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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.
Slightly later than usual, Emirates Skywards loaded the full 2018/9 schedule of Arsenal FC tickets onto its website on Wednesday morning. You can redeem via the Skywards website here. They also have .....
Slightly later than usual, Emirates Skywards loaded the full 2018/9 schedule of Arsenal FC tickets onto its .....
5 Sep 20185 September 2018 • 45 comments
Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, has launched a 50% bonus on transfers to Emirates Skywards. Heathrow Rewards gives you 1 point for every £1 spent in Heathrow (1 per .....
Heathrow Rewards, the loyalty scheme for shopping at Heathrow, has launched a 50% bonus on transfers to .....
2 Sep 20182 September 2018 • 3 comments
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your points INTO a hotel .....
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. What is .....
24 Aug 201824 August 2018 • 36 comments
Car rental group Sixt is running an exceptionally generous deal with Emirates Skywards. Via this link – and only if you book via this link – you will receive: 4,000 Emirates Skywards miles .....
Car rental group Sixt is running an exceptionally generous deal with Emirates Skywards. Via this link – .....
15 Aug 201815 August 2018 • 98 comments
In our main article today I wrote about the very generous ‘double up’ bonus which Heathrow Rewards is running from today, 24th July, to Monday 30th July. During this period, every 250 .....
In our main article today I wrote about the very generous ‘double up’ bonus which Heathrow Rewards .....
24 Jul 201824 July 2018 • 105 comments
Heathrow Rewards is launching an interesting promotion – a 50% bonus when you convert your Emirates Skywards miles INTO Heathrow Rewards points. This deal launches today and runs until 31st .....
Heathrow Rewards is launching an interesting promotion – a 50% bonus when you convert your Emirates .....
25 Jun 201825 June 2018 • 39 comments
Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty scheme, has an interesting partnership with hotel booking site Rocketmiles. Heathrow Rewards gives you 1 point for every £1 spent in Heathrow .....
Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty scheme, has an interesting partnership with hotel .....
16 Jun 201816 June 2018 • 31 comments
MBNA wrote to holders of the Emirates Skywards and Emirates Skywards Elite UK credit cards on Monday to tell them that they are closing on 21st July. This is an earlier closing date than for the .....
MBNA wrote to holders of the Emirates Skywards and Emirates Skywards Elite UK credit cards on Monday to tell .....
13 Jun 201813 June 2018 • 59 comments
Emirates Skywards is offering tickets for the Queen’s Club tennis tournament in London. This is the traditional mens event which runs immediately before Wimbledon. It runs from Monday 18th .....
Emirates Skywards is offering tickets for the Queen’s Club tennis tournament in London. This is the .....
2 Jun 20182 June 2018
This is my review of MBNA’s new Horizon Visa credit card. Yesterday I wrote about how MBNA has pulled the plug on the UK Etihad Guest credit card from 27th July. This is also now confirmed as .....
This is my review of MBNA’s new Horizon Visa credit card. Yesterday I wrote about how MBNA has pulled .....
31 May 201831 May 2018 • 158 comments
One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to destroy much – but not all – of the generous arbitrage that used to be .....
One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to .....
31 May 201831 May 2018 • 53 comments
Most people don’t realise that the British Airways style of family or household account is actually very rare. Few other airlines let you pool 100% of the miles earned by your wider friends .....
Most people don’t realise that the British Airways style of family or household account is actually very .....
31 May 201831 May 2018 • 43 comments
Just in case you are flying out of Heathrow tonight for the Bank Holiday, I thought it was worth a reminder that Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has a .....
Just in case you are flying out of Heathrow tonight for the Bank Holiday, I thought it was worth a reminder .....
25 May 201825 May 2018 • 20 comments
One thing that is going to be lost when the merger of Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest completes is the ability to earn Starwood Preferred Guest hotel points when you fly three airlines. .....
One thing that is going to be lost when the merger of Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest completes .....
13 May 201813 May 2018 • 13 comments
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