At least you got your money back.

Its frustrating that they won't tell you the reason for the ban. I guess there is no way to find out unless you take them to court, which would be a long & expensive process that is not worth it in the end.

QR is right next door for your future travel plans.

see you soon in DOH ;)

QR has very few F destination and their F product is very much behind...

I don’t think I’ll ever travel on Emirates again or give the airline any of my business. As a business owner, I will also not permit employee travel on the company dime on Emirates because of this ordeal. I’ve never been treated worse by an airline.

The real loss to me would be EK’s route network and F footprint, which EY and QR just aren’t able to match. Going west, I’m usually loyal to TK - and going east, I suppose I’ll be settled for any number of wonderful airlines in that part of the world.

If Etihad had its former route network, particularly LAX frequencies I’d be using them more.

Any other anecdotes of this happening?

I was literally about to transfer 600K or more MR points to Emirates to book 3 J class tickets. Is there some TOS that says I am not supposed to do this? I kinda thought that's the whole purpose of these partnerships. Am I stepping into something that is against policy?

Same question here - is this still happening to folks that are just trying to use a points transfer partner for MR to book award flights?

Unclear, but I've done it x3 and I'll be mighty angry if I get to the airport to check in and have a problem. Flight isn't until September.

Reading this has made me anxious now. Booked my family of 4 on J in November.

Have you thought about giving AF or LH a try - their F products are nice and network, whilst behind EK, is bigger than QR/EY etc

Does anyone know of somebody in Emirates who can look into this for me?

I’m more curious than anything else.