American Express Membership Rewards has a new partnership with Emirates and indeed through this Friday they are offering a 25% bonus when you convert Membership Rewards points to Emirates Skywards miles.
To highlight this offer, American Express asked if I would give one lucky reader 25,000 Emirates miles. Sounds good to me!
To be clear, I do not receive anything for running this contest and giving away the miles. But American Express is providing the points.
I covered the transfer bonus when it was first announced, along with the launch of the relationship between American Express and Emirates. See this post for more details on the ins and outs of booking awards through Emirates Skywards.
The transfer bonus makes a business class roundtrip New York JFK – Dubai, normally 145,000 points, just 116,000 Membership Rewards points. And it makes a business class roundtrip New York JFK – Milan, normally 90,000 points, just 72,000 Membership Rewards points. Which — even with fuel surcharges — seems quite reasonable.
Here’s how to win
- Leave a comment on this post, answering the question “Where would you go if you had a head start with 25K Emirates Skywards Miles?”
- Enter no more than one time per day (loosely defined, either as 24 hour or calendar day).
- Contest closes 8pm Eastern time on Thursday, so that I can announce the winner on Friday — the same day that the transfer bonus ends.
- All decisions, actions, and interpretations are mine, not subject to appeal, and you agree by entering that I have no liability for the manner in which the contest is run. In other words, don’t give me a hard time when I’m trying to give away miles, thank you!
So.. check out the transfer bonus, and let me know in the comments Where would you go if you had a head start with 25K Emirates Skywards Miles?
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Milan
Definitely will go to Dubai as I never been before.
Always wanted to see DXB 🙂
Athens!
New York !
I’d accelerate my Y to J upgrade for my holidays in Australia!
Milan
I would take my wife to Milan
Would use it towards a A380 first class award 🙂 and to try their on board shower
Easy… I’ve always wanted to go to Dubai!!!
Dubai
Definitely Dubai!
Probably would fly from VCE to DXB… simple…
I’d do Milan in business class with my wife & son.
I really want to see Dubai!
I’d go to Dubai.
Mo Chi Minh City! Never went to Vietnam and it is on top of my travel bucket list.
Milan for me too!
Dubai! My sister and brother in law live there and I haven’t had a chance to visit them yet. Would be a great trip with Emirates!
Home from Dubai – flying the Emirates A380 in First was addicting!
Milan
India (for exploration) & the Maldives (for relaxation).
Loved Dubai last time
Would love the chance to re visit
Thanks
Dubai of course!
I would go anywhere with Emirates, as long as I don´t have to fly Economy in a 10 seat a row 777
Dubai would be fun to check out.
Milan!
I would go straight to the bar, the shower, the suite and Dubai.
DUBAI!
I am in India for the next month.. 25k miles would be a nice excuse to take a few days of break in DXB!
Definitely LAX – DXB. Their A380 service starts next month!
Not sure if 25K is enough for any international travel on Emirates, but Milan nonetheless
I’d have to use them towards a flight from Istanbul to the Middle East mid-winter when the cold gets to be too much!
Australia
I would visit Dubai
Milan probably, but Duabi is nice too.
Milan!
The airport.
Seriously I guess Dubai.
Never been to Dubai. Would love to go there and run do Mission impossible stunts off the Burj Khalifa. Haha.
Or just sight-see. 🙂
Dubai
Dubai.
I’d go to Rome!
Mxp !
Sri Lanka
Milan and northern Italy.
Milan!
Italy
I’d use it to upgrade next week’s flight EBB-DXB.
Milan, Italy
dubai