There are 2 Ultimate
Rewards airline partners to which you can transfer your points for SkyTeam alliance flights.
In parts 2 - 5, I will go into more specifics about each of the Chase Ultimate
Rewards airline partners that offer flights to Europe.
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Rewards airline partners I personally find to be most valuable are Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer and Flying Blue — even though both are also transfer partners of Amex Membership Rewards, SPG Starpoints and Ultimate Rewards points.
Most of the rest of the Membership
Rewards airline partners (such as Air France, ANA, Aeroplan) charge stupid fuel surcharges on most of their flights, which makes them mostly useless for those of us who are so cheap that we don't even want to pay a few hundred dollars for a premium redemption.
While Marriott
Rewards airline partners do run promotions for bonus miles, overall you will usually get more value from Marriott Rewards points.
In addition to the Marriott
Rewards airline partners, there are a variety of other partners, including Diner's Club, Cruises Only, Energy Plus, Hertz, NRG Home Solar, ShopMyWay Mall, Traveling Connect, Flowers, Gifts & Wine Boutique, Ctrip, Avios, and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Flying Blue is also a Chase Ultimate
Rewards airline partner.
Similar to his experience booking a Delta flight using Virgin Atlantic miles (also a 1:1 Chase Ultimate
Rewards airline partner), I was able to book round - trip flights from DC to Venice and Rome to DC for $ 474 and 80,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points per ticket.
So now that you know what all the Sapphire airline partners (or Ultimate
Reward airline partners) are let's take a look at what each partner has to offer in terms of redemptions.
In parts 2 - 5 I will go into more detail about options with each Ultimate
Rewards airline partner.
Not exact matches
The card earns Membership
Rewards points, the currency in Amex's loyalty program, which can be exchanged for statement credits or cash back, used to book travel through Amex's travel website, or, to get the most value, transferred to any of 17
airline and three hotel transfer
partners (transferable points are among the best).
For this example, I'm going to focus on United
Airlines — a
partner of Chase's Ultimate
Rewards program — and the way that its MileagePlus frequent flyer program works.
You can also transfer to one of the Ultimate
Rewards transfer
partners including
airline programs from Air France / KLM, British Airways, Korean Air, Singapore
Airlines, Southwest, United, Virgin Atlantic and hotel programs at Hyatt, Marriott, Priority Club / InterContinental Hotels Group, and Ritz - Carlton.
Tier two Ultimate
Rewards cards, such as Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card and Ink Business Preferred ℠ Credit Card, allow you to transfer your points to a number of different
airline and hotel
partners.
In addition to earning miles when flying with United
Airlines and their
partners, you can transfer miles into the program from Chase Ultimate
Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG).
Those 80k bonus points are worth $ 1,000 towards travel when you redeem them through the Ultimate
Rewards portal, or potentially even more if you can transfer them to the right
airline partner.
Those Membership
Rewards points can be redeemed for statement credit, gift cards, and Uber credits, but you'll get the most value out of using them to book travel through amextravel.com or by transferring them to an
airline or hotel
partner:
Points can be redeemed in three ways, cash back, purchasing travel through the Ultimate
Rewards portal, and transferring to
airline partners.
When you redeem these points through Chase Ultimate
Rewards ®, they have a value of $ 750 — or potentially more if you transfer to its
airline or hotel
partners.
Partner airline programs include British Airways Executive Club, Flying Blue AIR FRANCE KLM, Korean Air SKYPASS, Singapore
Airlines KrisFlyer, Southwest
Airlines Rapid
Rewards ®, United MileagePlus ® and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club and
partner hotel programs include IHG ®
Rewards Club, Marriott
Rewards ®, The Ritz - Carlton
Rewards ® and World of Hyatt.
* Note: In order to transfer Ultimate
Rewards points to
airline and hotel
partners, you must hold one of the starred cards.
For above - average
rewards, a slew of
airline transfer
partners and plenty of
rewards redemption options, the Starwood Preferred Guest ® Credit Card from American Express is hard to beat.
Travel
rewards cards have no specific travel affiliate like an
airline or hotel
partner.
PerksPlus is a complimentary corporate program designed to
reward small - and mid-sized enterprises for business travel on United, United Express ®, and our participating
partners: Lufthansa, Austrian
Airlines, Brussels
Airlines, Swiss International
Airlines and All Nippon Airways.
