Save on United Airlines and Emirates flights via special football deals

Two special football related discounts have popped up:

Save £45 on United flights to the United States with a Wrexham membership!

As we covered recently, United Airlines has become the official airline sponsor of Wrexham football club.

Whilst Division 2 clubs would not normally attract a major global airline as a sponsor, Wrexham is different. If the story has passed you by, it is now owned by Hollywood royalty Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds who turned their story into a successful TV series, ‘Welcome to Wrexham’.

Wrexham is even having a US pre-season tour this summer – flying on United, of course – which is something not exactly common for Division 2 clubs.

United Airlines is offering a £75 flight discount to everyone who signs up for Wrexham club membership. This will cost you £30, so there is a net gain of £45.

The discount code terms are a little vague:

“Flights to be booked between July 7, 2023 and October 7, 2023 for travel between August 1, 2023 and April 30, 2024. Full terms and conditions will apply. A discount code will be provided in due course to all members.”

If you’re interested, you can find out more on the Wrexham website here.

Save up to £150 on Emirates flights via its Arsenal partnership

Emirates, as the core sponsor of Arsenal football club, has released a special discount offer for club members.

EDIT: This code is now dead

Whilst this is in theory only meant to be used by club members, the code has been widely shared on discount and coupon sites so I doubt there is any extra loss in posting it here.

You save:

• up to £30 on economy tickets
• up to £150 on business class tickets
• premium economy and first class are excluded
• travel must be completed by 23rd January 2024

You need to use code UKARSN7 on the Emirates website here. Click the red ‘promo code’ text to be taken to a special booking screen which allows the use of promo codes – you can’t do this from the main home page.

Fares shown will be automatically discounted if included in the offer and will be shown with a gold circle next to them.

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How to earn Emirates Skywards miles from UK credit cards (September 2023)

Emirates Skywards does not have a UK credit card.  However, you can earn Emirates Skywards miles by converting Membership Rewards points earned from selected UK American Express cards.

Cards earning Membership Rewards points include:

• American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 20,000 Emirates Skywards miles. This card is FREE for your first year and also comes with four free airport lounge passes.

• The Platinum Card from American Express (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 30,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 30,000 Emirates Skywards miles

• American Express Rewards credit card (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 10,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 10,000 Emirates Skywards miles. This card is FREE for life.

Membership Rewards points convert at 1:1 into Emirates Skywards miles which is an attractive rate.  The cards above all earn 1 Membership Rewards point per £1 spent on your card, which converts to 1 Emirates Skywards mile. The Gold card earns double points (2 per £1) on all flights you charge to it.