Howard0181

I have a stack of Amex Reward Points and am looking for 2 x LHR to either Dubai or Abu Dhabi one way either out or return in First Class.

Am very flexible with dates. I can't find an Award chart....

Can anyone please advise how many points are needed per person? I have never flown Emirates before.

What is best way to book a reward redemption?

Thanks for any assistance.

thijsseh

Hi Howard0181,

First a warm welcome to FlyerTalk in general and to the Emirates forum in particular! You will find the 'regulars' on this forum a friendly and helpful bunch who will try to help as much as possible.

The following link will lead you to the mileage calculator: https://www.emirates.com/account/za/...alculator.aspx. This is obviously for Emirates Skywards miles, how the conversion from AMEX Rewards Points works I can't tell you but others on the forum may be able to help.

The best way to book award tickets is via the Emirates website, so look around there to start with. Please note that availability of F award seats (which book into the 'Z' fare bucket) is by no means guaranteed and before you transfer Amex points into an Emirates Skywards account you should first see if you can get the seats you want. Having said that, there are also flights out of other London airports to DXB (LHR, LGW and STN), which would help quite a bit. In total there are(I think) 8 or 9 EK flights a day out of these three airports. Being flexible is good! Another (and probably easier) way to check availability is to get an Expert Flyer account ($9.99 per month, you can activate and deactivate as you need it and they also have a 5 day free trial option).

Good luck and I hope you will enjoy Emirates F!

Howard0181

Thank you for your very helpful reply.

A quick look and its 170,000 points for two people one way whereas Etihad is 125,000 points for two people (one way) via AA.

DYKWIA

EK should be 135,000 for 2 people if you can find saver awards in F. That's booking through the EK Skywards programme (you can transfer AMEX points in 1-1).

XXTSGR

Howard0181

Thank you for your reply

DYKWIA

No, it will be 135,000 RT per person as I said... it's 67,500 each way.

XXTSGR

Yes, you are right, apologies. It is 135,000 RT as a First Flex award.