Thank you for this!!!! Two questions: What is your method of using multiple travel
reward cards since you have the CSP and one / some of their
partner airlines?
Some of my favorite travel
partners to transfer Chase Ultimate
Rewards points out to are Hyatt, British Airways, Southwest, United, and Singapore
Airlines.
Chase travel transfer
partners include major US
airline frequent flyer programs such as Southwest
Airlines Rapid
Rewards, United MileagePlus and US hotel chains such as Hyatt, Marriott and the Ritz - Carlton.
While the United miles you earn can only be used to book flights with United and other Star Alliance members, Chase Ultimate
Rewards Points (earned with the Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card) can be transferred to 11
partnered programs, including both hotel and
airline brands.
Instead, it offers users the ability to transfer their
rewards points to a number of different partner programs — including Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards ®, Marriott Rewards ®, and United MileagePlus ® to name
rewards points to a number of different
partner programs — including Southwest
Airlines Rapid
Rewards ®, Marriott Rewards ®, and United MileagePlus ® to name
Rewards ®, Marriott
Rewards ®, and United MileagePlus ® to name
Rewards ®, and United MileagePlus ® to name a few.
Do you want to earn Membership
Rewards points that you can transfer to
airline transfer
partners for frequent flyer miles?
Chase Ultimate
Rewards can be transferred to 9
airline partners, which give you access to award flights with all 3 major
airline alliances: Oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance.
As we discussed above, you must have at least 1 premium Ultimate
Rewards card to convert the cash - back you earn from cards with no annual fee to points that can be transferred to
airline and hotel
partners.
You can use your points with Chase's hotel and
airline partners to effectively boost the value of your
rewards points.
The Chase Ultimate
Rewards program features six
airline transfer
partners and four hotel programs.
You can transfer Ultimate
Rewards points to
airline and hotel
partners or redeem them through the Chase travel portal at a value of 1.25 cents per point.
The Amex EveryDay ® Credit Card from American Express offers points in the American Express Membership
Rewards program, which features 17 different
airline transfer
partners.
However, if you're planning on using the Chase Freedom Unlimited ® in combination with the Chase Sapphire Preferred ® card you can get great returns by transferring your
rewards and redeeming them for travel through Chase or its
airline and hotel
partners.
The bonus of 50,000 Chase Ultimate
Rewards points equal 50,000
partner miles or points with
partners including Southwest
Airlines, British Airways, United
Airlines and more.
The Ultimate
Rewards points you earn through the Chase Sapphire Preferred ®, on the other hand, can be used as statement credit, or traveled to a number of different
partner programs (including Marriott, Southwest
Airlines, and more).
Both these cards allow users to transfer the
rewards points they earn to a number of different
partner programs — both
airline and hotel.
Of the three programs, Membership
rewards has the most expansive list of
airline and hotel
partners.
If you transfer 45k of your Chase Ultimate
Rewards points to Korean
Airlines (which is a transfer
partner of Chase), you can fly from anywhere in the US that Delta flies to Hawaii, round - trip.
c) Chase Ultimate
Rewards points are one of the most valuable rewards currencies on the market because they're easy to earn, and they can be transferred to partner airlines and hotels (this is th
Rewards points are one of the most valuable
rewards currencies on the market because they're easy to earn, and they can be transferred to partner airlines and hotels (this is th
rewards currencies on the market because they're easy to earn, and they can be transferred to
partner airlines and hotels (this is the key).
The American Express Membership
Rewards program provides some amazing redemption options thanks to its 17
airline transfer
partners.
Enjoy live culinary demonstrations including Jenn - Air Master Class Series; tastings from world - class wineries; the LEXUS Grand Tasting; book signings; mixology seminars; activations from returning sponsors including The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Delta
Airlines and JENN - AIR; as well as new
partners, such as Chase Sapphire Preferred, a premier travel and dining
rewards card from Chase, acting as the presenting sponsor of this year's kickoff event, Ultimate Bites of L.A. on Thursday, August 21, 2014.
(See also: The Secret to Redeeming Travel
Rewards with
Airline Partners)
The Chase Ultimate
Rewards program has six
airline and four hotel
partners, plus Amtrak Guest
Rewards.
We value Membership
Reward points at approximately $ 0.01, unless you transfer them to one of the participating
airline partners.
These points accrue in the Chase Ultimate
Rewards portal and can be used on shopping, purchasing travel tickets through the travel portal, or transferring to loyalty accounts of
partner airlines.