[Expired] Buy Emirates Skywards Miles With up to a 50% Bonus [Until October 20]

Emirates offers some of the very best inflight experiences in the world. However, booking award tickets in its premium cabins without using the Skywards program is increasingly difficult.

While Emirates is already a 1:1 transfer partner of every major transferable points currency — Amex Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Capital One Miles, and Citi ThankYou Rewards — purchasing miles can still make sense on occasion, depending on how you are planning to put those miles to use.

Let’s go over the details.

Purchase Emirates Skywards Miles and Get Up to a 50% Bonus

Through October 20, 2025, at 2:59 p.m. ET, you can receive up to a 50% bonus when you buy miles in the following increments.

• Buy 2,000 to 4,000 miles and get no bonus
• Buy 5,000 to 15,000 miles with a 20% bonus
• Buy 16,000 to 25,000 miles with a 30% bonus
• Buy 26,000 to 100,000 miles with a 50% bonus (2 cents per mile)

Note that you could be targeted for a more or less lucrative offer. Purchases are available here.

You can purchase miles in increments of 1,000. There’s also a maximum of up to 100,000 miles per year before the bonus. Finally, Points.com processes all these transactions, so they won’t be coded as travel purchases.

We value Emirates Skywards miles at 1.1 cents apiece. And even if you receive the 50% bonus, you’ll purchase miles for 2 cents each. Therefore, you’ll want to have a specific redemption in mind — a redemption using miles at a value higher than the cost you paid to purchase them, as buying points and miles normally doesn’t make sense.

Best Ways To Redeem Emirates Skywards Miles

It’s hard to go wrong when you redeem Skywards miles. You can spend them on experiences like Emirates first class on the Airbus A380 or even the new game-changing first class product on the Boeing 777.

However, Emirates has increased award rates and fuel surcharges on its award tickets multiple times, so the fees you’ll pay on premium redemptions are considerable. Additionally, Emirates first class awards using Skywards miles are only available to members with Skywards Silver, Gold, or Platinum status. You can get around this limitation by booking a business class award and then using additional miles to upgrade to first class.

While these increases have impacted virtually every route that Emirates flies, a few have remained unscathed — the most notable being the airline’s fifth-freedom routes between Newark (EWR) and Athens (ATH), and New York (JFK) and Milan (MXP).

On these routes, you can fly one-way in business class (remember, you’ll get access to the full onboard bar, even in business class!) from 87,000 miles one-way. Alternatively, you can fly in first class one-way for 102,000 miles. However, as of May 12, 2025, you need to have some level of elite status with Emirates to book awards in first class.

Final Thoughts

If you want to take advantage of this offer, remember that you have until October 20 at 2:59 p.m. ET to do so. That said, depending on your situation, you might be better off just transferring miles that you already have from one of the major transferable programs.

For those who decide to purchase, as always, ensure you have a specific use for the miles before doing so. Finally, make certain that the redemption will provide you with more value than what you’ll spend on purchasing the miles.