Yes, it has
fewer airline partners, but these carriers allow you to redeem miles for flights with all of the three major airline alliances.
While the Ultimate Rewards program has
the fewest airline partners of any of the major rewards programs, Chase choose their partners carefully.
While the Ultimate Rewards program has
the fewest airline partners of any of the major rewards programs, Chase choose their partners carefully.
As one of Etihad's
few airline partners, most travelers will have no reasonable alternatives to the American Airlines award chart.
Not exact matches
I always suggest comparing a
few options and shopping around before you transfer your UR points to any of the Chase
airline travel
partners.
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 a
few.
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.
United is a part of the Star Alliance, and they also
partner with a
few other
airlines outside of any alliances.
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 a
few.
Some
airlines may release
fewer seats to loyalty members of
partner airlines than they release for their own customers.
And on some routes, like to Hawaii, you'll pay
fewer Singapore
Airlines miles than you would for the same flight if you used United
Airlines or other
partner miles.
Chase has
fewer partners than other transfer programs with just six
airlines, but they go a long way.
Alaska
Airlines added Singapore
Airlines to their list of valuable
airline partners a
few months ago.
For any business manager that books flights with Alaska
Airlines or one of its
partners at least a
few times a year, it is worth having the Alaska
Airlines Visa ® Business Card as a secondary card, if only for the Companion Fare certificates.
Though it has the
fewest airline transfer
partners of the three big credit card rewards programs, its seven
partners were chosen wisely.
Premium Chase cards enable you to transfer points to a wide number of travel
partners, including United
Airlines, British Airways, Singapore
Airlines and Hyatt, to name a
few.
Chase also has a
few other cards cobranded with
partner hotels and
airlines.
The mileage cost to fly one of ANA's
partner airlines to Japan aren't as good redeeming miles for ANA flights, but the award chart does have a
few solid
partner redemption options.
I recommend using the Alaska
Airlines website only when trying to book an award flight operated by Alaska
Airlines or Horizon Air, or for a
few select
partners that are relatively easy to find.
British Airways
partners with all of the OneWorld Alliance participating
airlines as well as a
few other transfer
partners.
While award availability in economy class has generally improved on American
Airlines and its
partners over the last
few years, you will have more options when you can choose any
airline to fly to your destination.
American
Airlines miles and British Airways miles can also be used on the same oneworld
partners, but there are a
few differences these programs have vs. using US Airways miles.
Generally, the only time it makes sense to book flights through the travel portal is when there are cheap cash tickets available, which allows you to book with
fewer points than by transferring to an
airline partner.
Delta is part of the Sky Team alliance, and they also
partner with a
few other
airlines who are unaffiliated with an alliance.
Though it has the
fewest airline transfer
partners of the three big credit card rewards programs, its seven
partners were chosen wisely.
The Iberia website has recently added more of its
airline partners for online award searches, though there are a
few you still need to call in to search and book.
AerClub award options are limited to only a
few Avios.com
partner airlines.
To search for award space on Korean Air's other
airline partners, you'll need to use a
few other sites.
Premium Chase cards enable you to transfer points to a wide number of travel
partners, including United
Airlines, British Airways, Singapore
Airlines and Hyatt, to name a
few.
Although Emirates has very
few partners, there are two programs that give us access to Emirates award seats and do not charge fuel surcharges: Alaska
Airlines and Japan
Airlines.
JetBlue also has a
few partners, but only Hawaiian
Airlines is a redemption
partner — others merely allow earning more TrueBlue points.
JetBlue is not part of an
airline alliance, but there are
few redemption options with its
partner airlines.
The mileage cost to fly one of ANA's
partner airlines to Japan aren't as good redeeming miles for ANA flights, but the award chart does have a
few solid
partner redemption options.
Points are worth 1.5 cents each when redeemed through their travel portal and should be also able to transfer them to a
few travel
partners such as ritish Airways, Singapore
Airlines & Cathay Pacific.
Or, you could transfer them to an
airline or hotel
partner — like United, Southwest, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, or Marriott, to name a
few - to stretch them even further.
Chase also has a
few other cards cobranded with
partner hotels and
airlines.
Award flights on
partner airlines need to be booked at least a
few days out, as last - minute availability (within 24 - 48 hours prior to departure) is blocked out.
Singapore never opens first class suites to its
airline partners — but, fortunately, it's
partnered with a
few U.S. rewards programs including Citi ThankYou.
However, it is one of the
few airlines to
partner with Air Tahiti Nui, providing you with the option to redeem miles for nonstop travel from San Francisco or Los Angeles to Papeete in French Polynesia.
The
airline's
partner award chart has a
few excellent redemptions that beat U.S. programs on the following routes:
Citibank will be losing Hilton Honors as a transfer
partner in just a
few weeks time but, while that will leave the ThankYou Points program without any hotel
partners at all, at least Citi is still working on the
airline side of things.
For
airline transfers, Chase has
fewer partners than other credit card programs.
Chase Ultimate Rewards points can also be transferred to numerous travel
partners, including United
Airlines, Singapore
Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Southwest, Hyatt, and Marriott, to name a
few.
I always suggest comparing a
few options and shopping around before you transfer your UR points to any of the Chase
airline travel
partners.
You can transfer your points in 1,000 point increments to United, Southwest
Airlines, British Airways (American
Airlines partner flights), Hyatt, and Marriott to name a
few of the possibilities.
A
few years back, you could easily transfer points between Membership Rewards accounts, or to someone else's frequent flyer account if the
airline was a
partner with Amex.
In 2014 JetBlue, and TrueBlue in particular, made several other key changes to make it a more comfortable, rewarding service a swank new business class poised to blow the competition out of the water, in - flight Wi - Fi, new gates scooped up from the American
Airlines - US Airways merger, smoother codeshare arrangements with international
partners and a beefed - up elite program, to name a
few.
There are a
few other
partners, but these are typically the best values and also have the most extensive opportunities for redemption (e.g., Avios can be used to book domestic flights on American
Airlines and Alaska
Airlines).
The Ultimate Rewards program may have the
fewest airline transfer
partners of the three major credit card rewards programs (Amex Membership Rewards has 17 transfer
partners and Citi ThankYou has 12), but they are solid
partners.
As I'll show in a post later today there is no guarantee that American
Airlines won't change the
partner earning charts when it gives us more information on the AAdvantage devaluation in the next
few weeks.