New Home Check-in Service for Emirates First Class

Emirates has introduced a new home check-in service for First Class passengers flying from Dubai. This service is available to anyone booked in Emirates First Class, including passengers on Classic Reward tickets booked using Emirates Skywards miles or Qantas points. The optional service needs to be booked at least 24 hours in advance, with a … Continued

Fly Korean Air to Seoul with Emirates Skywards Miles

If you’d like to fly to South Korea, which recently reopened to overseas tourists, Korean Air offers direct flights from Sydney to Seoul (Incheon) four times per week. This Airbus A330-300 service will increase to daily from 31 October 2022. Korean Air is part of the SkyTeam alliance, but award seats on the airline are … Continued

Emirates A380s Return to Christchurch & Auckland in December 2022

Emirates has committed to resuming Airbus A380 flights from Christchurch to Dubai via Sydney from 1 December 2022. From the same date, Emirates will also resume direct Auckland-Dubai A380 flights. The Auckland-Dubai and Christchurch-Sydney-Dubai routes were both operated daily by Emirates before the pandemic. But for the past couple of years, Emirates has not flown to … Continued

Yet ANOTHER Huge Increase to Emirates Carrier Charges

Barely a week ago, without warning, Emirates massively increased the carrier charges payable when redeeming points to book a reward seat. Unfortunately, there has now been a second major increase to Emirates carrier charges in as many weeks. When redeeming Emirates Skywards miles or Qantas Frequent Flyer points to book a Classic Reward seat in … Continued

Emirates Massively Raises Carrier Charges

Emirates has massively increased the carrier charges that Qantas Frequent Flyer members need to pay when redeeming a reward seat, without warning. This is the airline-imposed surcharge that needs to be paid in addition to airport and government-levied fees and taxes when booking a Classic Reward flight. For a round-trip Emirates Business Class reward flight … Continued