Jan 2, 2017, 10:12 pm
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Welcome to Your Emirates Skywards Questions Answered - 2017/2018
Skywards is the Frequent Flyer Programme (FFP) for Emirates Airlines. There are many ways of collecting and spending miles as well as attaining status within the membership programme and different levels of status bring with it certain benefits. Sometimes FFP's can be confusingand we all find ourselves with a question at times relating to membership or how to spend, how to collect, where to spend, where to collect, what benefits come with membership etc.
From the Emirates Skywards Web Page:
Make the Most of Every Mile with Emirates SkywardsOur award-winning frequent flyer programme costs nothing to join and will change the way you see the world forever. It’s simpler than ever before to apply and begin collecting more Miles more quickly in even more ways. Membership gives you the chance to earn and spend Miles with Emirates and a wide selection of partners, and also enhances your travel experience with benefits and services that make every trip more rewarding.
https://www.emirates.com/english/sky.../skywards.aspx
We have a quite a few experts on the forum, so if you find yourself stuck as how to make the most of your membership then please ask your Skywards questions here.
Here is the link to the 2015/2016 thread: Your Skywards Questions Answered 2015/2016
Safe & Happy Travels
Saltire74
EK Forum Ambassador
Skywards is the Frequent Flyer Programme (FFP) for Emirates Airlines. There are many ways of collecting and spending miles as well as attaining status within the membership programme and different levels of status bring with it certain benefits. Sometimes FFP's can be confusingand we all find ourselves with a question at times relating to membership or how to spend, how to collect, where to spend, where to collect, what benefits come with membership etc.
From the Emirates Skywards Web Page:
Make the Most of Every Mile with Emirates SkywardsOur award-winning frequent flyer programme costs nothing to join and will change the way you see the world forever. It’s simpler than ever before to apply and begin collecting more Miles more quickly in even more ways. Membership gives you the chance to earn and spend Miles with Emirates and a wide selection of partners, and also enhances your travel experience with benefits and services that make every trip more rewarding.
https://www.emirates.com/english/sky.../skywards.aspx
We have a quite a few experts on the forum, so if you find yourself stuck as how to make the most of your membership then please ask your Skywards questions here.
Here is the link to the 2015/2016 thread: Your Skywards Questions Answered 2015/2016
Safe & Happy Travels
Saltire74
EK Forum Ambassador
Your Emirates Skywards Questions Answered - 2017/2018
Jul 23, 2018, 6:08 am
#151
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: GLA
Programs: EK Blue :-( BAEC
Posts: 82
Thanks ft101, I can see a 'wee' seat at top of fare now when you do a dummy booking. Am happy to pay the J return leg and use miles on outbound if I can bag the upgrade. Last question, if I book do I have to log in for miles upgrade after booking? it's been so long since I did it, I had to use expiring miles on shopping last year as I was unable to fly and didn't want to lose my hard earned points!! TIA
Jul 23, 2018, 6:14 am
#152
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Thanks ft101, I can see a 'wee' seat at top of fare now when you do a dummy booking. Am happy to pay the J return leg and use miles on outbound if I can bag the upgrade. Last question, if I book do I have to log in for miles upgrade after booking? it's been so long since I did it, I had to use expiring miles on shopping last year as I was unable to fly and didn't want to lose my hard earned points!! TIA
You could also call.
Jul 23, 2018, 6:18 am
#153
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: GLA
Programs: EK Blue :-( BAEC
Posts: 82
skywardhunter the agent said there was no availability so I didn't see the point of calling again...
Jul 23, 2018, 6:21 am
#154
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,613
Jul 23, 2018, 6:41 am
#155
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Sounds like the agent was wrong, call back and ask again, you'll probably get a different agent, and if they say there isn't availability tell them you see it online. Are you sure you see two award seats, not just one? The agent may have meant there's no availability for two
Jul 23, 2018, 12:04 pm
#156
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Falls Church, VA
Programs: United, Starwood
Posts: 279
Best Advice for figuring out upgrade availability
Hi folks, I have three seats in economy on Emirates flying 8/23 from DXB to IAD. I'd love to upgrade us all to business, but the online upgrade screen says not available. The load appears to be wide open for the flight (at least to these newbie eyes), but I'm wondering what I'm missing, or what, if anything, I should do next. This is my first Emirates flight, and therefore unsure if they will release more seats closer to the flight date, or what the protocol is here. Thank you for any advice!
Jul 23, 2018, 12:16 pm
#157
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
There's no set pattern but if EK forecasts that they will sell all J seats they won't open anything up, definitely not 2 or more seats. Been waiting for an upgrade to become available to FLL for 3 months and now J is almost full and no upgrades
Jul 23, 2018, 12:43 pm
#158
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: GLA
Programs: EK Blue :-( BAEC
Posts: 82
*Update* I'm booked!
Got an up-grade sorted for outbound journey and bought j saver for return (was actually cheaper than the outbound and upgrade wasn't available for return).
Had to call the emirates centre and got an agent that was really good as he had to take miles from each account as it wouldn't let me do it online.
Thanks for the advice everyone, I'm relearning...slowly. Hopefully 1st of more trips in the pipeline
Got an up-grade sorted for outbound journey and bought j saver for return (was actually cheaper than the outbound and upgrade wasn't available for return).
