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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.
This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon. You need to remember that you .....
This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero .....
8 Apr 20198 April 2019 • 34 comments
FA Cup semi-final tickets at Wembley have popped up for redemption with Emirates Skywards miles. They are NOT a bargain but if you can’t get tickets directly then this is your only option. .....
FA Cup semi-final tickets at Wembley have popped up for redemption with Emirates Skywards miles. They are .....
22 Mar 201922 March 2019 • 21 comments
Those of use who were sceptical when Emirates announced its Stansted service last year – and you can count me amongst them – have been proved wrong. A 2nd daily service from Stansted to .....
Those of use who were sceptical when Emirates announced its Stansted service last year – and you can .....
14 Mar 201914 March 2019
This is the final part of my review of the Emirates First Class Suite on a Boeing 777-300ER. Part 1 of my Emirates First Class Suite review, which you can find here, talks about how I managed to book .....
This is the final part of my review of the Emirates First Class Suite on a Boeing 777-300ER. Part 1 of my .....
23 Feb 201923 February 2019 • 74 comments
This is the 2nd part of my review of the Emirates First Class suite on a Boeing 777-300ER. Part 1 of my Emirates First Class Suite review, which ran on Tuesday and which you can find here, talks about .....
This is the 2nd part of my review of the Emirates First Class suite on a Boeing 777-300ER. Part 1 of my .....
21 Feb 201921 February 2019 • 68 comments
This is my review of the Emirates First Class suite on a Boeing 777-300ER. The review will run over three articles on different days. Today I want to look at the background to the trip and how I .....
This is my review of the Emirates First Class suite on a Boeing 777-300ER. The review will run over three .....
19 Feb 201919 February 2019 • 46 comments
News in brief: British Airways Club World deal to Osaka BA is offering a £1,999 deal on Club World seats to Osaka, but with very restricted dates. You need to travel between 1st and 15th April and .....
News in brief: British Airways Club World deal to Osaka BA is offering a £1,999 deal on Club World seats to .....
19 Feb 201919 February 2019
The article you really want to see – my review of Emirates First Class in the new private suites on the Boeing 777-300ER fleet – is on the way in a couple of days. Before that, however, I .....
The article you really want to see – my review of Emirates First Class in the new private suites on the .....
17 Feb 201917 February 2019 • 46 comments
Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty scheme, has an interesting partnership with hotel booking site Rocketmiles which can earn you 2,000+ easy Avios or other airline miles. Heathrow .....
Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty scheme, has an interesting partnership with hotel .....
21 Jan 201921 January 2019 • 39 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 .....
18 Jan 201918 January 2019 • 118 comments
It seems that Emirates Skywards has decided to follow the lead of Etihad Guest and remove free chauffeur cars on Business and First Class reward flights. This is disappointing, as it helped offset the .....
It seems that Emirates Skywards has decided to follow the lead of Etihad Guest and remove free chauffeur cars .....
8 Jan 20198 January 2019 • 140 comments
Heathrow Rewards and Heathrow Express have teamed up to offer a generous bonus promotion. Heathrow Rewards gives you 1 point for every £1 spent in Heathrow (1 per £10 on foreign exchange) or on .....
Heathrow Rewards and Heathrow Express have teamed up to offer a generous bonus promotion. Heathrow Rewards .....
2 Dec 20182 December 2018 • 69 comments
Emirates and Etihad, the two major UAE airlines, have a lot of high quality partnerships such as the Emirates deal with Qantas. They have have some lower quality or just plain weird .....
Emirates and Etihad, the two major UAE airlines, have a lot of high quality partnerships such as the Emirates .....
18 Oct 201818 October 2018 • 22 comments
Emirates Skywards is currently offering standard and VIP tickets to the Nitto ATP tennis tournament at The O2 in November. The tournament runs from the 11th – 18th November, with both day and .....
Emirates Skywards is currently offering standard and VIP tickets to the Nitto ATP tennis tournament at The O2 .....
4 Oct 20184 October 2018
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