Emirates Skywards: What to Know - NerdWallet

Have you seen those photos of ridiculously blinged-out airline seats? You know the ones: They often include flashy big-screen TVs, pop-up minibars, digital windows and seats so big you could melt right into them.These luxurious cabins belong to Emirates, an international airline based in the United Arab Emirates. While the airline will happily sell you a ticket to fly in these seats, we’ve got another way.In this guide to the airline’s loyalty program, Emirates Skywards, we'll show you how to gain elite status, earn miles and redeem them for those super-fancy seats — without even traveling to the Middle East.About EmiratesEmirates isn’t all gold-hued seats and private cabins. It has all the regular cabins you’d expect from an airline, including economy class seating. Yet even Emirates economy class sets the bar high in terms of quality. Emirates was the first airline to introduce individual television screens in economy class (that was way back in 1992), and it continues to innovate wi...