Had to call the emirates centre and got an agent that was really good as he had to take miles from each account as it wouldn't let me do it online.
Thanks for the advice everyone, I'm relearning...slowly. Hopefully 1st of more trips in the pipeline
Jul 23, 2018, 3:13 pm
#159
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Manchester/London
Programs: Skywards Plat, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 1,226
Thanks for the quick response. Its a straight GLA-DXB out 08/03/2019 return 17/03/2019 nothing fancy 
Upgrade from Y to J using miles only. He said nothing available either way but when I try using reward it says 2 seats available on out bound leg and he said there wasn't???? hence why I don't want to spend £996 on 50,000 miles approx
Upgrade from Y to J using miles only. He said nothing available either way but when I try using reward it says 2 seats available on out bound leg and he said there wasn't???? hence why I don't want to spend £996 on 50,000 miles approx
Jul 31, 2018, 2:53 pm
#160
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: CT/ Germany - Ich spreche deutsch
Programs: UA 1K, Bonvoy LTTE, HH Dia, HY Expl
Posts: 4,657
Sorry for the nub question but does Emirates allow you to hold award reservations while you transfer in AMEX points? I assume no but figured I would ask. Concerned that there would be availability for flights I wanted and then I transfer in from AMEX only to not have availability once my points get there. I would then be stuck with miles in Emirates program which I have no use for other than this award booking.
Looking to fly ATH-EWR non-stop in June 2019 and when I log into my Emirate FF account (I have a zero balance) it shows availability for the date I am wanting to book 2 J awards. Cost of 125k miles and Euro 560 (total for 2 pax) is worth it since LH and BA awards require less miles but have higher taxes and I would have to connect on the way back to NYC. Stupid DL wants 280k per person one way and UA has no availability that works.
Looking to fly ATH-EWR non-stop in June 2019 and when I log into my Emirate FF account (I have a zero balance) it shows availability for the date I am wanting to book 2 J awards. Cost of 125k miles and Euro 560 (total for 2 pax) is worth it since LH and BA awards require less miles but have higher taxes and I would have to connect on the way back to NYC. Stupid DL wants 280k per person one way and UA has no availability that works.
Jul 31, 2018, 3:29 pm
#161
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,613
Sorry for the nub question but does Emirates allow you to hold award reservations while you transfer in AMEX points? I assume no but figured I would ask. Concerned that there would be availability for flights I wanted and then I transfer in from AMEX only to not have availability once my points get there. I would then be stuck with miles in Emirates program which I have no use for other than this award booking.
Looking to fly ATH-EWR non-stop in June 2019 and when I log into my Emirate FF account (I have a zero balance) it shows availability for the date I am wanting to book 2 J awards. Cost of 125k miles and Euro 560 (total for 2 pax) is worth it since LH and BA awards require less miles but have higher taxes and I would have to connect on the way back to NYC. Stupid DL wants 280k per person one way and UA has no availability that works.
Looking to fly ATH-EWR non-stop in June 2019 and when I log into my Emirate FF account (I have a zero balance) it shows availability for the date I am wanting to book 2 J awards. Cost of 125k miles and Euro 560 (total for 2 pax) is worth it since LH and BA awards require less miles but have higher taxes and I would have to connect on the way back to NYC. Stupid DL wants 280k per person one way and UA has no availability that works.
Jul 31, 2018, 11:02 pm
#162
Ambassador: Air New Zealand
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wellington NZ
Programs: NZ Elite, EK Gold, Qatar Gold, Amex Plat, Accor Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 1,426
Sorry for the nub question but does Emirates allow you to hold award reservations while you transfer in AMEX points? I assume no but figured I would ask. Concerned that there would be availability for flights I wanted and then I transfer in from AMEX only to not have availability once my points get there. I would then be stuck with miles in Emirates program which I have no use for other than this award booking....
Aug 19, 2018, 10:18 am
#164
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Edinburgh
Programs: Amex Plat UK, BA, Diamond HHonors
Posts: 195
How to spend Skysurfer miles?
Hey
Apologies if this has been asked before (I am sure it has?) but I didnt find anything that helps.
Both my kids have 14500 and 12500 EK miles expiring end of this month. I have 12400 too but ok until 2019. I might well be being dense, but I can't find anyway to do anything with these miles online?
I note there is now a 'Family Account' facility but as I understand it, this is only relevant to future flights.
Can I spend these miles before end of the month? Clearly, we have no trips with EK booked!
Thanks!
Apologies if this has been asked before (I am sure it has?) but I didnt find anything that helps.
Both my kids have 14500 and 12500 EK miles expiring end of this month. I have 12400 too but ok until 2019. I might well be being dense, but I can't find anyway to do anything with these miles online?
I note there is now a 'Family Account' facility but as I understand it, this is only relevant to future flights.
Can I spend these miles before end of the month? Clearly, we have no trips with EK booked!
Thanks!
Aug 19, 2018, 11:58 pm
#165
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,307
Some partners allow redemptions. You can check here, if you're in the UK easyJet might be an option.
https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/...-partners.aspx
https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/...-partners.aspx