Emirates adds a 7th Heathrow flight – on a Boeing 777
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Emirates has done a deal with Cathay Pacific to lease five weekly Heathrow slots for the winter season.
This means that, from 31st October to 30th March, Emirates will be offering seven flights per day on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The additional flight departs at 20.15 from Heathrow. Given that Emirates has an existing 20.20 departure this could get a bit messy in the Terminal 3 lounge!
There appears to be no change to the existing Gatwick or Stansted schedules.
The flight will use a 777-300ER, not an A380. It does NOT appear to have the – frankly astonishing – new Emirates First Class Suite which I reviewed here. This is the suite that – if you are in the middle suite with no windows – gives you fake windows which projects a live stream from a camera on the aircraft.
The seat map for the new Heathrow flights shows an 8-seat cabin, not a 6-seat one, so it is not the new suite. At present you need to fly to or from Stansted, of all places, to experience this.
Note that Business Class on the 777-300ER fleet it is 2-3-2 with no real privacy between the seats compared to the A380. Go for an A380 if you can.
The Emirates website is here if you want to take a look.
We published a complete guide to earning Emirates Skywards miles from UK credit cards which you can find here.
How to earn Emirates Skywards miles from UK credit cards (November 2024)
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 15,000 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 50,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 37,500 Emirates Skywards miles
- American Express Rewards credit card (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 10,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 7,500 Emirates Skywards miles. This card is FREE for life.
Membership Rewards points convert at 4:3 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 0.75 Emirates Skywards miles. The Gold card earns double points (2 per £1) on all flights you charge to it, with any airline.
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