The Emirates no-notice devaluation of premium cabin long haul awards is going to get worse, according to the airline. They’ve only just gotten started with itineraries to and from Dubai.
The airline says it will take until January 31, 2023 to roll out their plans.
In line with current market conditions, Emirates Skywards is introducing an increase on Skywards Miles required for Upgrade Rewards and Classic Rewards booked in Business Class and First Class. The increase will be gradually introduced on reward tickets across the Emirates network between 22 December 2022 and 31 January 2023.
To reduce the impact of this change on our most loyal customers, we will be increasing the bonus Skywards Miles earning opportunities for all Platinum, Gold and Silver members travelling with Emirates.
On all Emirates flights booked from 31 January 2023 onwards, Skywards Platinum members will earn a further 100% of the Economy Flex+ Miles earned on a given route (increasing from 75%); Skywards Gold members will earn 75% of the Economy Flex+ Miles earned on a given route (increasing from 50%); and Skywards Silver Members will earn 30% of the Economy Flex+ Miles earned on a given route (increasing from 25%).
An increase in bonus miles earned on flights for Skywards elite members doesn't reduce the impact of the change
The program is not a good one. Transferring points from a bank program to the program will keep a balance of zero. They haven't said what the rest of the devaluation will look like just yet.
The original post was published on December 23th.
There is an increase in miles required for premium cabin awards on many non-stop itineraries, but connecting itineraries and fifth freedom routes are not currently affected. After raising award pricing earlier this year, this was done without warning.
Skywards mileage calculator hasn't been updated yet, so they say awards will cost one price and charge a different price
Aeroplan is the best way to redeem awards. Aeroplan doesn't add fuel surcharges and there's a brief window to use the standard redemption chart.
They are a transfer partner of all of them, so if you want to transfer bank points to them, you need to do so. Before this year's increases, the Skywards program was already expensive.
The change is dirty. Skywards is a relatively low value program to begin with, and it should not come as a surprise that they make their program even lower value.
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