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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 The Platinum Card from American Express Platinum (high fee, high bonus), the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card (free for a year, good bonus) and The American Express Rewards Credit Card (no fee, small bonus!).
Our complete guide to earning Emirates Skywards miles from UK credit cards is here.
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. This facility is mentioned on .....
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....
20 Apr 201920 April 2019 • 11 comments
I thought I’d drop this in as an extra quick item as the tickets may not still be there on Friday morning. FA Cup Final tickets at Wembley have popped up for redemption with Emirates Skywards .....
I thought I’d drop this in as an extra quick item as the tickets may not still be there on Friday .....
18 Apr 201918 April 2019 • 18 comments
If you’ve always wanted to go to Wimbledon but never managed to get tickets, Emirates Skywards members can now access the next best thing – the French Open at Roland-Garros in Paris. .....
If you’ve always wanted to go to Wimbledon but never managed to get tickets, Emirates Skywards members .....
17 Apr 201917 April 2019
Emirates has launched a special promotion linked to the Rugby World Cup. You can save: £300 in First Class £150 in Business Class £50 in Economy Class Flights must: be booked by 31st July for .....
Emirates has launched a special promotion linked to the Rugby World Cup. You can save: £300 in First Class .....
16 Apr 201916 April 2019 • 74 comments
We spent most of yesterday travelling back to London from holiday, so with time tight I thought I’d roll out one of our older ‘how to’ articles that won’t be familiar to new .....
We spent most of yesterday travelling back to London from holiday, so with time tight I thought I’d roll .....
15 Apr 201915 April 2019 • 72 comments
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
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