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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I would definitely want to visit Dubai.
Shanghai (PVG) for New Chinese Year Festival 2014 😀
I would put it towards saving up for a first class suite trip to Seychelles or the Maldives from NYC
Milan!
Milan
Dubai.
I would go to Dubai and Abu Dhabi
I would use those miles towards a business class upgrade
Dubai
Lusaka, Zambia for a safari
Milan definitely
I would go to Dubai on the A380 – looks like an amazing product!
I’d go to Milan!
Dubai
Maldives!
Sri Lanka.
Dubai
Bucket list. 1st class on 380 shower suite to Sydney via Dubia.
Anywhere on an A380!
DXB
I would use those miles towards an Emirates business class ticket to Milan!
Hong Kong!
Dubai!
Seychelles or the Maldives sounds good!
Italy for me! 🙂
Dubai 🙂
Milan
Anywhere the A380 flies so I can take a shower in the sky!
I would go 35,000 feet up in the sky, just to take a shower
Milan!
I think I would go to Milan, Italy!
I would love to go to Dubai!
I would put it towards a380 first class
I would use it to go to Dubai!
Would love to see Dubai via A380 first class!
Dubai
So many places. I’m going to go with Warsaw.
Anywhere as long as I could get a shower on the way there
for Xmas to see my mom in the Czech Republic…
BC on EK with a 25k miles “discount” would be a great deal 😀
I’d go to Dubai with those miles!
Milan is just the starting point… onto Dubai!
Dubai
Dubai
Auckland!
Absolutely, Dubai. Thanks!
Lucky enough to fly Dubai earlier this year from Rome to Sydney in business on the 380, and would fly back to Sydney is a second!
milan
I’d be headed to the Maldives!
Rio, Brazil