Barclays Emirates Cards Bonuses Increased To 60,000/70,000 Points

Update 10/30/23: Increased to 60,000/70,000 points.

Barclays has increased the sign up bonuses on the Barclays Emirates cards to 50,000 and 60,000 points.

Emirates Skywards Premium World Elite Mastercard

• Annual fee of $499
• Sign up bonus of 60,000 miles after $3,000 in spend within the first 90 days
• Emirates Skywards Gold Status (you get this instantly in your first year and then need to spend $40,000 per cardmember year to keep it)
• 10,000 anniversary miles when you spend $30,000 each cardmember year
• Priority Pass Select membership
• Global Entry or TSA PreCheck (once every 5 years up to $100 )
• Card earns at the following rates:
  • 3x miles per $1 spent on emirates.com or at the Emirates Sales office
  • 2x miles per $1 spent on airfares, hotel stays and car rentals
  • 1x miles per $1 spent on all other purchases
• 25% savings when you purchase or gift miles

Emirates Skywards Rewards World Elite Mastercard

• Annual fee of $99
• Sign up bonus of 50,000 miles after $3,000 in spend within the first 90 days
• Emirates Skywards Silver Status (you get this instantly in your first year and then need to spend $20,000 per cardmember year to keep it)
• Card earns at the following rates:
  • 3x miles per $1 spent on emirates.com or at the Emirates Sales office
  • 2x miles per $1 spent on airfares, hotel stays and car rentals
  • 1x miles per $1 spent on all other purchases
• 25% savings when you purchase or gift miles

Our Verdict

When these cards launched the bonuses were 30,000 and 50,000 miles respectively so this is a nice increase for the Silver card. Might be worth considering that card now if you have a use for Emirates miles. We will add that card to the best credit card bonus page. As always before applying for any Barclays card, make sure to read these things everybody should know about Barclays.

Hat tip to reader Daniel H