Platinum Partner Nomination
 

I havent been home yet to pick up my card and Plat kit so I apologise if people already have the details, but I haven't seen anything yet from EK/Skywards on how you nominate your "preferred person" for their Gold status. I cant seem to see anything on the site either...

Platinum Partner Nomination
 

There weren't any instructions in the kit either.

Right then, I am off to annoy the people in DXB then...;)

When they called me to check my address (even though they had already sent it and I got it literally 5 minutes later) they told me about this benefit so I immediately gave the lady who I was speaking with the Skywards number of my nominee and it was done and reflected on line in 48 hours.

I called Skywards over the weekend and nominated my wife as a gold card member.
Gave her skywards number, and in less than a minute her status changed to gold. This was reflected online immediately too. Honestly, it was the easiest thing I have done with skywards...kudos to them..

Called Emirates on Wednesday to nominate my wife & they confirmed all the details.

However, still not updated online.

Right, time to call again!

I'm perfectly willing to accept a nomination if it will help things along :)

PM me for my Skywards number.

:D

Ditto! ^

I just did the same but it seems strange that no mention of how to do this is written anywhere on the site. You can be sure that 95% of Platinums wont have even thought about it, nor would have the energy to call up Skywards and request it. Have to say though, it was painless, took all of 5 minutes and the profile updated immediately.

Whats it worth??
 

My wife is crew and has absolutely no use for a Skywards card.

No lounge access on crew tickets, no perks.

But you can give the partner card to anyone... and if you can't find anyone to give it to, a few us on FT probably wouldn't mind volunteering.

I would say that crew tickets is a pretty good perk all on its own.

DOnt get me wrong, crew tickets are awesome but keep in mind :

Crew tickets : NON upgradeable, NO lounge access, the cheaper tickets are waitlisted.

Best of both worlds "Platinum & Crew tickets"

PS if i dont find a good nominee for the Gold card I will surely post it here.

I wonder how would it work if someone is already Gold but say nearing the end of their qualification year, does it renew from expiry or from the date of nomination?

I would say from date of nomination, since its someone else nominating you regardless of your status, despite you being gold