how to earn skyward tier miles

When you fly with Emirates, as well as earning Skywards Miles you will also earn the equivalent amount of skyward tier miles. These are used to move you up the membership tier, from Blue to Silver to Gold status, opening up even more valuable benefits and rewards.

you can earn tier miles you fly with Emirates,– how many you earn for a particular journey depends on the route you fly, the booking fare code you purchase and your class of travel.you will earn more tier miles when you purchase a Skywards Flex fare compared to a Skywards Saver fare
Whenever you fly Emirates First Class or Business Class, you will receive 150% and 75% bonus tier miles
you can not buy Tier Miles
you cant earn Skywards tier miles on partner airlines

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Collecting Miles
Miles are accrued automatically, so there is nothing you need do other than to quote your Skywards membership number when you book your flight, and present your membership card when you check-in. The Miles will be credited to your account when you reach your final destination, as per the booking class you have purchased.
Once you reach Silver and Gold status, you will also earn bonus Skywards Miles when you fly with Emirates® – an additional 25% for Silver members, and 50% for Gold.

The following type of tickets do not qualify to earn Miles and cannot be used to avail of the Skywards programme benefits:
employee tickets;
industry and agent discounted tickets;
reward tickets;
contra tickets;
prize & promotional tickets;
consultant & PR tickets;
specially discounted diplomat & government tickets
free travel and non-scheduled or charter flight tickets;
non-public specially discounted travel tickets;
denied Boarding Options tickets; and
reward tickets issued by other frequent flyer or loyalty programmes in which Skywards is a participant;

Emirates Skywards Gold lounge access

Emirates airlines First Class and Business Class customers, and Skywards Gold elite Members travelling in Economy Class tickets have access to lounge facilities at select destinations across the globe.

You’ll find Emirates first and business class Lounges in the following airports:

Emirates Lounges in the following airports:
Auckland Hong Kong New York JFK
Bangkok Johannesburg Paris Charles de Gaulle
Beijing Kuala Lumpur Perth
Birmingham London Gatwick
Shanghai pvg
Brisbane
London Heathrow
Singapore Changi Airport
Dubai Manchester Sydney
Düsseldorf
Melbourne Tullamarine Airport
Zürich
Frankfurt Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Hamburg Munich
We also welcome you to stop by our partner lounges at more than 50 international airports across six continents.
Houston IAH Executive Club (Trmnl. D)
Los Angeles LAX SkyTeam Lounge
San Francisco SFO United Airlines Class Lounge
UA Red Carpet Lounge
São Paulo GRU Sala VIP VARIG Lounge
Toronto YYZ Pearson Lounge
Athens ATH Olympic Air Lounge
Glasgow GLA Skylounge Wing
Istanbul IST Millenium Lounge
Larnaca LCA Swissport Executive Lounge
Malta MLA La Valette Executive Lounge
Milan MXP Sala Pergolesi Lounge
Moscow DME East Line Class Lounge
Newcastle NCL Cheviot Executive Lounge
Nice NCE Club Riviera Lounge
Rome FCO British Europe Executive Lounge
Venice VCE Marco Polo Club Lounge
Vienna VIE Air Lounge
Amman AMM Jerash Lounge
Bahrain BAH Delmon Lounge
Beirut BEY MEA/CIP Business Lounge
Cairo CAI Civil Aviation Lounge (Smoking)
Egyptian Aviation Services (Non-Smoking)
Damascus DAM One Lounge
Dammam DMM First Class Lounge
Doha DOH Business Class Lounge
Qas Oryx Lounge
Jeddah JED Oasis Lounge
Kuwait City KWI Pearl Lounge
Muscat MCT Oman Air CIP Lounge
Riyadh RUH KKIA Class Lounge
Sanaa SAH 01 Lounge
Tehran IKA CIP Lounge

Africa
City Airport Lounge Class
Cairo CAI Civil Aviation Lounge (Smoking)
Egyptian Aviation Services (Non-Smoking)
Cape Town CPT SAA CYCAD
Dar Es Salaam DAR Tanzanite Lounge
Entebbe EBB Karibuni
Nairobi NBO Kenya Duty Free Lounge
Port Louis MRU Les Salons Amedee Maingard
Tripoli TIP Altaee Lounge

Asia & the Pacific
City Airport Lounge Class
Chennai (Madras) MAA Le Meridien Lounge
bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport
Christchurch CHC Manaia Lounge
Cochin (Kochi) COK Oberoi Lounge
Colombo CMB Araliya Lounge
Delhi DEL ITC Maurya Sheraton Lounge
Dhaka DAC Sheraton Balaka Lounge
Guangzhou CAN VIP Lounge
Hyderabad HYD Plaza Premium
Islamabad ISB CIP Lounge
Jakarta CGK Premier/ Pura Indah Lounge
Karachi KHI CIP Lounge
Kozhikode CCJ Alhind Malabar Palace
Lahore LHE CIP Lounge
Male MLE Finifenma/ Saimaa Lounge
Manila MNL Club Manila
Osaka KIX Sakura Lounge
Peshawar PEW Executive Lounge
Seoul ICN KAL Concourse Lounge

Gourmet meal around the clock*
Whenever you arrive in our lounges, a selection of food and beverages will be available to you. Our full bar service and large buffet, featuring a selection of fresh, healthy, wholesome food produced with the finest seasonal ingredients, will help revive you.

