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NEWS · 18 May 2026

The DubaiPoints news desk is open | DubaiPoints

DubaiPoints starts filing UAE-resident points-and-miles news, regulation changes, card launches and salary-transfer offer movements — AED-first, with sources cited inline.

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Filed 18 May 2026
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The DubaiPoints news desk files its first post today.

Coverage focuses on the four things the publication exists to track:

  • Salary-transfer offer movements. Tier additions, bonus changes, and time-windowed promos at the major UAE banks (FAB, Emirates NBD, ADCB, Mashreq, RAKBANK, Emirates Islamic, ADIB and the rest). The live salary-transfer tracker is updated alongside each notable change.
  • Card launches and benefit changes. New products, refreshed welcome bonuses, fee changes, perk additions or removals. Reviewed against the issuer’s published Schedule of Charges before anything goes to print.
  • Programme changes. Award-chart movements, transfer-partner additions or pauses, expiry-rule revisions on Skywards, Etihad Guest, Qatar Privilege Club, Marriott Bonvoy and the regional hotel currencies.
  • Regulatory updates. AECB, Central Bank of the UAE, DLD and DET decisions that affect points-and-miles behaviour for residents — corporate-tax interactions, FX-fee rule changes, Wages Protection System guidance.

The editorial standard is the same as the rest of the site: AED-first on every figure, every claim sourced inline, every figure dated. Expired offers are removed from /deals/ on the day they expire — they do not get archived under “still available” copy. The same applies here: a piece that turns out to be wrong gets a correction notice on the page, not a silent edit.

If you spot a UAE points-and-miles story we have not filed, the tip line is open. We do not pay for tips and we do not run press-release rewrites.

The first scheduled posts ship later this week.

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