Skywards® membership gives you easy and direct ways to earn Skywards® Miles:
- Flying Emirates®
- Flying one of our partner airlines
- Being a customer of one of our leisure and lifestyle partners.
If you book your ticket online at emirates.com, you can earn extra bonus Miles (150% for First Class, 70% for Business Class, and 30% for Economy). And the more Miles you earn, the more rewards you can enjoy.
Emirates flights
Every time you fly Emirates®, you earn one Skywards mile for every mile flown.
Flying with Emirates®also credits your account with the equivalent in Tier Miles, which help you move toward and retain the higher status of Skywards® Silver and Gold membership.
Once you reach these tiers, you'll gain access to exclusive benefits and rewards, including a special tier bonus when earning Miles (25% bonus Miles for Silver members and 50% bonus Miles for Gold members).
Partner airlines
When you fly with one of our distinguished partner airlines listed below, you’ll also earn Skywards® Miles.
- Continental Airlines
- Japan Airlines
- Kingfisher Airlines
- Korean Air
- South African Airways
- United Airlines
- Virgin Blue

Earning with our leisure and lifestyle partners
You can also earn Skywards® Miles through our leisure and lifestyle partners, hotels, car rental companies, financial institutions, or credit cards*. Not only can you earn Skywards® Miles through our partners, you'll receive special, member-only offers and rewards, simply for being a Skywards® member.
Visit skywards.com for more details.