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Emirates Skywards is the frequent flyer program for Emirates. There are three tiers: Blue, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
The Emirates website is here if you want to find out more. If you need to top up your account, the link to purchase Skywards miles is here.
Emirates Skywards does not have its own UK credit card but you can transfer points earned from American Express Platinum (high fee, high bonus), American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (free for a year, good bonus) and Amex Rewards Credit Card (no fee, small bonus!).
Our complete guide to earning Emirates Skywards miles from UK credit cards is here.
Just before Christmas we published a piece about a secret (and it remains a secret, to the extent that members have not been told) devaluation by the Emirates Skywards programme. Here is the new .....
Just before Christmas we published a piece about a secret (and it remains a secret, to the extent that members .....
29 Jan 202329 January 2023 • 12 comments
Back in 2020 – so it went under the radar during the pandemic – Qantas Frequent Flyer became a partner of American Express Membership Rewards in the UK. As Qantas is a British Airways .....
Back in 2020 – so it went under the radar during the pandemic – Qantas Frequent Flyer became a .....
23 Jan 202323 January 2023 • 22 comments
SportBusiness has an exclusive story on Qatar Airways replacing Emirates as the official airline partner of Formula 1. To quote: Qatar Airways is set to be announced as the new airline sponsor of .....
SportBusiness has an exclusive story on Qatar Airways replacing Emirates as the official airline partner of .....
20 Jan 202320 January 2023 • 29 comments
Emirates is offering tickets to three attractions in Dubai for anyone who books a return ticket to the Emirate or builds in a 20+ hour stopover on a ticket elsewhere. Here’s the small print: If .....
Emirates is offering tickets to three attractions in Dubai for anyone who books a return ticket to the Emirate .....
18 Jan 202318 January 2023
Emirates has confirmed a further ramping up of its UK regional flights. This is what is happening: The Stansted service is the key one for anyone obsessed with First Class products, as this is the .....
Emirates has confirmed a further ramping up of its UK regional flights. This is what is happening: The .....
16 Jan 202316 January 2023 • 38 comments
One of the key ideas I push on Head for Points is that transferable, or convertible, points are better than non-transferable points. The best way to explain this is via American Express Membership .....
One of the key ideas I push on Head for Points is that transferable, or convertible, points are better than .....
9 Jan 20239 January 2023 • 40 comments
Emirates has released the final batch of Arsenal football tickets for 2022/23 for Emirates Skywards members who have miles to redeem. You can also use American Express Membership Rewards points .....
Emirates has released the final batch of Arsenal football tickets for 2022/23 for Emirates Skywards members .....
4 Jan 20234 January 2023 • 24 comments
Emirates has decided to celebrate the festive season with a secret 20% devaluation of Emirates Skywards miles. This is on top of the very substantial increases in taxes and charges which we’ve .....
Emirates has decided to celebrate the festive season with a secret 20% devaluation of Emirates Skywards miles. .....
23 Dec 202223 December 2022 • 35 comments
Emirates, you may not know, has its own online shopping mall. This is similar to the British Airways eStore or Virgin Atlantic’s Shops Away. You can find it here. Until 31st December, there is a .....
Emirates, you may not know, has its own online shopping mall. This is similar to the British Airways eStore or .....
15 Dec 202215 December 2022
There is good news for Avios, Virgin Flying Club, Asia Miles, Emirates Skywards, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Aegean Miles+Bonus, Royal Brunei Royal Skies and Lufthansa Miles & More members. .....
There is good news for Avios, Virgin Flying Club, Asia Miles, Emirates Skywards, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, .....
12 Dec 202212 December 2022 • 41 comments
A lot of Head for Points readers find themselves flying on Emirates occasionally. Unfortunately, it is easy to find yourself with a pile of orphaned Emirates Skywards miles. Emirates is the .....
A lot of Head for Points readers find themselves flying on Emirates occasionally. Unfortunately, it is .....
6 Dec 20226 December 2022 • 15 comments
When anyone mentions the A380, you think of Emirates. This isn’t surprising, of course. Emirates is by far the bigger user of the aircraft and built its entire business model around the double .....
When anyone mentions the A380, you think of Emirates. This isn’t surprising, of course. Emirates is by .....
27 Nov 202227 November 2022 • 60 comments
There are two bits of news today for anyone in the Newcastle Airport catchment area. Flybe launching flights to Heathrow and Belfast The first is that Flybe is launching two new routes from the .....
There are two bits of news today for anyone in the Newcastle Airport catchment area. Flybe launching flights .....
3 Nov 20223 November 2022 • 37 comments
We’ve just returned from 12 days in the Middle East over half term. This turned out to be the most complex ‘miles and points’ trip I’ve ever arranged, coming together over a .....
We’ve just returned from 12 days in the Middle East over half term. This turned out to be the most .....
2 Nov 20222 November 2022 • 205 comments
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