Early birds can enjoy breakfast, while later in the day, guests can select from Arabic, Far Eastern, Western or Vegetarian cuisine. For those with a sweet tooth, the array of desserts will prove irresistible.

Relax before the flight
From friendly and professional reception staff to a spacious and luxurious seating area, you’ll find waiting for your flight remarkably soothing. Catch up with the latest news and programmes on large plasma screen TVs. Stay updated with a wide selection of international newspapers and magazines. Freshen up with a shower. Or simply sit back and relax.

Emirates Skywards Gold status benefits

When you reach 50000 Emirates tier miles over a flexible consecutive 12-13 month earning window,you will become a Skywards Gold elite member, Gold status are entitled to a premium level of perks and privileges. In addition to all the benefits of Skywards Silver, you'll also enjoy exclusive frequent flyer Gold elite member benefits, such as:
50% bonus Skywards miles when you fly with Emirates
Priority baggage delivery
Premium Baggage Arrival in Dubai only
Guaranteed seat reservations, even on fully-booked flights
Personal travel assistance from our dedicated Gold Desk
Complimentary eGate access at all UAE airports to speed up the immigration process at Dubai International Airport for top members of Emirates' frequent flyer programme.
Complimentary lounge access throughout the Emirates network
Premium Skywards Opening Doors benefits from our worldwide partners.


Premium Skywards Opening Doors benefits from our worldwide partners.

* Available to all members residing in the United Arab Emirates, or nationals of the Gulf Co-operative Council or of the UAE's visa waiver countries:
Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the USA and the Vatican.

Miles&More Frequent Traveller Promotion 2011

In the calendar year 2011 Miles & More will continue to offer you the opportunity
of becoming a Frequent Traveller even more easily or of maintaining your
Frequent Traveller status - with the Silver Promotion 2011

Fly 30 times with our airline partners in 2011 and you will automatically receive Frequent Traveller status, which is valid for at least two years.
With 30 flights with these airline partners you can achieve Frequent Traveller status:
Adria Airways Brussels Airlines Lufthansa
Air Dolomiti Croatia Airlines Luxair
Austrian Airlines Group LOT Polish Airlines SWISS

Terms and conditions:
Applies to all scheduled domestic German, intra-European and intercontinental flights operated by the above-mentioned Miles & More airline partners. Requirement: use of booking classes that qualify to earn miles.
Every flight* counts: outbound and inbound flights each count as a separate flight, so you can achieve or retain Frequent Traveller status with just 15 round trips.
For connecting flights with different flight numbers, each of these flights counts as a separate flight.
Naturally the limit of 35,000 status miles earned in one calendar year also continues to apply for achieving or renewing Frequent Traveller status.
* Trips on AiRail trains and the airtrain in Switzerland do not qualify.

HHonors quadruple Bonus points promotion

Register and stay between January 3, 2011 and March 31, 2011.With Hilton HHonors More Nights, More Points offer, you can earn free nights faster than ever. Stay two nights and double your points for your entire stay. Stay three nights to triple your points, or four nights to quadruple your points. Book at any of the 3,600 hotels in 82 countries
Bonus Points earned on Base Points do not count toward VIP tier qualification. Hilton HHonors membership, earning of Points & Miles and redemption of points are subject to HHonors Terms and Conditions.
Hilton HHonors members must first register at www.hhonors.com/more prior to check-in during the promotion period. Offer subject to availability at participating hotels. Non- participating properties can be found at non-participating hotels. Promotion may not be combined with select offers and rates. “Double Points” means you will receive Bonus Points equal to the number of Base Points earned during an eligible stay. “Triple Points” means you will receive Bonus Points equal to twice the number of Base Points earned during an eligible stay. “Quadruple Points” means you will receive Bonus Points of three times the number of Base Points earned during an eligible stay. There is no limit on the total number of Bonus Points earned during the promotional period; however standard Base Point earnings on any single stay may not exceed 100,000 Points.

