How to Make Emirates Playing Yo-Yo With Premium Award Travelers Work for You

Whatever kind of traveler you are, you still might be a winner.

I admit it: I love Emirates, although it’s been an on-again, off-again love affair. Let me explain. We follow lucrative strategies with this airline often: how it can get you to many destinations around the world, including many obscure and hard-to-reach places in Africa and the Middle East, like the Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, etc.; how it has an extraordinary First Class experience; and how it also features two nonstops between the U.S. and Europe.

So, what the heck is going on at Emirates lately?