decent enough substitute.