Round Up: Emirates Devalues, Alaska’s Dynamic AA Awards, MGM Rewards is Live; IHG Enhancing?
Emirates Raises Prices on One Way Business Class Awards - More to Come?
OMAAT reports on a devaluation he noticed today on Emirates awards. Whether you are flying to Europe on a 5th Freedom route...
Where can I transfer Chase, Citi, American Express, Capital One and Marriott points?
Bookmark this page. It's our master guide to which "transferable points" transfer to which airlines and hotels
Last Updated: January 2022
I love "transferable currency" credit cards like the Chase Sapphire Reserve / Chase Sapphire Preferred...
NEW: Book JetBlue MINT with Emirates Skywards Miles!
Wow. I mean wow.
Here's the deal. Emirates' award chart has been updated to include the ability to book Mint flights using Emirates miles and I feel a bit chuffed with excitement.
Discovered this evening by...
Alaska / Emirates Break Up July 31st; Qatar Will Be Added in August
Early this year, we lost the ability to redeem Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles for Emirates First Class awards. Most Emirates partners also lost this access and it wasn't a big deal now that...
Last Days to Book Emirates F via (Most) Partners
Back in November, we learned that Emirates would stop offering First Class award space to its partners.
We then got the clarification that Qantas would continue to offer Emirates First Class space.
Last Chance to Book...
Emirates First Class Remains Bookable With Qantas Points
Last week, there was a lot of sadness about Emirates cutting off most of its partners from accessing its First Class cabin for awards starting with redemptions made on or April 1st, 2021. Booking...
Emirates Requiring Negative COVID-19 Test From Certain Departure Cities
From the Emirates Travel Updates section of the Emirates website:
Negative PCR Certificate Required (COVID-19) for Specific Emirates Flights
Effective 10th July, if you are flying with Emirates from the countries or airports specified below, you...
Emirates Drops (Most) Surcharges on Awards
I was doing my daily search just now for an award flight to the Maldives during peak season today when I came across something very interesting. Since Emirates hadn't shown a through flight in...
Marriott / Emirates Partnership Returns (Your World Rewards)
Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch?
The old SPG had a partnership for reciprocal earning between Emirates Skywards and Marriott Rewards (now Bonvoy).
There used to also be a partnership with Delta...
Emirates First Class Suites vs. Etihad First Class Apartments: Which is Better?
Emirates First Class Suites vs. Etihad First Class Apartments
Having flown the two products just over a year apart, Etihad's First Class from AUH-JFK last January and Emirates First Class from JFK-DXB just this March,...
