Emirates and Emirates Skywards
Last week Saudi Arabia launched its new online eVisa and tourism strategy. The launch was pretty slick. My social media and news feeds have been full of images of Saudi sites to add to the… Read More »Visit Saudi Arabia with Skywards Miles
Skywards, the loyalty programme of Emirates and flydubai, recently crossed the 25 million-member mark. Interestingly, 5 million of those have joined in the last 18 months at a rate of six new members every minute.… Read More »Emirates Skywards hits 25 million-member milestone
Emirates operates 16 ‘fifth freedom’ routes around the world. Fifth freedom flights are flights that do not start or end in the airlines’ home market, in this case, Dubai. More often than not, these are… Read More »Book Emirates fifth freedom flights with Skywards Miles
This news has been expected for some time now. Emirates has finally announced plans to start flying to Mexico City from 9 December 2019. This is Emirates’ first destination in Central America. The new route… Read More »Emirates launching flight to Mexico City
This is exciting. Emirates launched a new route connecting Dubai to Porto this morning. It is Emirates’ second destination in Portugal after Lisbon. The flight will operate four times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays… Read More »Emirates launches new route from Dubai to Porto
Emirates has launched a second daily flight between Dubai (DXB) and London Stansted (STN). The extra flight took off this afternoon. It brings to 11 the number of daily flights Emirates operates between Dubai and… Read More »Emirates adds second flight to London Stansted
A quick reminder that if you’re flying through London Heathrow this summer there is an easy opportunity to pick up 3,000 bonus Skywards miles. Heathrow Rewards is offering the sign-up bonus to new members who… Read More »Earn 3,000 Skywards Miles with Heathrow Rewards sign-up bonus
The UAE school spring break starts this coming weekend. Many expat families will be flying home for the holidays. Emirates has added a family-friendly upgrade, playlist sync, to the airline’s iOS and Android apps to… Read More »Emirates rolling out playlist sync on ice
Emirates quietly updated the Terms & Conditions for their Chauffeur-Drive service earlier this month. Chauffeur-Drive will no longer be available for bookings or upgrades to First and Business Class made with Skywards Miles. The new… Read More »Emirates Chauffeur-Drive cut for Skywards bookings
Emirates Airline is planning to join easyJet’s connections partnership Worldwide by easyJet in the next few months. The partnership between Emirates and easyJet will initially only include Emirates three daily A380 flights between Dubai and… Read More »Emirates to join Worldwide by easyJet
