Emirates is offering the chance to earn Gold status with one just one trip, in a new ‘Fly Business, get Gold’ promotion this summer.
If you’re a Blue or Silver member, you can now upgrade to Gold simply by flying in Business Class to and from selected destinations on Flex or Flex plus fares, connecting through Dubai.
Emirates Gold status normally requires 50,000 Tier Miles or 50 flights so this is undoubtedly a good offer if you can make it work.
Benefits of Emirates Skywards Gold status
To get an idea of whether this offer is worth jumping on, here’s a look at various Emirates Gold benefits:
- All benefits of Skywards Blue and Silver status
- Complimentary lounge access for you and one guest in all
Emirates Business Class lounges in Dubai and worldwide - 50% more Skywards Miles on every flight
- Additional 16kg checked baggage allowance
- Free Economy Class seat selection for you and passengers in your booking
- Unlimited free Wi-Fi on board
You can find a full list of Emirates Gold benefits here.
Even new Skywards members are eligible
Where can you go? A list of eligible destinations
To be eligible for this offer, you must start your journey in:
Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Ahmedabad, Algiers, Amman, Baghdad, Bahrain, Bangkok, Barcelona, Basra, Beirut, Bologna, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Cebu, Christchurch, Clark, Colombo, Conakry, Dakar, Dallas, Dammam, Dar Es Salaam, Dhaka, Durban, Edinburgh, Entebbe, Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hanoi, Harare, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jakarta, Kabul, Karachi, Khartoum, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Lahore, Larnaca, Luanda, Lusaka, Lyon, Madrid, Malta, Moscow, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, Newcastle, Oslo, Peshawar, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Saigon, Saint Petersburg, Santiago de Chile, Sao Paulo, Sialkot, Singapore, Stockholm, Tehran, Thiruvananthapuram, Tunis, Venice, Warsaw, Yangon, Zagreb, Zurich.
You must be travelling to the following destinations:
Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Ahmedabad, Algiers, Amman, Baghdad, Bahrain, Bangkok, Barcelona, Basra, Beirut, Bologna, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Cebu, Christchurch, Clark, Colombo, Conakry, Dakar, Dallas, Dammam, Dar Es Salaam, Dhaka, Durban, Edinburgh, Entebbe, Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hanoi, Harare, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jakarta, Kabul, Karachi, Khartoum, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Lahore, Larnaca, Luanda, Lusaka, Lyon, Madrid, Malta, Moscow, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, Newcastle, Oslo, Peshawar, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Saigon, Saint Petersburg, Santiago de Chile, Sao Paulo, Sialkot, Singapore, Stockholm, Tehran, Thiruvananthapuram, Tunis, Venice, Warsaw, Yangon, Zagreb, Zurich.
This offer is not applicable for travel to or from Dubai.
It’s also not valid on any of Emirates’ fifth-freedom routes:
- Abuja and Accra
- Bangkok and Phnom Penh
- Bangkok and Hong Kong
- Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro
- Cebu and Clark
- Christchurch and Sydney
- Colombo and Male
- Conakry and Dakar
- Harare and Lusaka
- Larnaca and Malta
- Rio de Janeiro and Santiago de Chile
- Singapore and Brisbane
- Singapore and Melbourne
How to book
You can book either a “Flex” or “Flex Plus” return ticket in Business Class. Unfortunately, “Special” and “Saver” fares are not eligible. One-way journeys are also ineligible for this offer.
Eligible Flights are defined as:
- An Emirates marketed flight with EK designator; operated by Emirates or flydubai.
- All other codeshare and interline flights are excluded from this offer.
You have until the 20th of August 2019 to complete your travel.
This tier upgrade to Gold will be valid for a period of one year from the date of upgrade.
Full T&Cs are available here
Remember, you MUST register for this offer via this link by 26th July 2019.
Are you tempted by this Emirates fast-track status offer?
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