The Offer
- Emirates & Visa Checkout are offering a discount depending on your fare class. You need to book by September 8th, 2016 for travel tAugust 15th, 2016 – June 15th, 2017. You need to book a round trip flight to be eligible. You must enter the promotional code USAVISA and use Visa checkout to pay (Visa checkout allows you to pay using credit cards other than Visa cards as well) Discounts are as follows:
- $1,000 for first class
- $250 for business class
- $50 for economy class
The Fine Print
- Savings of $50 USD (Fifty dollars) off all outbound round-trip Economy Class fares, Savings of $250 USD (Two Hundred and Fifty dollars) off all outbound round-trip Business Class fares and Savings of $1,000 USD (One Thousand dollars) off all outbound round-trip First Class fares sold per passenger when booked utilizing Promotional Code: USAVISA and paid for using Visa Checkout to select destinations throughout the Emirates network from Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (JFK), Orlando (MCO), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA) and Washington DC (IAD) utilizing Emirates operated flights only (no code shares apply)
- Discount is only applicable to tickets purchased on August 8, 2016 through September 8, 2016
- Commencement of travel from shall be from August 15, 2016 through June 15, 2017.
- Inbound Blackout Dates: Per Published Fare Rules
- Outbound Blackout Dates: Per Published Fare Rules
- Minimum stay: Per Published Fare Rules
- Maximum stay: Per Published Fare Rules
- Fares are round-trip, per person and include all applicable government taxes and fees
- Ticketing time limit is 24 hours from the time of booking
- Discount will be applied to the base fare only sold via emirates.com/us/visacheckout and does not apply to government taxes, fees, carrier charges and surcharges
- The maximum number of passengers per booking is nine
- Cancellations before or after departure: Please refer to Published Fare Rules
- Reservation changes before or after departure: Please refer to Published Fare Rules
- Changes due to “No-shows” before or after departure: Please refer to Published Fare Rules
- Cancellations due to “No-shows” before or after departure: Please refer to Published Fare Rules
- No refund on partly-utilized tickets
- E-Ticket revalidations are subject to a fee of: Please refer to Published Fare Rules
- Ticket reissues are subject to a fee of: Please refer to Published Fare Rules
- Stopovers permitted in either direction at Dubai, one free, thereafter:
- Economy Class – $100 per additional stopover for each passenger
- Business Class – $200 per additional stopover for each passenger
- First Class – Free
- Stopover in Milan (MXP): Not Permitted
- Child discount: infant (0-2 years) without a seat pay 10% of applicable adult fare. Accompanied children (2-11 years) pay 75% of applicable adult fare. Unaccompanied children pay the applicable adult fare. No redemption necessary
- Discount fares are subject to limited availability
- Fares are subject to terms and conditions as posted
- Savings are only applicable to fares that are available at time of booking on emirates.com/us/visacheckout
- The booking of any flight ticket is subject to Emirates’ General Conditions of Carriage and the applicable ticketing conditions available on the Emirates website, which may be accessed prior to confirming the booking.
Our Verdict
I wasn’t able to find any decently priced first class or business fares to make this promotion worth considering seriously, although if you often pay cash for these types of tickets then it’s likely you can find something that suits. If anybody finds anything that is priced reasonably, post in the comments below.
Hat tip to JJ N
