Emirates Skywards is paying bonus Miles on almost everything around a trip except the flight: hotels, holiday packages and car hire. Most partners pay double Miles. Emirates’ own hotel and holiday products pay 50% extra. And ALL Accor points converted into Skywards Miles earn a 25% bonus.
The window is short. Hotel and car bookings must be made between 29 October and 30 November 2026. Emirates Holidays packages must be booked by 26 November. Stays, rentals and holidays must all be completed by 31 January 2027, which covers National Day and the Dubai Shopping Festival season.
Everything below comes from the Emirates Group’s own release of 29 October 2026, distributed through APO Group. Emirates’ media-centre site would not load for our reader, so we read the release on APO’s Emirates newsroom.
What earns what
Per Emirates:
| Partner | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Emirates Skywards Hotels | 50% bonus Miles on hotel stays |
| Emirates Holidays | 50% bonus Miles on holiday packages |
| Booking.com | Double Miles on hotel stays |
| IHG Hotels & Resorts | Double Miles on eligible hotel stays |
| SIXT, Europcar, Avis, Budget, Hertz | Double Miles on car rentals |
| ALL Accor | 25% bonus Miles on Reward points converted to Skywards |
The release does not give base earn rates for any partner, or say whether members must register first. Emirates links to an offers page for the details; check it, and each partner’s own terms, before you book. We have not read those terms.
Who it suits
Anyone already booking a winter trip. If you were going to rent a car abroad or book an IHG stay for December anyway, doubling the Miles costs nothing extra. Book through the route that earns Skywards, and give your Skywards number.
IHG guests who earn Skywards Miles on their stays. Emirates lists IHG as a double-Miles partner for this window. Whether Miles beat IHG’s own points on a given stay is a separate sum; our IHG One Rewards hub explains the programme.
The Accor transfer: usually not worth it
Our ALL Accor hub records the transfer to Skywards at 2 ALL points to 1 Mile (4,000 points to 2,000 Miles). With the 25% bonus, 4,000 points would land 2,500 Miles. That ratio is ours, not the release’s.
At our 2-fils Skywards baseline, 2,500 Miles is worth about AED 50. The same 4,000 points spent as Accor’s fixed hotel discount are worth about AED 320 at our 8-fils working (two blocks of EUR 40 off a stay). The bonus narrows the gap; it does not close it. It is for a balance that would otherwise expire, or for topping up a Skywards redemption that is a few thousand Miles short.
Verified on 1 November 2026 against the Emirates Group’s release of 29 October. AED figures are ours, at our published baselines.
Sources
- The Emirates Group via APO Group, Emirates Skywards rewards members with bonus Miles on hotels, holiday packages and car rentals this winter, 29 October 2026, read 31 October 2026.
