Emirates Skywards Miles Value Calculator

Emirates miles value

How much are Emirates miles worth? Based on our valuations, Emirates Skywards miles are worth 1 cent each on average. This means that 10,000 miles are equal to about $100 in flight value.

Here's our value breakdown for Emirates Skywards miles:

Redemption option	Emirates Skywards miles value (in cents)
Emirates Award Flights	1 - 1.2
flydubai Award Flights	0.6

Emirates Award Flights

Flight redemptions with Emirates will give your miles a value of about 1 cent per point on average. This mainly due to the fact that most award redemptions with Emirates are very costly.

You're looking at an average round trip price of 80,000 to 100,000 miles in Economy, 150,000 to 250,000 miles in Business, and 180,000 to 360,000 in miles First. The cash prices for these flights will range from a few hundred in Economy to a few thousands to tens of thousands in Business/First class.

While your points will not be worth much, the experience of flying Emirates is well worth it.

Here's a few of the best ways to redeem your Skywards miles for flights:

• Emirates' New First Class Suites: Emirates' New First Class Suites is the most sought after product in the Emirates line-up. They feature fully-enclosed seats which grants you privacy and peace from the other happens of the plane, temperature and lighting control, virtual windows for middle seats, motorized shades, and much more.
• Fly To The Maldives or Seychelles: You can fly from North America to the Maldives or Seychelles in the luxury that is Emirates.
  • Eastern North America: 85K miles in Economy, 170K miles in Business, and 255K miles in First.
  • Western North America: 90K miles in Economy, 180K miles in Business, and 270K miles in First.
• Emirates Fifth-Freedom Flights: A Fifth-freedom flight is when a carrier operates between two countries in which neither is the airline's home base. Emirates offers a few fifth-freedom routes that can give you some great value for your miles:
  • New York (JFK) and Milan (MXP)
  • Newark (EWR) and Athens (ATH)
  • Bangkok (BKK) and Phnom Penh (PNH)
  • Sydney (SYD) and Christchurch (CHC)

flydubai Award Flights

Emirates Skywards miles is also the frequent flyer currency of flydubai. They can be applied to flights, seat upgrades, and optional extras. When it comes to redeeming miles, flydubai is a lot more relaxed as they do not require any specific minimum balance.

You can pay for bookings with a mix of cash and Skywards Miles and even use your miles to pay for per-ordered meals on board. Most bookings I found on flydubai averaged out around 0.6 cents per Skywards Mile.

Other redemption options

Emirates Skywards miles can also be redeemed for:

• Retail & Lifestyle Partners: Emirates Skywards Miles can be redeemed towards a handful of retailers.
• Emirates Portals & Services: Emirates provides a few non-airline options for redeeming your earned Skywards Miles. This includes booking vacation packages, shopping on their store, through their mobile app, and donating to charity.

Emirates miles to dollars calculator

Use the Emirates Skywards Miles Value Calculator to determine the cash value of Skywards Miles for flights. This will help give you an idea of how much your miles are worth when redeemed.

Average redemption value

The table below lists the value of Emirates Skywards miles for several denominations when valued at an average of 1 cent per mile.

Emirates Miles Value

Emirates SkyMiles	Cash Value
1 Mile	$0.01
1,000 Miles	$10
5,000 Miles	$50
10,000 Miles	$100
20,000 Miles	$200
25,000 Miles	$250
50,000 Miles	$500
75,000 Miles	$750
100,000 Miles	$1,000

Emirates redemption value calculator

Use this calculator to determine the cash value of a redemption based on the cost in cash and the cost in Emirates Skywards Miles. This is useful when trying to decide whether to use cash or Skywards Miles to book a flight.

How does Emirates miles value compare?

Here's how Emirates miles value stack up against major U.S. airlines:

Credit cards that earn Emirates miles

Emirates is a direct credit card transfer partner of all major U.S. credit card rewards programs. This means that there is no shortage of ways to earn tens of thousands of miles via intro bonuses and everyday spending across partner credit cards.

Here are the credit cards you can use to earn rewards transferable to Emirates:

American Express Membership Rewards credit cards

American Express Membership Rewards points can be transferred to Emirates Skywards at a 1:1 ratio. Every 1,000 AMEX points you transfer will give you 1,000 Emirates miles.

Here are the Membership Rewards credit cards you can use to earn Emirates Skywards miles:

Capital One miles credit cards

Capital One Venture miles and Spark miles can be transferred to Emirates Skywards at a 1:1 ratio. Every 1,000 Capital one miles you transfer will give you 1,000 Emirates miles.

Capital One credit cards are great for earning miles at a flat-rate across most purchases. This means you can use one card for pretty much all of your spending if you don't want to worry about managing multiple credit cards.

Here are the Capital One credit cards that earn Venture miles and Spark miles transferable to Emirates:

Chase Ultimate Rewards credit cards

Chase Ultimate Rewards points can be transferred to Emirates Skywards at a 1:1 ratio. Every 1,000 Chase points you convert will give you 1,000 Emirates Skywards miles.

Chase offers exceptional earning rates on dining and travel as well as easy high value redemptions towards travel when booking through Chase Travel℠.

Here are the Ultimate Rewards credit cards that allow you to transfer points to Emirates:

Citi Rewards credit cards

Citi ThankYou Rewards points can be transferred to Emirates Skywards at a 1:1 ratio if you have the Citi Strata Premier℠ Card. Every 1,000 Citi points you convert will give you 1,000 Emirates Skywards miles.

ThankYou points earned with other credit cards can be transferred to the Citi Strata Premier Card which means you can pair it with Citi's other cards to maximize your earnings.

Here are the credit cards that earn ThankYou Rewards points:

Bilt Rewards credit cards

Bilt Rewards points can be transferred to Emirates Skywards miles at a 1:1 ratio. Every 1,000 Bilt Rewards points you transfer will give you 1,000 Emirates Skywards miles.

The Bilt Rewards program is most known for being able to pay rent with no transaction fees. It's one of the easiest ways to earn travel rewards points on something you have to do anyway.

Here is the credit card that Bilt offers: