I have today received an e.mail communication from the Emirates Skywards customer loyalty programme. It advises that EasyJet is enlisted as a new partner, and that Skyward loyalty points can now be redeemed for flights with EZY. EasyJet flights are available from a starting level of 7500 Skywards points for a short-haul one way flight. This option will certainly be very useful to me, and no doubt to many Emirates regulars based in Europe. In my case, I will now be able to redeem Emirates Skyward points on short-haul journeys ex-MAN ... that makes the accrual of Skywards points very worthwhile.