I don't have
enough Membership Rewards points to pay for my order.
I have
enough Membership Rewards points to pay for my order.
For example, in the below search, I found an Insider Fare that I had
enough Membership Rewards points to purchase.
But after racking up a bunch of United points & miles and Chase Ultimate Rewards points I saw that with enough time, patience, and finagling I could have enough points & miles that did enable both the trip I wanted to Europe and I've still got
enough Membership Rewards points for 4 domestic round - trips in First Class on United.
So, if you don't have quite
enough Membership Rewards points, you can top off your Singapore Airlines account from other currencies.
So, if you've earned
enough Membership Rewards points for travel through your American Express cards — and you're ready for a trip, let's take a look at the best ways to use your Amex points!
For example, in the below search, I found an Insider Fare that I had
enough Membership Rewards points to purchase.
If you're logged in and have
enough Membership Rewards points to cover the entire flight, you will be able to see discounted fares.
Not exact matches
As a transfer partner of Chase Ultimate
Rewards, American Express
Membership Rewards, Citi ThankYou
Points, and SPG Starpoints, it's easy to accumulate
enough Avios for award bookings.
Once you accumulate
enough points, you can get flights, hotel stays, and breaks in vacation packages when you redeem through the
Membership Rewards program.
Combined, that's $ 190 / week -
enough for 19,760
Membership Rewards points a year.
This is not a great use of
Membership Rewards points, so only do this if you're close to having
enough Hilton
points for an award.
Unfortunately, with only 11,000
Membership Rewards points left after booking the flight out, even if perfect availability existed — which it certainly doesn't in this case — we wouldn't have
enough left for a flight on any transfer partner.
Booking by phone allowed me to place the itinerary on hold for seven days, more than
enough time to firm up my plans and transfer the
Membership Rewards points, and proved to be well worth the $ 20 given my uncertainty about the trip.
Even though this transfer requires 2
Membership Rewards points for 1 Elevate
point, an extremely low rate of 6,233 Elevate
points per seat made this a fair
enough proposition, especially given how much better the Virgin flying experience typically is compared to our alternative option of US Air.
As a transfer partner of Chase Ultimate
Rewards, American Express
Membership Rewards, Citi ThankYou
Points, and SPG Starpoints, it's easy to accumulate
enough Avios for award bookings.
Combined, that's $ 190 / week -
enough for 19,760
Membership Rewards points a year.
If you're lucky
enough to be targeted, you can get an absolutely massive 250K bonus American Express
Membership Rewards points for meeting spend requirements on a Business Amex Platinum card.
My favorite way to keep
points alive is by transferring either AMEX
Membership Rewards or Chase Ultimate
Rewards to accounts that are about to expire because as long as you transfer just 1
point then that is
enough to reset the expiration clock.
With Chase Ultimate
Rewards points transferring over to both United Mileage Plus and Aer Lingus and with Ultimate
Rewards and Amex
Membership Rewards transferring over to British Airways Avios, pulling together
enough points for a transatlantic award to Seattle shouldn't be an issue....
After racking up 150,000
Membership Rewards points last year for signing up for the AmEx Platinum and Gold cards I had
enough points for 4 roundtrip flights from Boston to Phoenix in First Class.
While most people reading this blog may not have a lot of Hawaiian Airlines miles the airline is an Amex
Membership Rewards transfer partner so you could transfer over
enough points for an award (at a 1:1 ratio).
If by some miracle you actually have a real world use for all those offers (i.e you were buying things you actually wanted or could resell with little to no loss) you would earn an amazing 76,000
Membership Rewards points (more than
enough for a Business Class flight to Europe)....
I didn't realize that the program had special discounted fares called
Membership Rewards Insider Fares that are only available on select flights and only show up if you have
enough points to cover the fare.
I would never suggest earning, let alone buying,
rewards currencies speculatively: if your account balances are high enough, you'll be better off simply transferring your Membership Rewards or Ultimate Rewards points to Avios and booking traditional award t
rewards currencies speculatively: if your account balances are high
enough, you'll be better off simply transferring your
Membership Rewards or Ultimate Rewards points to Avios and booking traditional award t
Rewards or Ultimate
Rewards points to Avios and booking traditional award t
Rewards points to Avios and booking traditional award tickets.
Yes, the 0 % introductory APR and the sign - up bonus of 10,000
Membership Rewards points makes the card seem very appealing at first glance, but it's important to consider whether these features alone are
enough to make the card worth applying for.
Don't worry if you don't already have
enough miles to book — Virgin Atlantic is a transfer partner of Citi ThankYou
Rewards, Chase Ultimate
Rewards and American Express
Membership Rewards (which recently offered a 25 % transfer bonus), and you can convert
points from these programs at a 1:1 ratio.
I clicked on «view your order status» link and logged into my American Express account and sure
enough I had 2 eGift cards for iTunes sitting in my account that were purchased sometime this morning using my
Membership Rewards points.
Also remember, that both American Express
Membership Rewards points and Chase Ultimate
Rewards are partners with British Airways (Amex also transfers directly to Iberia in case you don't have 3 months to wait to link with a BA account), so even if you don't have
enough BA Avios, you can transfer
points from either program to British Airways — preferably when they're running a big transfer bonus — and then transfer those to Iberia Avios in order to redeem better - priced awards to Europe.
In the past there were frequently big bonuses for transferring American Express
Membership Rewards points to Delta, as big as 67 % and including elite status for big
enough transfers (there was once an 80 % bonus by stacking two different bonuses based on how the rules for each were unintentionally written, but that wasn't purposeful).
The 20,000
Membership Rewards points plus the benefits that come with the Amex Platinum were worth
enough for me to keep it open for at least another year!