While Emirates is one of my favorite airlines to fly in first class, I've never been a fan of the Emirates Skywards program. That may slowly be changing... Emirates Skywards reduces award fees Historically Emirates Skywards has been a pretty lousy program…
And no, I'm not talking about the kind in fancy steakhouses that offer you cologne and hand you a paper towel after you wash your hands, hoping you're drunk enough to tip them a $20. Yesterday I wrote about what kind of service changes we should expect…
Curious to see how service will evolve in international first class on one of the world's top airlines? Well, I have the details! As of tomorrow (May 21, 2020), Emirates will be resuming flights to nine destinations, with flights to Australia, Europe,…
It would appear that Emirates' rapid COVID-19 testing was too good to be true... In mid-April, Emirates made headlines for becoming the first airline to conduct rapid COVID-19 tests on passengers prior to taking flights. Emirates wasn't doing this on…
I had heard this rumor yesterday from two separate sources, but wasn't initially going to write about it, because I couldn't 100% vouch for the accuracy of it. Now Paddle Your Own Kanoo notes similar information from several sources. For now I'd mark…
With airlines around the world fighting for survival, one big question has revolved around what kind of cost cutting we should expect from the passenger experience. Airlines have invested a lot in recent years, so is all of that innovation and investment…
I've written about Qatar Airways' potentially lucrative rebooking offer, as the airline will let you rebook travel to an alternative destination within 5,000 miles at no cost if traveling in 2020. Qatar Airways isn't the only airline to have a potentially…
Emirates will at least be resuming some regularly scheduled flights earlier than expected, as of next week. It has today been announced that Emirates will resume regularly scheduled flights to nine destinations on three continents as of May 21, 2020.…
At this point just about all discretionary airline spending is being cut. We've seen a lot of innovation from airlines in recent years, though in the next few years I'd expect that trend to reverse, as airlines fight for survival, rather than fighting…
In March Etihad reported their awful financial results from last year, as the airline lost $870 million, bringing their losses over the past four years to nearly $5.6 billion. Now Emirates has reported financial results for the past financial year (April…
Emirates President Tim Clark is one of the brightest guys in the airline industry. He is one of the main people behind Emirates as we know it today, because he built the airline from the ground up. I don't think there's a person who has a better understanding…
Emirates, perhaps the world's most recognizable international airline brand, won't be resuming regularly scheduled flights until July at the earliest. In late March 2020, the United Arab Emirates banned flights, causing Emirates and Etihad to completely…
Citi ThankYou is one of the most popular transferable points currencies, which is generally the type of rewards I recommend earning for your credit card spending. This is the points currency earned on cards like the Citi Prestige and Citi Premier, and…
Emirates claims to have become the first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 tests for passengers. Emirates and the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) have teamed up to introduce new precautions as of today on select flights. On today's Emirates flight…
On the one hand, you'd expect fewer incidents involving planes nowadays, given how quiet the skies are. On the other hand, airports are crowded with grounded planes, so I guess it's not too surprising to see an airport incident. Early this morning two…
Emirates has internally revealed some updates regarding how they'll staff flights, which could -- at least in theory -- see A380s operated with just four flight attendants. Emirates will be resuming some flights as of April 6, 2020. This follows the…
There aren't many airlines putting effort into ads right now, but Emirates has just released a new ad called "Do you remember?" This comes at a time when Emirates' entire fleet is grounded, and global aviation is more or less shut down. This ad is brilliant,…
Yesterday I wrote about how Emirates will be resuming flights in a few days, and we now have more details of what that will look like... A bit over a week ago, the government of the UAE banned all scheduled passenger flights to & from the country for…
This ultimately doesn't come as a surprise, but is interesting to hear nonetheless. I recently wrote about how Qatar Airways' CEO said that the airline is running out of cash and will need state aid, and now you can add another Gulf airline to the list.…
Can anyone keep up with the pace at which things are evolving? Yesterday Emirates announced that they'd cancel all flights indefinitely. Then less than two hours later the airline backtracked, saying they'd continue flying to over a dozen countries.…
WOW. Emirates Airline has just announced that they will be suspending all passenger flights. We've seen quite a few airlines cut back routes, and we've seen other airlines suspend operations altogether. But I never thought I'd see the day where Emirates…
