Now, here's the other thing you should know
about transferring points to airlines — different banks will have different airline and hotel partners.
Not exact matches
Up until this
point, we have only talked
about American Express»
airline transfer partners, but you'll also have access
to booking hotels by making use of their hotel
transfer partners.
If you
transfer the
points to one of the aforementioned
airlines, and are clever
about how you redeem them, you can easily make that bonus worth over $ 700.
That's because we value UR
points at
about 1.8 cents each if you
transfer them
to an
airline partner.
A great thing
about the Sapphire Preferred card is the ability
to transfer Chase
points to airline and hotel
transfer partners (such as United and Marriott).
The best part
about it is the ability
to transfer your
points on a 1:1 basis
to airline and hotel partners.
Try
to avoid
transferring points from the
airline's only
transfer partner, Starwood Preferred Guest, because you'll lose
about 30 percent of their value compared
to programs that use miles.
But the great thing
about being able
to transfer your UR
points out
to travel partners is that once you have a mile in a certain
airline's loyalty program, you can fly ANY
airline that's a partner or in the same alliance as that
airline.
One nice thing
about Amex is that all of its Membership Rewards cards allow you
to transfer points to any of its 17
airline partners, including Delta, Hawaiian
Airlines, JetBlue, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Air France / KLM, Alitalia, Aeromexico, Air Canada, ANA, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Etihad, Singapore
Airlines, El Al, and Iberia.
Is there a credit card where I can consolidate (bring in) all these
points, so I don't have
to worry
about some of them expiring, and down the line
transfer them from credit card
to an
airline / hotel once I am ready
to use them?
Yesterday, we mentioned that if you want
to end up with United
Airlines miles, you'll want
to transfer the other direction (READ MORE: 3 SPG
transfer partners you do NOT want
to use), but for just
about any other
airline that SPG
transfers to you'll want
to transfer Marriott
points to SPG.
If you know a little
about using miles for free flights, you can get a lot of value for your
points by
transferring them
to partner
airlines.
The ability
to transfer reward
points at a 1:1 ratio
to leading
airline and hotel loyalty programs is what really excites us
about Chase Sapphire Preferred.
Because you can
transfer points to Flying Blue and Singapore
Airlines from Chase, Amex, Citi, and SPG, it makes redemptions with those programs much ridiculously easy
to obtain, so that's always something
to think
about.
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.
One of the best things
about this card is that you get a 5,000 -
point bonus every time you
transfer 20,000
points to an
airline.
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Sure, if you're not a regular guest at Best Western properties and have some orphan
points then it could make sense
to transfer your
points to an
airline where they may be of some use (bear in mind that you need
to transfer a minimum of 5,000
points)... but that's
about it.
Starwood is an example of the former — many people collect Starpoints only
to transfer... [Read more...]
about 20 % Bonus on
Transferring Marriott
Points to American
Airlines
If all you care
about doing is going from Los Angeles
to San Francisco and back for as cheap as possible in economy, then by all means hoard Amex
points and
transfer to BA Avios
to get in on those 4,500
point one way short - haul redemptions on American
Airlines.
American Express Membership Rewards
points are more valuable than the average rewards
point, for a variety of reasons: The
points are fairly flexible, with no expiration dates or blackout dates
to worry
about, you have a plethora of redemption options
to choose from, plus American Express has a large list of
airline and hotel partners that you can
transfer points to at a good value.
You're right — I was talking
about transferring ThankYou
Points to a spouse rather than
airline programs.
Try
to avoid
transferring points from the
airline's only
transfer partner, Starwood Preferred Guest, because you'll lose
about 30 percent of their value compared
to programs that use miles.
There's been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere lately
about a possible change
to Citi's ThankYou
Points program, a benefit of the Citi ThankYou Premier card, namely the addition of British Airways and Singapore
Airlines as
transfer partners.
A quick reminder for those of you who need local flights within Thailand or
to surrounding countries that Bangkok Airways is partners with Japan
Airlines (JAL), which is in turn a
transfer partner of... [Read more...]
about Using SPG
Points to book Bangkok Airways (via JAL)
I got a call from Citi's PR agency saying that the information on Dansdeals.com (which I posted
about yesterday) saying that Thank You
Points can be
transferred to British Airways and Singapore
Airlines is simply not true.
My best advice would be, if you need
to transfer points to miles in a hurry, check if the
airline you're
transferring to is a partner of either American Express Membership Rewards (
points that you earn on cards like the Premier Rewards Gold or the Platinum card) or Chase Ultimate Rewards (British Airways, United, Korean Air, Southwest) since those
transfers process almost instantaneously and you won't have
to worry
about losing your award opportunity.
The beauty of miles over
points or cash - back: The great thing
about being able
to transfer points into
airlines or hotels are the incredible values you can attain.
Why We Like It: Starpoints ® are valuable and quite flexible, meaning this hotel - branded card is good for a lot more than just earning free hotel stays — like free flights since you can redeem your
points with more than 150
airlines or
transfer your
points directly
to one of
about 30 frequent flyer programs (
transfer 20,000 Starpoints ® and receive 5,000 bonus
points).
So now that we know which cards allow a person
to transfer points, lets talk
about what those
points can
transfer to, particularly
airlines.
Hi, Just learned that from your great blog
about transfering Chase freedom
points to Ink plus business card and from there I could covert
points to United
airline miles.
We also wrote a series
about how
to maximize value when
transferring your Citi ThankYou
Points to airline partners:
The amazing thing
about those
points is they can be
transferred to seven different
airlines and four different hotel chains.
So what
about transferring Marriott
points to spg and
transferring 20k of those
to an
airline program?
To get the most value out of a card, you often have to understand how to earn points or miles in the most efficient way, know what kinds of points transfer to which programs and, if you're talking about airlines, comprehend award travel rules and award charts that vary by airlin
To get the most value out of a card, you often have
to understand how to earn points or miles in the most efficient way, know what kinds of points transfer to which programs and, if you're talking about airlines, comprehend award travel rules and award charts that vary by airlin
to understand how
to earn points or miles in the most efficient way, know what kinds of points transfer to which programs and, if you're talking about airlines, comprehend award travel rules and award charts that vary by airlin
to earn
points or miles in the most efficient way, know what kinds of
points transfer to which programs and, if you're talking about airlines, comprehend award travel rules and award charts that vary by airlin
to which programs and, if you're talking
about airlines, comprehend award travel rules and award charts that vary by
airline.
While this is less value than you get using Ultimate Rewards
points for travel with the Chase Sapphire Reserve, it's about on par with using Citi ThankYou Points with the Citi Prestige, and can be a good alternative to transferring points to a partner airline depending on your travel
points for travel with the Chase Sapphire Reserve, it's
about on par with using Citi ThankYou
Points with the Citi Prestige, and can be a good alternative to transferring points to a partner airline depending on your travel
Points with the Citi Prestige, and can be a good alternative
to transferring points to a partner airline depending on your travel
points to a partner
airline depending on your travel needs.
This post is part of a series
about how
to maximize value when
transferring your Citi ThankYou
Points to airline partners.