If you have a business, it’s probably worth taking a few minutes to register and earn the points, though I still have a lot of questions.
What is Emirates Business Rewards?
While many people are familiar with airline frequent flyer programs, fewer people are familiar with airline business rewards programs. Airline frequent flyer programs generally reward individuals (regardless of who is paying for tickets), while airline business rewards programs are intended to reward businesses that choose to book employees on that airline.
What’s so great about these programs is that:
- They typically allow you to double dip, meaning you can earn both airline miles and business rewards program points
- In many cases even small businesses qualify for these accounts, so you don’t need to be running a big corporation to take advantage of this
For example, the American Airlines Business Extra program is pretty awesome, and it’s something I participate in and have written about extensively.
Anyway, Emirates Business Rewards is Emirates’ version of a business rewards program:
- You can join no matter how many employees you have, as long as you’re a registered company or organization
- There’s no cost to enroll
- You earn one Business Rewards point (separate from Skywards miles) for every dollar spent on Emirates airfare for you or any of your employees
- You can spend your Business Rewards points on flights and upgrades, though the award pricing is totally different than what you’d find through Emirates Skywards (rewards generally require fewer points, since Business Rewards points are harder to earn)
Emirates Business Rewards offering new members 10K points
To celebrate UN Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Day, Emirates is offering 10,000 bonus Business Rewards points when you join the program:
- To be eligible, register with the code EKBRUNSMEDAY21 (make sure you enter this code during the enrollment process)
- This is valid…