SWISS Miles More Gold Plus Credit Card

SWISS international airlines Miles More Gold Plus Credit Card
Welcome bonus: 5,000 miles
Annual loyalty bonus: 3,000 miles
SWISS ValuePack
Annual flight voucher from SWISS air to the value of the annual fee. As the principal holder of a SWISS Miles & More Credit Card with an activated ValuePack option, you receive a personal, nontransferable flight voucher to the value of the annual fee that you paid (maximum CHF 300). You are provided with this automatically subsequent to having paid your annual fee.

The voucher in the form of a benefit is creditable at SWISS when purchasing a flight ticket of any booking class at www.swiss.com (starting at a flight ticket price of at least CHF 999), if you pay the remaining amount with your SWISS Miles & More Credit Card. The flight voucher is valid 12 months from the date of issue.Up to 5 annual admissions to the SWISS Business Class lounges in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, New York and Chicago costing CHF 35 per lounge admission (cheaper admission). For more details and the conditions, see here.
Regular exclusive SWISS destination offers at very attractive rates. Including SMS reminder service if required. For more details, see here.
Two cards for a single annual fee: CHF 300**


Suspend the expiry of your miles
Your bonus miles in the Miles & More programme normally expire after 36 months – but they do not if you own a SWISS Miles & More Credit Card and you fulfill the following conditions:
You have been the holder of a SWISS Miles & More Credit Card for at least 3 months
You make at least one purchase that earns you miles each month with a SWISS Miles & More Credit Card (incl. additional card).
The suspension of the expiry of your miles applies to all bonus miles – irrespective of whether they were collected when flying, paying or during campaigns by other Miles & More partners.
Optimum acceptance
With two cards you enjoy the best possible acceptance in the world. And you are still able to make payments in the event of one of your cards being lost or stolen.
Further benefits in brief
Transport accident insurance of up to CHF 700,000***
Travel inconvenience insurance
(with delayed flights, cancelled flights or refused boarding, if a connecting flight is missed, or with a delay to baggage or the loss of baggage)***
Assistance services in Switzerland and all over the world***
Health insurance for travel abroad***
Purchase protection of up to CHF 4,500 per year***

Flexibility with the payment of your credit card bill with the instalment facility

Apply for card
Here, you can apply for your SWISS Miles & More Gold Plus credit cards, including 5,000 bonus miles as a welcome gift! Card applicationRequest documents to be sent to your home adressApply for an additional card
Collect even more bonus miles together: would you like to entrust a person of your choice so they can also enjoy the advantages of your SWISS Miles & More Gold credit cards? Details Apply for additional card




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This product is also available without the ValuePack benefits:

The SWISS Miles & More Gold
If you do not travel by air especially often and do not feel any need for the annual SWISS flight voucher, the exclusive access to the SWISS lounges or the SWISS destination offers, we can offer you the SWISS Miles & More Gold Cards without the ValuePack.
All of the benefits are identical to those offered by the SWISS Miles & More Gold Plus – with the exception of the advantages offered by SWISS stated above.
The annual fee for both cards totals CHF 220. Card application *Not including fees, interest or cash withdrawals.
**CHF 0 annual fee for Senators and HON Circle Members (as long as they have the corresponding member status).
***The exact terms and conditions (incl. insurance amounts and exclusions of liability) are provided in the insurance conditions.

Pacific sun cheap fares Suva to Labasa

As part of upcoming Fiji Day celebrations, Fiji’s domestic and regional carrier, Pacific Sun, today announced more flights at better times with lower fares for Labasa & Suva customers. Starting October 11, 2010, Pacific Sun will introduce a new schedule and additional ATR, Otter, and Islander flights** between Labasa and Suva together with a special celebratory fare of $70 one-way for a limited time (price includes all taxes and surcharges; conditions apply), giving better choices and more affordable air travel to residents of Labasa and Vanua Levu. These changes will increase the total number of flights per week between Labasa and Suva to 50 (25 return flights).
ATR42-500 flights will now depart Labasa daily at 8:35am, returning in the afternoon from Suva at 2:50pm on Mondays and Fridays; returns will be at 3:40pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
“The Labasa Town Council, Labasa Chamber of Commerce, and our customers in the Friendly North asked for lower fares, more flights and earlier departures to Suva with later returns to allow more time to conduct business and to visit family and friends for the day,” said Dave Pflieger, Managing Director and CEO of Air Pacific, the parent company of Pacific Sun. “We heard those requests loud and clear, and we think we have developed a great way to do all three at the same time.”
“In addition, as a thank you to all of our customers for their tremendous support since we started flying 3 years ago, and to do our part to celebrate Fiji Day, we will also offer $70 fares* in commemoration of Fiji’s 1970 Independence year. While these fares will only be available for a short time, our new lowest fare in the market will start at $99 after the $70 sale period ends,” said Pacific Sun General Manager Jim Samson.