What Emirates Skywards Rewards World Elite Mastercard unlocks

The Emirates Skywards Rewards World Elite Mastercard, which carries a $99 annual fee, gets you Emirates Skywards Silver as soon as you open the account — Silver is included free for the first 12 months from your account-open date.

Keeping Silver after that first year takes more than just holding the card: you need $20,000 in net purchases on it during each cardmember year, or, as an alternative under Emirates' own terms, 25 Emirates flights in a calendar year. Silver is as far as this card goes — there's no further tier or second program it connects to.