A:Yes! This call center operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.The least busy day is Sunday, and the most busy day is Friday.Schedule a call when it's convenient for you.
Q:
How long will I wait on hold?
A:The average hold time is 1 minute and 39 seconds.The longest hold times are on Tuesday, and the shortest are on Sunday.You can skip the hold time for free.
How do I get through the phone menu to a live person?
Consider using our free service that calls and talks to customer service for you, then sends you a report. Or use our free service that waits on hold and tells you when a human rep is on the line. But if those options don't appeal to you, our team has also documented the phone menu for Emirates below.
Our AI powered phone can dial, navigate the phone menu, wait on hold, and even talk to customer service for you, for free. You don't even need to learn about the path through the various phone options.
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GetHuman researchers routinely call this Emirates phone number to document the phone system.
Here is our latest tip for weaving through the phone menu to get to a real person the fastest:Press *, then 2
Below are some clips we've found from Emirates's phone menus and tips that help give an idea of what you will encounter when you call. We've highlighted why they are important as well:
They may ask you to enter information with the dial pad
"Thank you for calling Emirates.
For English, press one.
You may find our best fares online.
Explore our offers and featured fares on emirates dot com.
Your call may be recorded and analyzed for training, quality, and service support.
For details on how we process your personal data, please see our privacy policy on Emirates dot com.
If you're an Emirates Skywards member, press one.
If you're a travel agent, please enter your Emirates Skywards number."
Excerpt from a call with Emirates
Monday, March 18, 2024 9:17 AM
What are the hours and when should I call?
Emirates operates the call center for this 800-777-3999 phone number 24 hours, 7 days.The short answer is that you should call on a Sunday.This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 1,286 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
Call when they- and you- are open
When you use our free AI-powered phone to call and talk, wait on hold, or navigate for you, you can also schedule the call with Emirates at a time when they are open and when it works for you. We will confirm you are ready before placing the call, just in case. That means you can "set it and forget it" ahead of time.
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this Emirates phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like Emirates staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call Emirates is Sunday.The most busy day to call is Friday, which averages 92% more phone calls by comparison.Again, this is based on a sample of 1,286 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
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The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Sunday.The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Tuesday, which is 546% longer than the minimum.As you can see, there is more fluctuation in hold time over the course of the week than there is in call volume.
In summation, the best day to call Emirates is Sunday.In this case, it's a no-brainer. Sunday is not only the least busy day for calling this Emirates number, but it is also the day with the shortest hold times.
Calling Emirates seems to be a little more aimed at the airline's loyalty members, but you can still get assistance with this number. When I called, I had to navigate through the online menu to find "anything else" after being asked if I was a travel agent or a member of Emirates' loyalty program. Following that, I was then asked if this was about an existing booking or a new booking, and I said it was a new booking.
Upon that, I was soon connected with a representative, although it appeared that hadn't happened at first. After a few seconds, she said hello without any other kind of greeting or confirmation that I had reached Emirates. I didn't get that confirmation until I responded, at which point she confirmed that I had reached Emirates and asked how she could assist.
I asked her what the cancellation policy would be if I were to book a flight on Emirates, and she told me that there were two cancellation policies depending on when the flight was. If I was purchasing a flight to be taken in the next seven days, there would be no cancellation policy without a fee once I'd bought the ticket. However, if I was purchasing a flight that was more than seven days in the future, I would have 24 hours in which to cancel the flight without penalty.
I asked if that was the case on every Emirates flight, and she confirmed it was. Overall, I thought that she did a good job of explaining things, but the introduction was a little weak. A representative shouldn't have to wait on the customer before they give you a greeting and confirmation that you've reached where you wanted. Based on this, I'd definitely use this number, but the opening impression could be improved.
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Why Customers Call Emirates
If you have time to do a bit of reading before you call Emirates, we recommend you read over some of our problem-specific articles.
Click the link above to get answers to just about any Emirates customer service question, including step by step guides for the most complex issues. You can also detail a new issue and get answers instantly.
Below is a sample of recent calls to Emirates, and their purpose. Are any of these similar to the reason you are trying to call?
Itinerary assistance needed: "So the I need some help with the our itinerary, please."
- From a call lasting 6m 49s , Jun 30, 2025 2:54 AM
Upgrade flight using points: "I wanna use the points on Ali Raza's account to upgrade all the tickets to business from Dubai to Houston."
- From a call lasting 12m 35s , Jun 26, 2025 6:31 AM
Flight status inquiry: "So what's the status of our flight?"
- From a call lasting 34m 10s , Jun 23, 2025 6:14 PM
Change flight date: "I tried to delay my flight in one day, but I couldn't do it on the website."
- From a call lasting 20m 13s , Jun 22, 2025 1:36 AM
Missing luggage assistance: "I'm calling because I've encountered a problem with missing luggage after my recent flight."
- From a call lasting 6m 40s , Jun 21, 2025 9:19 PM
Information about why customers call Emirates is extracted from issues that customers have reported to GetHuman.
Corresponding with a customer service department by email may not be your first choice, especially if your issue is urgent or time-sensitive. But email is a nearly ubiquitous form of communication, and Emirates will reply our your email.
As a last, sometimes only, resort- Emirates customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.
Conclusion and closing notes
This is Emirates's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a Emirates agent. This phone number is Emirates's best phone number because 2,262 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 800-777-3999 include Make a booking, Delayed Flight, Complaint, Cancel or change flight, Lost Baggage and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call Emirates first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via phone or web or email. In total, Emirates has 3 phone numbers. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to Emirates representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
GetHuman does not provide call center services or customer support operations for Emirates. The two organizations are not related. GetHuman builds free tools and shares information to help customers of companies like Emirates. For large companies that includes tools such as our GetHuman Phone, which allows you to call a company but skip the part where you wait on the line to get a live human rep. We continue to work on these tools to help customers like you (and ourselves!) navigate the messy phone menus, hold times, and confusion with customer service. As long as you keep sharing it with your friends and loved ones, we'll keep doing it.
