Citi doubles the Cash Back card's joining bonus to AED 300 — same AED 6,000 spend condition
Citibank UAE has raised the welcome credit on its Cash Back Credit Card from AED 150 to AED 300, with the qualifying spend unchanged at AED 6,000 in 60 days. The direct-application restriction still applies, and it is the restriction most people trip over.
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Etihad's Miles-as-cash rate is a constant, not a promotion: 2.94 fils across two consecutive sales
Etihad's new 'Last chance for summer' sale prices six European and North African routes in cash and Miles side by side. Every one divides to 2.94 fils per Mile — the identical rate its July sale returned on a completely different route list. That makes it a standing setting, not a per-sale decision, and it stays a poor use of Miles.
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Programme ChangeADCB rebalances the 365 Cashback earn table: groceries cut to 3%, fuel up to 5%, subscriptions added
ADCB's flagship cashback Visa now pays 6% on dining, 5% on fuel & Salik and digital/AI subscriptions, and 3% on groceries — a mid-2026 rebalance verified against the product page and Schedule of Fees Ver.46. The AED 5,000 monthly floor and AED 1,000 cap are unchanged.
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Deal UpdateEmirates Islamic extends the Switch Cashback welcome offer to 30 September
The AED 500 welcome cashback on Emirates Islamic's Switch Cashback Card — AED 15,000 of retail spend within 60 days of approval — now runs to 30 September 2026. Confirmed against the bank's card page in our July verification pass.
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Deal UpdateEtihad fare sale closes 31 July 2026 — and its Miles prices value an Etihad Guest Mile at a flat 2.94 fils
Etihad's UAE offers page carries round-trip Economy fares ex-Abu Dhabi with a book-by-31-July deadline for travel to November 2026. Each fare shows a cash price and an Etihad Guest Miles price; divide one by the other and every route returns 2.94 fils per Mile.
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Deal UpdateMarriott Bonvoy is paying 5,000 points for one stay under the Skywards partnership — register before you check in
Link your Marriott Bonvoy and Emirates Skywards accounts, register, and complete one eligible paid stay between 15 July and 30 September 2026 to collect 5,000 bonus Bonvoy points — AED 125 at our cost-basis baseline. Registration must come before the stay.
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Deal UpdateSkywards' summer redemption push runs to 30 September — and its DSS raffle offers 5 million Miles to 30 August
Emirates Skywards has enhanced its non-flight redemption rates until 30 September, with Skywards Everyday converting 350 Miles into AED 10 back. A parallel Dubai Summer Surprises raffle gives 500 members 10,000 Miles each on AED 200+ spend through 30 August.
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Salary TransferENBD's bonus-interest salary transfer: 5% to 6% on AED 25,000 for six months, explained in AED
Emirates NBD's 1 February – 30 June 2026 cycle pays bonus interest on a salary-transfer balance instead of a fixed cash sum. Here's what it actually pays in AED, who clears the gates, and how it compares to a cash-bonus cycle.
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Programme ChangeMashreq Cashback rate cut: fuel, utilities, government and telecom fall to 0.15% on 13 June 2026
Mashreq's published notice confirms a category-rate cut effective 13 June 2026 on the Cashback Credit Card — government, utilities, education, charity, fuel, rental and telecom drop from 0.33% to 0.15%. The 5% on dining, 1% on other UAE/international spend, and the AED 5 monthly free bill payment all stay.
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Programme ChangeMay 2026 welcome cycles end at FAB, RAKBANK, HSBC and Emirates Islamic — what changed, what to watch for
Four UAE issuers closed their May 2026 welcome cycles on 31 May. We've reframed every affected review on the site. Here's the cycle-end summary — what each cycle paid, what readers who already applied are owed, and what the next cycle is likely to look like.
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Programme ChangeEmirates Skywards opens 'Season of Rewards': Cash+Miles doubles, bonus tier miles through August
Emirates Skywards' summer campaign (21 May–31 August 2026) bundles four member offers. For UAE residents the doubled Cash+Miles rate is the broadly useful one; the rest are situational and come with a registration step and a hard travel-completion deadline.
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NewsThe DubaiPoints news desk is open
DubaiPoints starts filing UAE-resident points-and-miles news, regulation changes, card launches and salary-transfer offer movements — AED-first, with sources cited inline.