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 for sure
Hong Kong
Dubai
AKL!
Would buy a coach ticket SYD-AKL and upgrade to J.
Definitely Dubai!
Dubai, for sure!
Hong Kong
Since I already need to book a ticket there next year for a wedding, I would put the points towards a trip to Milan.
AKL or SYD upgrade
Dubai sounds good to me.
I’d travel on to Australia, from my trip to SE Asia. Never letting the joy of travel end 🙂
Dubai!
Milan
Shanghai
OMG, I would *love* to go to Dubai!!
Thats an easy one… I would go to dubai.
would used them for first on one of their shorter fifth freedom flights
Hong Kong.
Would definitely take a look at Dubai
Maldives
Dubai
Dubai!!
India, via Dubai. Two new destinations for me that I’m excited about!
Cape Town
Dubai!!
Dubai for sure!!
Dubai!
Somewhere in China
Exotic Seychelles. Luxurious A380 to Dubai, then a short hop to the idyllic beach paradise!
dubai
New Zealand.
Dubai Dubai baby
Australia for sure.
I will got to India
Milan for Christmas!!
I’d take the a380 from LAX-DXB
Temp is in the single digits. As far as 25,000 miles will take me away from the Alaska winter!
Milan
Milan
Dubai!
I would go to Milan – Italy here I come!
Dubai
I would like to visit Dubai since my husband has been there and really liked!
I’ve always wanted to go to Dubai.
Def. Dubai
Dubai
Dubai and then on to SIN.
CPT.
I’d go to the Maldives. I’ve been wanting to go for a while.
I would go to Dubai. I’ve been wanting to go there for a long time!