Calculator: AMEX Points To Emirates Miles

Point & Mile Transfers
Wondering how many Emirates miles your AMEX Membership Rewards points can get you? Use our calculator to find out and start planning your next adventure.
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American Express Membership Rewards points can be transferred to Emirates Skywards at a 1:1 ratio meaning that every 1,000 AMEX points you transfer will give you 1,000 Emirates Skywards Miles. This provides one of the best ways to quickly build up your balance on everyday spending across AMEX's Membership Rewards credit cards.

Transfers to Emirates Skywards must be made in 1,000-point increments. You can transfer as little as 1,000 AMEX points and as many as 999,000 AMEX points to the Emirates Skywards program.

Transfer take up to 48 hours, but you will usually see the balance reflected in your account the same day.

Here are our top Membership Rewards credit card picks for earning Emirates Skywards Miles:

Credit Card Highlights
Best For Lounge Access & Luxury Travel
  • Earn 80,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $8,000 on purchases on the Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership.
  • Earn 5X points on flights booked directly with airlines or with American Express Travel (up to $500,000, then 1X)
  • Earn 5X points on prepaid hotels booked through American Express Travel
  • Earn 1X points on all other eligible purchases
  • Global Airport Lounge Access including Centurion Lounges, Delta Sky Club Lounges (when flying Delta), Airspace Lounges, Escape Lounges, and Priority Pass Lounges
  • Over $1,400 in annual credits which includes airline incidentals, Uber Cash, digital entertainment, Fine Hotels + Resorts and The Hotel Collection, and more
  • Enroll in complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status and Hilton Honors Gold status
  • Terms Apply
  • $695 annual fee (See Rates and Fees)
Best For Restaurants & U.S. Supermarkets
  • Earn 60,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $4,000 on eligible purchases with your new Card within the first 6 months.
  • Earn 4X points at restaurants and on up to $25,000 in annual U.S. supermarket purchases
  • Earn 3X points on flights booked directly with airlines or on amextravel.com
  • Earn 1X points on all other purchases
  • Up to $120 in Uber Cash credit each year
  • Up to $120 in dining credits each year
  • Terms Apply
  • $250 annual fee (See Rates and Fees)
Best For Lounge Access & Luxury Business Travel
  • Earn 120,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $15,000 on eligible purchases with your Card within the first 3 months of Card Membership.
  • Earn 5X points on flights and prepaid hotels on amextravel.com
  • Earn 1.5X points on select business purchases and on purchases of $5,000 or more everywhere else, on up to $2 million of these purchases per year
  • Earn 1X points on all other eligible purchases
  • Global Airport Lounge Access including Centurion Lounges, Delta Sky Club Lounges (when flying Delta), Airspace Lounges, Escape Lounges, and Priority Pass Lounges
  • Over $1,400 in annual credits which includes Dell, Adobe, Indeed, CLEAR, and more
  • Get 35% points back when you redeem points for all or part of an eligible flight booked with AMEX Travel
  • Enroll in complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status and Hilton Honors Gold status
  • Terms Apply
  • $695 annual fee (See Rates and Fees)
Best For Business Rewards
  • Earn 70,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $10,000 on eligible purchases with the Business Gold Card within the first 3 months of Card Membership.
  • Earn 4X points on the 2 select categories where your business spent the most each month
  • Earn 1X points on all other purchases
  • Get 25% points back when you redeem points for all or part of an eligible flight booked with AMEX Travel
  • Terms Apply
  • $295 annual fee (See Rates and Fees)
Best For Small Business & Miscellaneous Purchases
  • No current offer.
  • Earn 2X points on the first $50,000 in purchases per year, then 1 point per dollar thereafter
  • No annual fee
  • Terms Apply
  • $0 annual fee (See Rates and Fees)

Conversion Calculator

Use the Conversion Calculator to calculate the transfer of American Express Membership Rewards Points to Emirates Skywards Miles.

Transferring From AMEX to Emirates
Enter any amount of Membership Rewards points to calculate the transfer to Emirates Skywards miles.
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How to transfer AMEX points to Emirates

Transferring Membership Rewards points to Emirates Skywards can be done in a few easy steps.

  1. Go to americanexpress.com. Enter your login credentials, select "Membership Rewards" from the drop down, and click Log In.
  2. Once you're logged in, scroll down to the "Ready To Redeem?" section and click on the tab that says Transfer Points. Click on View All.
  3. Find Emirates Skywards in the list and click the column to expand it. If you have never linked your Emirates Skywards account, you'll be asked to do so for yourself or another card member.
  4. Use the slider or manually enter in how many points you wish to transfer to Emirates and select the Emirates Skywards account you wish to transfer them to.
  5. Review the transfer to make sure that every thing is correct and click on Submit Transfer.

Other Emirates transfer partners

Emirates Skywards is a direct transfer partner of all major U.S. credit card rewards programs. This includes:

This provides over 10 credit cards that you can use to earn tens of thousands of Emirates miles through intro bonuses as well as additional miles on everyday spending.

Here's the full list of programs that allow you to transfer points to Emirates:

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Best credit card offers for Emirates

Need more Emirates Skywards miles? These are the 10 best credit card offers currently available for earning miles with Emirates. This list includes Emirates credit cards as well as credit cards that allow you to transfer points directly to your Skywards miles account.

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FAQ

What is the AMEX Membership Rewards points to Emirates Skywards miles transfer ratio?

Every 1,000 AMEX Membership Rewards points you transfer to Emirates Skywards will give you 1,000 Emirates Skywards miles.

Does it cost to transfer AMEX points to Emirates?

There is no fee to transfer Membership Rewards points to Emirates Skywards.

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