Emirates Skywards puts 5 million Miles up for grabs for Dubai shoppers

500 winners will each receive 10,000 Skywards Miles during Dubai Summer Surprises

Last updated:
2 MIN READ

Dubai: Emirates Skywards has launched a 5 million Miles giveaway for Dubai Summer Surprises 2026, giving members the chance to win 10,000 Skywards Miles when they spend Dh200 or more through eligible retail, dining and online shopping partners.

The promotion runs until August 30, 2026, and covers purchases made with participating Skywards Everyday partners or through Skywards Miles Mall UAE. Each qualifying transaction worth Dh200 gives members one raffle entry, allowing frequent shoppers to increase their chances throughout the campaign period.

Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.

500 winners to receive 10,000 Miles each

A total of 500 winners will be selected under the promotion. Emirates Skywards said 250 winners will be chosen from eligible Skywards Everyday transactions, while another 250 winners will be selected from eligible Skywards Miles Mall purchases.

Each winner will receive 10,000 Skywards Miles, which can be used across Emirates Skywards’ network of flight, retail, hospitality and lifestyle rewards.

More rewards during DSS

Dubai Summer Surprises is running for 60 days until August 30, with retail offers, family activities, entertainment, dining experiences and citywide events.

Skywards members can also earn Miles when shopping at Dubai Mall, with rewards of up to 1 Skywards Mile for every $1 spent, depending on membership tier. Members can also take part in weekly challenges on the Skywards Everyday app for additional reward opportunities during the festival.

Bonus Miles on hotels, cars and travel

Emirates Skywards members can also earn 50% bonus Miles across selected travel partners during the summer campaign.

The offer covers hotel stays with partners including Emirates Skywards Hotels, Marriott Bonvoy, IHG Hotels and Resorts and Jumeirah. It also applies to car rentals with Hertz, Avis, Budget, Europcar, Sixt and CarTrawler, along with partner airlines including United Airlines, Air Canada, Aegean Airlines and Japan Airlines.

Members can also earn 50% bonus Miles on Emirates Holidays packages. Travel must be completed by August 31, 2026, with members able to earn up to 10,000 bonus Miles per partner. Registration is required, and bonus Miles will be credited within 60 days after the offer period ends.

Everyday spending earns Miles

Skywards Everyday allows members to earn Miles automatically on daily spending across hundreds of UAE partners. Members can add up to five Visa or Mastercard cards to the app and earn Miles across shopping, dining, beauty, wellness, leisure, pharmacy and grocery categories.

Members earn 1 Mile for every Dh3 spent with most partners, while grocery and pharmacy purchases earn 1 Mile for every Dh5 spent. Participating brands include Careem, Costa Coffee, MMI, BinSina Pharmacy, Al Jaber Optical, The Body Shop and NARS.

Skywards Miles Mall is Emirates Skywards’ online shopping platform, allowing members to earn and spend Miles across categories including food, fashion, beauty, electronics, wellness, grocery, utilities, travel and entertainment. Partner brands include Amazon UAE, Deliveroo, Ounass, iHerb, Bloomingdale’s, Net-A-Porter and Bath & Body Works.

Nivetha Dayanand is Assistant Business Editor at Gulf News, covering aviation, financial markets and commodities. A business and financial journalist with a strong interest in multimedia storytelling, she regularly takes complex financial and economic subjects beyond the written word, producing explainer videos that make them easier for a wider audience to understand. Nivetha has interviewed senior policymakers, business leaders and global financial figures both on and off camera. Her past guests include UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud, a member of the House of Saud and the founder and CEO of KBW Ventures, Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund and Indian ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and N. Chandrababu Naidu. She has also hosted and moderated panels, conferences and awards shows, bringing her newsroom experience to live conversations on business, finance and the economy. An Erasmus Mundus journalism alum, Nivetha is drawn to stories that affect people directly and to reporting that gives a platform to voices that might otherwise go unheard. She was among the first journalists to speak to Petrofac employees in the UAE about unpaid salaries, broke the news of the planned demolition of Dubai’s well-known “Toyota Building”, and helped set the record straight on widely circulated claims that a giant replica of the Moon was coming to Dubai. More recently, her exclusive interview with EDGE Group CEO Hamad Al Marar revealed how the UAE-based defence group deployed its systems along the country’s shore border and established a geofence around the UAE within 48 hours of the February 28 escalation. Prior to joining Gulf News, Nivetha worked at ITP Media, where she helped launch Finance Middle East, a new publication covering the region’s financial sector. Her role spanned reporting and editing, video production, interviews and events. Across print, digital, and video, she focuses on finding the people behind business stories and explaining why those stories matter to the audience reading or watching them.

Sign up for the Daily Briefing

Get the latest news and updates straight to your inbox