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Old Feb 19, 2018 | 8:19 pm
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Mwenenzi
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Originally Posted by Ruber74
I thought EK was an AMEX airline partner and I can do an instant points transfer to EK
Transferring Amex points to a ffp is not the same as "using points".

Have a look in the EK forum about upgrades. Upgrades are not guaranteed.

If you transfer and do not get an upgrade you will have a bunch of marooned EK points. EK points have a hard fixed expiry.
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