First-class award flights from Detroit (DTW) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)

The lowest one-way first-class award each program showed on DTW→AUH, sorted by points.

Program	Points + taxes	Stops	Airlines seen	Seats	Dates seen	Newest observation
Etihad GuestLowest observed	184,000 pts + $759.40	1 stop	AAEY	2	2	Nov 7, 2026, 23:08 UTC	See dates
Alaska Atmos Rewards	215,000 pts + $64.20Mixed cabin	2 stops	ASQR	2	9	Nov 7, 2026, 23:08 UTC	See dates

Not seen in first class: American Airlines AAdvantage, Air Canada Aeroplan, Air France/KLM Flying Blue and United MileagePlus.

Not seen means AwardTool hasn't observed this cabin on this route in the last 30 days. It doesn't mean the airline has no seats. Dates seen counts departure dates with an open award in that cabin at any price; newest observation is the latest time AwardTool saw one of them. Seats is the count the program reported when we observed it; some programs report at most 9.

Prices are one-way per traveler: the program's points or miles plus taxes and carrier fees in USD, as AwardTool observed them in the observation window. Award space changes constantly. A seat we saw may be gone, and space we haven't seen may exist. Always confirm with a live search before transferring points; most transfers can't be reversed.

How often first-class award space showed up

Departure dates in the next 365 days that AwardTool checked for each program in the last 30 days, how many had first-class award space at any price, and the latest departure with space.

Program	Dates with space	Share of dates checked	Latest departure with space
Etihad Guest	2 of 27	7%	May 15, 2027
Alaska Atmos Rewards	9 of 30	30%	Apr 4, 2027

First class compared with economy, by program

Each program's lowest one-way first-class and economy awards on DTW→AUH, in its own points or miles, and how many times the economy points the first-class award needed. — in the last column means one of the two is a mixed-cabin award or was not seen on 2 or more dates.

Each program's lowest one-way first-class award by departure month, in its own points or miles, with the taxes of that month's lowest award and the program's open dates that month under it. A price without taxes had none reported for that month. — means the program showed no first-class space that month.

Lowest prices among the dates we observed, by departure month. A record, not a forecast.

Program	Jan 2027	Feb 2027	Mar 2027	Apr 2027	May 2027
Etihad Guestmiles	—	—	—	184,0001 date	184,0001 date
Alaska Atmos Rewardspoints	215,0001 date · Mixed cabin	215,0001 date · Mixed cabin	215,0003 dates · Mixed cabin	215,0004 dates · Mixed cabin	—

Airlines seen in first class

Airlines that appeared on the award itineraries AwardTool observed, and the programs that showed them.

• American Airlines (AA): Etihad Guest
• Alaska Airlines (AS): Alaska Atmos Rewards
• Etihad Airways (EY): Etihad Guest
• Qatar Airways (QR): Alaska Atmos Rewards

First class on nearby routes

The lowest first-class award AwardTool observed on related routes, as each route's page shows it: the return direction, other airports in the same cities, and more routes from Detroit (DTW) and to Abu Dhabi (AUH). One way, in the program's points or miles, with that award's taxes when the data has them.

Route	Lowest observed	Program	Dates seen
Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Detroit (DTW)Return direction	184,000 miles + $733.89	Etihad Guest	6
Detroit (DTW) to New York JFKAlso from DTW	15,000 points + $25.60	Alaska Atmos Rewards	268
Detroit (DTW) to Boston (BOS)Also from DTW	15,000 points + $25.60	Alaska Atmos Rewards	259
Detroit (DTW) to New York LaGuardia (LGA)Also from DTW	9,000 points + $25.60Nonstop	Alaska Atmos Rewards	254
Detroit (DTW) to Orlando (MCO)Also from DTW	15,000 miles + $5.60	American Airlines AAdvantage	328
Doha (DOH) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)Also to AUH	21,000 Avios + taxes not reportedNonstop	Qatar Airways Privilege Club	329
Cairo (CAI) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)Also to AUH	61,000 points + $508.16	Virgin Australia Velocity	295
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)Also to AUH	86,000 points + $522.84	Virgin Australia Velocity	129

US card points to program miles or points: ratio and typical transfer time

Program	Amex	Bilt	Capital One	Chase	Citi	Wells Fargo
Alaska Atmos Rewards	—	1:1 · ~1 day	—	—	—	—
Etihad Guest	—	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · ~1 day	—	1:1 · Instant	—

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