Emirates A380 Flying To Washington Dulles As Of February 1, 2016

I get the feeling this is less about the need for capacity and more about flipping the bird to United. Either way, I think it's great.

I still see 789 on that route, are they running a second AUH-IAD? Or will they replace the existing 789? I don't see a 777 there? Am I missing something?

Please disregard the last one I have Etihad on the brain when I read Emirates..... Opps! Your welcome to delete so I don't look the fool. 🙂

I agree w/ @Adam's comment above...Definite middle finger action here...I Guess I will finally have to give in and burn some points to try them since IAD is in my backyard...

I just don't get why Emirates is still flying with those angled seats (personally, I am fine with the middle seat, but not to be able to lie flat, with all the PR they do?!). I love their soft product, but the 777 needs to be updated quickly, IMO.

PS: Off topic, Lucky, did you see this:
http://www.ausbt.com.au/high-tech-waterfront-business-class-seat-iphone-control-4k-screen

How can US-based flyers book Emirates awards? I know they partner with Alaska, but unfortunately I don't have any Alaska miles so I'm wondering what other possibilities there might be. Either way, I'm excited to see another A380 at my home airport.

Lufthansa - come on, bring the 380 to IAD. With BA, EK and AF all bringing the 380, time to bring LH 380 to IAD !

As someone else said, that 380 came from the DFW route.

Interesting, as of today, Expert Flyer shows the 380 from Dulles, but no first class seats awards available.

(we are booked from DFW in first in March which now is the 777 vs a380 and might switch to Dulles)

As I read this I checked my DFW First Class reservation to see it's been downgraded to Business Class and no more FC availability exists despite the plane having many empty FC revenue seats available. Anyone have experience talking to Alaska Miles about this? What a huge disappointment.

re: Tim - DFW on AK. We have/had a FC on Emirates. EK moved us over to the 777 in late March, still in First. Not sure why they would take you out of first. Does not make sense if you had a reservation and seats are available.

Curious to what you find.

Same here; We have 2 FC and 1 BC seat on EK in August, we've also been moved to a 777. The seats are still the same though. (Except for the angled seat in bc that is)

When are the "seasonal" downgrades for the DFW-Dubai route? I was planning on a redemption soon but want to be sure its A380.

I'm sure this is not only to flip the bird at United, but in preparation of flying all of JetBlue's pax around for them.

So considering I have an AS J redemption BKK-DXB-DFW for the A380 in November '16, what should I do? Any ideas about how to talk to Alaska about this one if I do decide to switch it?

re: Seasonal DFW - this article says it will be back Sept 1st. NOBODY knows for positive of course. http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/aviation/sky-talk-blog/article53118525.html

re: Gary - Looks like it was some sort of temporary issue - it shows I've been move to FC now. Curiously Alaska hasn't registered the change of equipment yet - only see it under EK's site.

Lucky, any more details regarding EK "seasonally" downgrading DFW-DXN to a 777? I have booked a First Class award seat for that route in september, with the main intention of flying on the A380!!!! Any suggestions? Thank you!!

How easy is it to change an Emirates award ticket booked with Alaska Airlines miles?

We have JFK-MXP-DXB-BOM booked in F in August (two legs on the A380), but IAD-DXB-BOM would be way better. With our current itin we have to book a positioning flight.

re: changing Alaska/Emirates flight. Easy stuff. You can actually do it online, assuming there are seats avail. You can try a new booking at AK and see. If so, do the change. Easy stuff.

@Lucky - This is my Taylor Swift crazed fan moment.... well, not for Taylor Swift but for Emirates *finally* bringing the A380 to DC! I just wish they were releasing premium award space! I've checked a couple of dates already to no avail. Any ideas?

So if I book an Alaska redemption for FC on Emirates DFW-DXB for this fall, with the main intent being to fly the A380, and we later learn that this temporary aircraft downgrade becomes permanent, will it be possible to change my award booking to a different route with the A380 (e.g, DC) so long as there is availability? Also, it sounds like from some of the other comments, if downgraded to 777, my booking would remain a FC booking on the 777, correct? Thanks.

We changec, no problem at all. Based on comments here and flyertalk, folks have been placed into first on the 777. Only issue unknown is if there are more bookings than seats available. Not a big issue this far in advance.

@ jcsatt -- Well Alaska allows changes and cancellations for free up until 60 days before departure. Within that timeframe it's $125 per person. An aircraft type technically isn't enough reason to get a fee waived, but if you get a sympathetic agent it's not out of the question.