If you participate in one of the
major bank reward programs, there are today probably hundreds of ways for you to redeem your points.
The loan growth in the latter half of 2016 has been largely driven by two independent factors: increasing competition
among bank reward programs and the growing popularity of card payments.
Alaska Airlines is not a transfer partner with any major
bank rewards program such as Membership Rewards, ThankYou Rewards, or Ultimate Rewards.
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«And, those credit card rewards could be multiplied even further if you're also a member of
a banking rewards program.
All bank rewards programs transfer directly to KrisFlyer at a 1:1 ratio.
You can also transfer points from any of
the bank rewards programs such as American Express Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Citi Thank You Rewards and SPG Starpoints to KrisFlyer.
Generally speaking, points and miles are not transferrable from one loyalty or
bank rewards program to another.
Like most airline reward programs, no, you can not transfer British Airways frequent flier miles to hotel programs or to
bank reward programs.
You can transfer points to Singapore's KrisFlyer program from all major
bank rewards programs, including Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, and Citi ThankYou Rewards.
Capital One and other
bank reward programs, such as Citi's, found success by tapping into the widespread perception that airline mileage awards were hard to redeem.
Most hotel and
bank reward programs are free to transfer between close relatives.
The exception in the hotel category is Starwood, which operates more like
a bank reward program and has favorable transfers to 33 airlines, nearly all on a 1:1 basis.
Cardlytics works with financial institutions like Bank of America to run customer loyalty and
banking rewards programs.