As a partner of Qantas, Emirates opens up extensive travel opportunities for Australian flyers. With the ability to use Qantas Frequent Flyer points to book Emirates flights, this partnership is ideal for those looking to travel in style. Discover guides and tips below on flying with Emirates and maximising your points.
Although you can't yet redeem points for an Emirates Premium Economy reward ticket or upgrade, flights are available for sale on 31 routes - with more to come soon. You can even book a Qantas codeshare flight to earn more points & status credits.
Upgrades are one of the best ways to spend Emirates Skywards miles. Our guide explains how to upgrade with miles on Emirates flights.
Emirates will resume daily flights between Dubai and Adelaide from 28 October 2024. The airline previously flew to Adelaide from 2012 until 2020.
Emirates has reopened its lounge at Brisbane Airport after a refurbishment. Open from 5 pm until 1.30 am daily, it now features direct boarding to the plane.
Emirates has restarted Airbus A380 flights from Sydney to Christchurch, bringing back in-flight showers and the popular on-board bar across the ditch!
Emirates recently told the NZ Disputes Tribunal that to an ordinary traveller, an angle-flat Business Class seat is equivalent to lie-flat.
Emirates will return to the Melbourne-Singapore route and add additional daily flights to Sydney and Brisbane in early 2023.
Air Canada Aeroplan members can now redeem their points online for reward flights on Emirates, without fuel or carrier surcharges!
Both Qatar Airways and Emirates will soon upgrade their daily Boeing 777 flights to Perth to Airbus A380s. This is good news on multiple levels. As well as more capacity in the market and an upgraded experience for travellers, Qatar Airways has just released a bunch of First Class award seats on the Doha-Perth route … Continued
Following successive price increases in 2022, Emirates’ fuel surcharges (sometimes referred to as “carrier charges”) are now among the highest of any airline in the world. In fact, the additional taxes & charges on a return Emirates Business or First Class reward booking from Australia to the Americas are now almost $5,000 per passenger! This … Continued
If you have Emirates Skywards miles that have been sitting in your account during the pandemic, you may need to act fast to prevent them from expiring and losing all their value! Like many airlines, Emirates has been extending the validity of Skywards miles that would have been due to expire during the COVID-19 pandemic … Continued
Emirates has sadly delayed the return of Airbus A380 flights between Sydney and Christchurch, New Zealand. A few months ago, Emirates had committed to resuming its Dubai-Sydney-Christchurch route from 1 December 2022. But a recent schedule update now sees the fifth-freedom route returning from 27 March 2023 instead – four months later than previously planned. … Continued