The main
domestic airline transfer partner for American Express is Delta.
Domestic airline transfer options include Southwest and United.
Although transferring points to international airlines is free, American Express passes on excise taxes in the amount of $ 0.0006 per point for
all domestic airline transfers.
Not exact matches
Transfers to
airlines generally occur in just a few seconds, however there is no way to share points between other cardholders, including spouses and
domestic partners.
Bottom Line:
Transfer ratios are not stellar, and there is a lack of
domestic airline partners.
Citi Prestige has only one
domestic airline partner, JetBlue, and the
transfer ratio isn't the best — 1,000 ThankYou points to 500 TrueBlue points.
First, Southwest
Airlines Rapid Rewards ® is a great Ultimate Rewards ®
transfer partner for
domestic airfare.
With regards to the miles, I usually do not purchase my
airline tickets through the Ultimate Rewards portal right now as I find I get a better value doing the 1:1
transfer to United and getting a
domestic Super Saver ticket which usually requires I burn only 25000 miles.
The fee isn't huge: only 0.06 cents per point up to a maximum of $ 99 when you are
transferring to any U.S.
domestic airline rewards program, including Delta.
Citi Prestige has only one
domestic airline partner, JetBlue, and the
transfer ratio isn't the best — 1,000 ThankYou points to 500 TrueBlue points.
The 100,000 Chase points can be
transferred to United
Airlines» frequent flier program (among others) and are the equivalent of four round - trip
domestic plane tickets, two round - trip tickets to Hawaii or one - and - a-half round - trips to Europe.
This can be a good use of your UR points if you want to book a cruise or
domestic flight (when there's no availability on a
transfer partner, or you want to fly an
airline that isn't a
transfer partner).
But all 11 of Citi's
airline transfer partners — including Qantas, Virgin Atlantic, Air France and Qatar Airways — are based overseas, so cardholders who do most of their traveling on
domestic carriers won't benefit.
Points
transfer to
airline and hotel programs on a 1:1 ratio, and you have access to all three
airline alliances, as well as important independent
airline programs Southwest for
domestic travel and Virgin Atlantic for foreign through the programs partnerships.
Thankfully, Membership Rewards has one of the widest selections of point
transfer partners, including members of all three major alliances and a number of non-alliance
airlines, such as
domestic carriers Hawaiian, JetBlue and Virgin America.
With the Starwood card, you get a 5,000 - point bonus when you
transfer 20,000 Starpoints to your
airline frequent flyer program, essentially giving you a
domestic ticket for only 20,000 points on participating
airlines.
Plus no other rewards program allows you to
transfer points to Southwest, which is the largest budget
airline in the world and an excellent option for
domestic flights.
British Airways
transfers are good for
domestic flights, as you can use American
Airlines on short flights for just 7,500 miles and $ 5 each way even when those flights are to remote airports and cost $ 500.
Our Belize Jungle Waves vacation package rates start at US$ 2,215 per person based on two adults, double occupancy, including ground and air
transfers, 3 nights lodging in a Chaa Creek cottage, 4 nights lodging in a one - bedroom partial Seaview Villa at Chabil Mar, all meals at Chaa Creek, continental breakfasts at Chabil Mar, unlimited on - site activities and a guided tour of the Xunantunich Mayan ruins from Chaa Creek, private guided snorkeling / fishing tour and guided Monkey River tour from Placencia, hotel taxes and service charges, gratuities for hotel and restaurant staff, sales tax on included meals and guided tours, Belize
domestic airport rider fee, and Belize
airline fuel surcharges.
American Express allows you to
transfer points to one of 17
airlines, and for that many points, you have the equivalent of more than three round - trip coach tickets to Europe, or about eight
domestic round trips.
Otherwise, you'll have the option to
transfer your points to one of Chase's
airline or hotel
transfer partners, or to another Chase account held by you, your spouse, or your
domestic partner.
Transfers to the other major
domestic airlines give you a 1.25 cents per point value so don't
transfer to United, because if you do you will be bummed when you realize those Starpoints don't cover the United miles needed.
That can be
transferred to an
airline partner, and it should be enough to book a
domestic award flight.
Membership Rewards ® Program -
Transfer Points (
Domestic Airlines) Enrollment in a participating Frequent Flyer program is required.
Ultimate Rewards outdo American Express Membership Rewards with a 1:1
transfer ratio to British Airways, which can be used to book relatively cheap
domestic short - haul flights on American
Airlines, not to mention other partner airlines all over th
Airlines, not to mention other partner
airlines all over th
airlines all over the world.
In addition, most of these
airlines are members of one of the three major alliances, which means that after
transferring your miles to these programs, you will be able to book travel on almost any
airline you want, including all major
domestic carriers.
Although
transferring points to international
airlines is free, American Express passes excise taxes in the amount of $ 0.0006 per point on to cardholders for all
domestic airline partners.
Also, although there is no
domestic airline besides Virgin America (with a 500 to 1,000
transfer ratio), don't forget that you can always utilize alliance partners to book on
domestic airlines.
Though it may not seem logical to
transfer your points to an Asian carrier to book a flight within the U.S., one sweet spot of the Singapore
Airlines award chart is the value for U.S.
domestic flights in the lower 48 states and between the mainland U.S. and Hawaii.
When you
transfer your points to
airline partners, you can score incredibly low - cost
domestic travel through British Airways, which offers 9,000 mile roundtrips on short flights, and Southwest, a perennial favorite for its great service.
Foreign carriers are more generous with
transfers than
domestic airlines, though most restrict the perk to family members.
Sun Country: This small Minneapolis - based
airline has the most liberal
transfer policy among
domestic airlines.
This would be a better deal than
transferring your points to an
airline program, as it would cost you 25,000 miles per round - trip flight for most
domestic programs, including Delta.
The best way to redeem an award is by
transferring points to one of American Express's 16
airline partners, especially if you redeem internationally or need to get an expensive
domestic ticket.
In general,
transfers to foreign
airlines take longer than
domestic airlines.
However, if you prefer to use your rewards points on
domestic travel, Chase Sapphire Preferred ® is the better option, because Citi ThankYou ® Premier's points
transfer program includes fewer
airlines and most are international.
I think the overriding factor in terms of value between the two programs is whether you want to
transfer to United /
Domestic airlines or an international Airlines
airlines or an international
Airlines Airlines program.
ThankYou Points can be
transferred, usually on a 1 - to - 1 basis, to many travel partners, but your
domestic airline options are sharply limited.
Chase used to let you
transfer Ultimate Rewards to other members, but recently limited that option along with the ability to
transfer Ultimate Rewards from your account to the
airline or hotel accounts of others (except spouses or
domestic partners).
Don't forget that
transferring Membership Rewards points to Flying Blue will also avoid the pesky excise tax Amex charges when
transferring to a
domestic airline.