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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JFK to Milan for me.
Dubai, never been.
JFK to Milan.
Jakarta,Indonesia via Dubai
I’d visit Dubai. For that, I might even settle for coach, but probably not. 🙂
Milan
Dubai for sure
Milan!
Seychelles!
I would use it to fly business class from IAD to LHR for my babymoon! I have a decent amount of ultimate rewards points and this 25k is perfect to top off my account.
Mauritius!
Definitely New Delhi!
I would go to Dubai
Milan!
I would combine with my AMEX points to go to Maldives.
Dubai
I’ve been pondering a trip to the Maldives, the 25M Emirates miles would be a great head start.
LAX-DXB sounds like the way to go.
Definitely Dubai… Never been to the middle east, hope this changes that!!
I want to try the new A380 service from LAX-DXB
Milan.
Dubai… Atlantis awaits us !
Milan!
Bali
Milan!
I would pick Milan
Dubai, for sure!
Milan for me
Milan sounds nice.
Milan
I would definitely go to Dubai!
At least as far as Dubai. If I could put the miles together, perhaps onward to India.
Maldives 🙂
JFK-DXB in FC. Its the only way to fly on Emirates.
Dubai!
DXB is fun; I’d go there!
Maldives, via Dubai!
Would love to use them toward going to DUBAI 🙂
Dubai in first class!
Would use them to go Milan…
Maldives
Istanbul with a stopover in Dubai.
I’m glad no one has mentioned my destination yet: Milan
DXB no doubt!
Milan, no doubt, to relive me and Mrs. Nuff’s honeymoon and go to Venice for the first time.
Maldives!
chc-syd in f
Milan!
Dubai of course!
Maldives for me!!