Originally Posted by
mecabq
Fantastic option, thanks for posting. The Gold benefit for spending AED 150K/200K is annual, as you'd expect.
One also earns 2.5 miles per dollar spent on Emirates or flydubai, 1.5 for international spend, 1 for most domestic spend, and 0.25 for certain categories like fast food restaurants, compared to 2, 1.5, 1, and 0.25 on the Emirates NBD Infinite card.
Not hard to spend those figures in the UAE. I’ve just signed up for AMEX Platinum which is cheaper and gives me wider benefits (we are both gold anyway).