50% bonus on Emirates conversions to Heathrow Rewards – worth it?

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• Tom H says:

  17 Oct17 October 08:45

  I ve got around 30k skywards points that expire in april2017, with no likelihood of aerlingus any more. Is there any other use or should I just cash them out?

  • Zander says:

    17 Oct17 October 10:08

    Arsenal tickets, Emirates high street, transfer to hotel partner etc there are loads of things you can do with Skywards.

  • ian says:

    17 Oct17 October 10:28

    easyjet one-way redemptions start from 7,500 skywards miles.

    ian. 🙂

  • Rob says:

    17 Oct17 October 12:00

    There a few hotel options in the Middle East but, given the deadline, I admit in your scenario I would cash out by December 31st (when this offer ends) if nothing else turns up.

• Claire says:

  17 Oct17 October 09:18

  Can you redeem these for £10 off parking discount which iirc costs 500 LHR points? How long are shopping vouchers valid? Got 9k Emirates to empty by next Sept so this could be handy.

  • Roger says:

    17 Oct17 October 09:26

    Was wondering that too.

    • ee says:

      6 Nov6 November 20:27

      Have tried this, and yes you can. 6000 skywards miles > 3000 Heathrow Rewards points > £60 of parking credit.

• czechoslovakia says:

  17 Oct17 October 09:50

  Does anyone know if the HR shopping voucher can be donated/sold on? Got 7000 emirates miles due to expire thanks to a SWISS mess up way back. And I do everything within my power to avoid Heathrow. TIA

  • EwanG says:

    17 Oct17 October 10:59

    Yes. Once you have these in your Heathrow Rewards account You can order a £5 voucher for 500 points (and multiples thereof).
    You can also transfer points from a HR account in your own name to another HR account although there is a limited to how many points you can transfer in a single transaction (I think it’s 54,000 points). The advantage of transferring to another account is you can use instant rewards (so no need to order paper vouchers) in store. Or you could just hand your own card over to whoever you want to gift your points to!

    Voucher can be used for, or towards, the purchase of goods and services at any of the participating outlets at Heathrow. Voucher is not transferable nor exchangeable for cash and cannot be used for purchases made for less than the full value of the voucher presented. Only the original voucher is valid. Photocopied, damaged or defaced vouchers will not be accepted. Passengers may still be liable to various taxes which will vary depending on the ultimate destination. Voucher is valid for one year (12 months) from the date of issue. Expired vouchers cannot be replaced or reissued.

    T&cs for paper vouchers:
    Voucher is not valid in the following outlets: Bureaux de change, vending and gaming machines, Staff Eurest restaurants and the BA Highlife staff shop. This voucher is not valid for transactions for medicines, prescription items, infant formula, gift vouchers, postage stamps and tobacco products or for Heathrow Express train tickets.

    • czechoslovakia says:

      17 Oct17 October 13:17

      Thanks very much indeed.

• rachael says:

  17 Oct17 October 09:52

  My Skyward points are about to expire next month, when transferred to Heathrow shopping vouchers how long will i have to use the vouchers ?

  • EwanG says:

    17 Oct17 October 11:14

    The Heathrow Reward points (held in your HR account) will expire after three years. If you order the paper vouchers before they expire, those vouchers will have to be used within 12 months.
    So potentially you have 4 years to use them in.

• Nick says:

  17 Oct17 October 10:04

  Don’t forget, you can also use you Skywards points at Dubai Duty Free ….

  • Claire says:

    17 Oct17 October 10:14

    Thanks, yes, will be returning via DXB in January…

• Craig says:

  17 Oct17 October 10:45

  Thanks for this. The website is a little unclear as you only see the bonus once you have done the transfer. I thought it wasn’t working so did a test first with the minimum 6000 to 2000, but it showed up in my account as 3000.

  I had a load to use and wasn’t planning on going anywhere near Dubai on my own dollar soon so flipped 54000 into £270 worth of vouchers – this is about half a new Iphone 6s which will go down well.

• Graeme says:

  17 Oct17 October 12:36

  So my 5500 Skywards points continue to be useless? Excellent.

  • Rob says:

    17 Oct17 October 16:01

    Are they in e-rewards?

    You could move 500 HR points to Emirates and then transfer your 6000 points back to get 3000 HR points!

• Simmo says:

  17 Oct17 October 13:08

  OT/
  Anybody had any luck with the churning of the Virgin Credit Card? – Currently up to 170,000 miles, without stepping foot on a Virgin plane.

  I got rid of my Virgin black card about 8 months ago. Never had the White version, however unable to do multiple sign up bonuses due to committed spend on other cards already so wanted to get more bang for the buck.

  • Genghis says:

    17 Oct17 October 13:14

    A couple of people have reported success. I’m currently trialling it after being accepted again.

    • Alan says:

      17 Oct17 October 15:26

      Ditto – got the white again within 3 months of closing previous white card. 3k for initial purchase already showing.

  • Johnnycl says:

    17 Oct17 October 13:21

    Yes, I’ve just churned the white card successfully and there was another person commenting with the same a few days ago too. I had about two statement cycles worth of a gap between cancellation and application.

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