Amex MR points to Skywards being devalued
Jul 17, 2024 | 2:49 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Manchester
Programs: BA
Posts: 63
Amex MR points to Skywards being devalued
Have struggled to find well-priced redemptions recently - got this this morning and it's going to be more challenging moving forwards.
https://pointszilla.com/amex-points-...being-devalued
Previously you could transfer one Membership Rewards point into the Emirates Skywards programme for one mile. This will be changing on the 19th of August so that four Membership Rewards points will become three Skywards miles. So effectively 1 MR point is now worth 0.75 Skywards miles. A devaluation of 25%. The minimum transfer of 1,000 points is unaffected.
Jul 19, 2024 | 4:21 am
#4
Ambassador: Air New Zealand
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wellington NZ
Programs: NZ Koru Black, QF Gold, Amex Plat, Accor Plat
Posts: 1,743
For reference. Amex NZ went from 2 MR : 1 Skywards Mile to 3 MR : 1 Skywards Mile. (There was also a similar ratio change for QR & SQ)
Jul 19, 2024 | 9:14 am
#6
Join Date: May 2020
Location: DXB and JNB
Programs: EK Plat; (Happy) QR Exile
Posts: 938
If they were trying to clear the lounges the tier miles devaluation would have applied to J and F fares too? Think they were only applied to Y fares. Id imagine elite status holders skew towards J and F travel.
Jul 19, 2024 | 3:25 pm
#7
Join Date: Jul 2024
Location: ZA
Programs: Skywards Gold (recently demoted from Plat)
Posts: 2
I'm thinking about those of us flying in Y but on Silver and Gold Skywards, it becomes much harder to accumulate tier miles. From Cape Town to Europe return on Economy Flex Plus fare I used to get 12500 tier miles and now it is 8800. So retaining Gold (and lounge access outside of Dubai) used to be 4 trips but now it is 6 (I hope my maths is right...it's late).
J and F fares would have access to lounges anyway?
J and F fares would have access to lounges anyway?