AE Gold is a premium Emirates membership card level and the highest level in the Emirates Mileage Plan system for budget-minded individuals who have high, frequent travel on Emirates. Holding an AE Gold card entitles you to special benefits such as high mileage awards, priority boarding, luxury cabins, luxury dining, 24-hour exclusive hospitality services and airport lounges, making your travel more comfortable, convenient and enjoyable.

To earn the AE Gold Card, you need to accumulate 75,000 Emirates miles to get it. Accumulated miles are the result of adding up three types of miles: high award miles, base miles and flight distance miles. After earning AE Gold, 40,000 Emirates miles need to be accrued every year in order to maintain the AE Gold status. Accumulated miles can be any one or a collection of them.

AE Gold is one of the highest tiers in the Emirates Mileage Plan system, and the privileges it has are superior. At the same time, AE Gold has some other minor privileges, such as access to Emirates travel and leisure discounts, or access to travel subsidies from some of Emirates' partners. Therefore, maintaining the AE Gold level requires ensuring that you have become a loyal Emirates customer and will frequently choose Emirates for your travels.