Emirates Skywards Cuts JetBlue Mint Awards

"Officially" no longer possible, as confirmed by a representative of Emirates? Couldn't this simply be a temporary/tech issue?

If confirmed, this is not inconsistent with the premium product redemption practices of other airlines -- that is, it is not available to partners. Just to name a few:

- Singapore KrysSuites
- Air France first class
- American Airlines Flagship First
- British Airways first class

One might not like it, but it is not inconsistent.

At this point, we can no longer call this temporary, even though EK hasn't updated their site. It has been several weeks. Now the only value from EK awards are 5th freedom flights. Everything else costs tons of $ in fuel surcharges.

It's because they were being credited as revenue fare tickets to True Blue and AAdvantage and at full J earnings. So a 52k skywards ticket would get you over 30k back in AAdvantage if you had EP.. a bit less without it...

It was a fun run while it lasted.

These were being issued as Emirates tickets on 176 stock - why would AA ever give credit for an EK ticket?

Bad IT.. lol. Someone mentioned it on flyertalk last month and I was like there goes that.

Tangentially related to this article, but does anyone know if it is possible to mix and match B6 and EK on a single award? E.g., home airport to JFK on B6 and JFK-MXP on EK? All on the same PNR and award ticket?

Wow. I'm not really sure how or why AA would see a 176 ticket and ever award it anything, even with their IT.

FWIW, I just had success changing an existing Mint reservation that I made back in June with Emirates miles. Switched to a different day, also an (I) fare class. Definitely an edge case, but hope it's helpful for someone out there!