Award flights on EK ex-DXB

[doctau]

I moved to Dubai a few months ago, and have a stack of QF points I'll need to use up. While I'll occasionally head back to Australia, there is obviously a lot more opportunity to use them with EK or One World carriers going to other countries.

I don't have any problem finding award flights on EK going to DXB when searching the Qantas site (at least in economy). I can find returns to Dubai from MEL/SYD/BNE as well as other origins like ATH, BCN, etc. If I try to find flights from DXB, it give me no EK at all. Economy to a variety of different destinations, a variety of months out, and nothing (except an occasional EK flight interlined on a RJ itinerary).

As an example, I see things like this with return searches:
BNE-DXB on 1st, DXB-BNE on 11th - award flights on EK available
BNE-DXB on 21st, DXB-BNE on 31st - award flights on EK available
DXB-BNE on 11th, BNE-DXB on 21st - no award flights on EK

There would appear to be inventory available for the third search, because I get offered the first two. Does anyone know if QF/EK have some point of commencement restrictions which means you can't book EK itineraries ex-DXB, or might it just be a website issue and the call centre could book them if I tried?

 

[Mickey Mouse]

This is a Qantas IT "feature"

 

[justinbrett]

I booked an EK flight DXB-CPT through the website no issues.

I can see sporadic flights available from DXB to SYD.

 

[doctau]

Hmm, you are right I can see plenty on EK DXB-CPT (even F seats) and some other places in sub-Saharan Africa and the Seychelles. Just nothing in Europe, Asia or Northern Africa, even when it shows up in the opposite direction.

I think I could live with a trip to the Seychelles.

 

[jpp42]

This is a Qantas IT "feature"

I know you're going for sarcasm here, but I think OP is correct that this is a restriction of the EK codeshare agreement with Qantas and is deliberate, not actually an IT problem.