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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Dubai, in the winter.
Maldives
Maldives
Maldives
Dubai for sure. I keep hearing about this Dubai Mall business and that seals me wanting to visit.
I’d take a trip to the Maldives
Dubai!
Prague
The Maldives! Get me in one of those a380 showers!
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Dubai
Maldives!
Dubai for sure
Maldives as well!
Milan 🙂
Anywhere in Europe!!
I would go to Dubai.
Tokyo
Tokyo
Europe
I would go to the Maldives, with a couple day stop over in Dubai of course. 🙂
i would go to Dubai
I’ve always wanted to explore Dubai, both the old and the new.
Will use for DXB
Will use it for long haul A380 flight.
Maldives
Manila
Dubai !!
I would go to Dubai
Dubai with stopover in Milano
Since I dont have any other Emirates miles I would use them to transit between Asia and Australia in style. =)
Dubai for me
Rome or Milan with the fiance.
Dubai
Probably Dubai
it would be nice to win something. 25,000 would be a good start toward a First class redemption on an A380!
to the Maldives
I would get me from LAX to JFK to begin the journey,
I would go to Dubai for the rich history, culture, and people. I also want to experience palm island, as well as the extraordinary city scapes and modern architecture. It would be a life enriching experience!
Jakarta – I want to go back to Raja Ampat!
Anywhere there is sun and a beach to laze around on now that I’m retired from teaching after 33 years!
istanbul then onto the maldives
Maldives
Maldives!
Sri Lanka. Almost had a work trip there a few years ago but it fell through and still regret that. So I would go IAD-DXB-CMB. Or perhaps some other way from WAS-JFK so I could experience EK A380!
Milan.
The embracing warmth of Dubai will be calling my name come mid-winter. Help me get there, please!
Singapore
I would go to Istanbul!
Would have to be Italy!