Emirates NBD Launches Voyager Credit Card to Tap UAE’s Travel Boom

Editorial Team

Last updated 9-12-2025

3 min

Emirates NBD launched the Voyager Mastercard to target the UAE's growing travel demand.

The card offers a "full travel ecosystem" with features for families, frequent flyers, and business travellers.

Users earn Voyager Miles for travel spending and everyday purchases, boosting holiday plans.

The Voyager portal facilitates flight, airline, and hotel bookings, maximising rewards through point transfers.

Convenience is key, offering visa assistance, lounge access, and roaming solutions for smoother journeys.

Emirates NBD has rolled out a new Voyager Mastercard credit card, aiming to tap into the UAE’s booming appetite for travel. And honestly, with so many residents jetting off twice a year or more, it feels spot on. Market studies suggest one in three people in the country now plan at least two international trips annually, often opting for longer family getaways that stretch past a week. I see it all the time among founders I meet through Arageek—everyone’s either flying somewhere or planning the next escape.

The bank says the Voyager card is built as a full travel ecosystem rather than a typical co-branded card, with features that cater to families, frequent flyers and business travellers. One thing that stood out to me—maybe because booking trips can be a bit of a faff—is the reward structure. Cardholders earn up to 12 Voyager Miles when booking through the Voyager Travel Portal, up to 6 Miles on other travel spending worldwide, and 1 Mile on everyday retail purchases. It’s the kind of system where even buying groceries ends up nudging you closer to another holiday.

The dedicated travel portal sits inside Emirates NBD’s online and mobile platforms, letting users search flights, browse major airlines, and book stays with well-known hotel partners. Miles can also be transferred to global frequent-flyer and hotel loyalty programmes, which I reckon will appeal to anyone who’s strategic about stretching reward points as far as humanly possible.

On the flip side, the card also leans heavily into convenience. It bundles visa assistance through OneVasco, airport lounge access, extensive travel insurance with medical cover, airport transfers at home and abroad, fast‑track immigration, meet‑and‑greet services, and even global roaming solutions. Believe it or not, the roaming perk is the one that usually saves me the most hassel when I’m travelling to cover startup events.

Rohit Garg, who heads retail products and serves as Chief Digital Officer at Emirates NBD, said the idea behind Voyager is to simplify the travel process while offering strong value. He highlighted that the card aims to cover multiple stages of a trip, making the overall experience smoother from “take-off to touch down.”

Mastercard’s regional lead, Gina Petersen‑Skyrme, echoed that sentiment, noting that the partnership aims to give travellers a more connected and rewarding journey, with reliability and convenience at its core.

For anyone curious about the full list of perks, Emirates NBD has more details on its website. As travel keeps surging across the region, I wouldn’t be surprised if more banks start cooking up offerings like this—though whether they hit the same level of integration remains to be seen.

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