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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.
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12 Apr 201612 April 2016 • 27 comments
I was updating the credit card database page on Head for Points yesterday and noticed some shocking changes to the interest rates charged on many popular travel credit cards. Since the EU capped .....
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10 Apr 201610 April 2016 • 68 comments
Emirates is currently running a redemption sale. You can save 50% on the usual number of Skywards miles required for a redemption in Economy in Saver class. There is also a more restricted sale .....
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14 Mar 201614 March 2016 • 5 comments
News in brief: Earn Avios with the new Malaysia / Emirates partnership? It is a little known fact, unless you read HfP, that you can earn Avios points and British Airways tier points when you fly with .....
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29 Feb 201629 February 2016 • 34 comments
News in brief: See the FA Cup Fifth Round games with Emirates Skywards miles Emirates is now the lead sponsor of the FA Cup. For the 2nd Round in December, they offered tickets for just 1 mile! .....
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10 Feb 201610 February 2016 • 21 comments
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News in brief: Starwood opens a second European Element hotel Starwood opened its Amsterdam .....
9 Feb 20169 February 2016 • 30 comments
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17 Jan 201617 January 2016 • 26 comments
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just for the sign-up bonus Cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate Cards .....
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just .....
13 Jan 201613 January 2016 • 100 comments
I have written extensively about the new European Union regulations on credit card interchange fees which came into effect last week. This article covers the key information. You could (note, could) .....
I have written extensively about the new European Union regulations on credit card interchange fees which came .....
18 Dec 201518 December 2015 • 74 comments
News in brief: See the FA Cup Third Round with Emirates Skywards miles I have written before about using Emirates Skywards miles for Executive Box seats at Arsenal or the other football clubs around .....
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15 Dec 201515 December 2015 • 47 comments
Our ‘Credit Cards Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of .....
Our ‘Credit Cards Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might .....
14 Dec 201514 December 2015 • 47 comments
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1 Dec 20151 December 2015 • 114 comments
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26 Nov 201526 November 2015 • 20 comments
News in brief: Did you buy the £79 printer with 3,500 Clubcard points? A fortnight ago I ran a great Tesco Clubcard offer. If you paid £79 for an Epson XP322 printer, you received 3,500 bonus .....
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14 Nov 201514 November 2015 • 138 comments
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