The Ultimate Rewards program has
the fewest airline transfer partners, but it makes up for this in part by having an affordable and well - rounded lineup of cards with excellent earning potential.
Chase Ultimate Rewards has
the fewest airline transfer partners out of the four major flexible point programs but it still manages to have a few useful ones.
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.
Though it has
the fewest airline transfer partners of the three big credit card rewards programs, its seven partners were chosen wisely.
Though it has
the fewest airline transfer partners of the three big credit card rewards programs, its seven partners were chosen wisely.
Though Chase has dramatically
fewer airline transfer partners than its main competitors — American Express Membership Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and even the growing Citi ThankYou Rewards and Diners Club Rewards — the partners it does have cover everything you might need.
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.
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.
Chase has
fewer partners than other
transfer programs with just six
airlines, but they go a long way.
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.
British Airways
partners with all of the OneWorld Alliance participating
airlines as well as a
few other
transfer partners.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Amex has been on a bit of a downward trajectory for a
few years and is not enjoying the best of times right now... but Membership Rewards are still extremely useful and the list of
airline transfer partners is impressive:
I have
transferred quite a
few SPG points to American
Airlines in the past just because American
Airlines miles are otherwise a little challenging to get my hands on since they aren't
transfer partners of Chase, American Express, or Citi.
A roundup of some of the
airline news from the past
few days including an innovative check - in incentive from Etihad, an opportunity (albeit brief) to fly on Finnair's A350 between Helsinki and New York, a new
transfer partner for the Flying Blue loyalty program and a new route for ANA's 787 Dreamliner.
Singapore
Airlines is also one of the
few programs that is a
transfer partner of all of the major rewards programs, including: Citi ThankYou Points, American Express Membership Rewards, and Chase Ultimate Rewards.
It makes sense that at least a
few of those
airlines would be among the
transfer partners.
There are a
few ways to collect Malaysia
Airlines miles without flying, including
transferring miles from Citi ThankYou Rewards, crediting mileage from flights on oneworld
partners and earning miles with the
airline's hotel, car rental and retail
partners.
Though Barclays
partners with quite a
few hotel,
airline and other reward programs for co-branded cards, its Barclaycard Arrival reward program, one of the newest on the travel reward scene, has made a name for itself fast even though it doesn't actually have any travel
transfer partners.
There are also rumors of Barclaycard adding
airline transfer partners to this card (and / or others) next year, so this card could be even more lucrative in a
few months.
These are just a
few of many great ways you can use Singapore
Airlines as a
transfer partner to make the most of your Ultimate Rewards points.
Chase has
fewer partners than other
transfer programs with just six
airlines, but they go a long way.
Starpoints are best used for international premium cabin flights,
transferred to
partner airlines that no /
few other programs
transfer into.
A program with
fewer partners might be a better match for you if the hotel or
airline transfer partners are ones you're more likely to use.
The big news coming out of ThankYou land over the last
few months is the addition of nine
airline partners, all of which offer 1 - to - 1
transfers from ThankYou Rewards.
A distant 4th option would be Hyatt Points which can be
transferred to several
airlines (not a good option) and the Citi Thank You Preferred card which has a few international transfer partners (only Singapore Airlines i
airlines (not a good option) and the Citi Thank You Preferred card which has a
few international
transfer partners (only Singapore
Airlines i
Airlines is good).