The only caveat is that you can only fly one
partner airline per award.
The most important rule is that you can only book one
partner airline per award ticket.
Not exact matches
You can transfer Ultimate Rewards points to
airline and hotel
partners or redeem them through the Chase travel portal at a value of 1.25 cents
per point.
This means that getting 1.8 cents
per Starpoint on the
airline partner will make you come out ahead overall.
Earning
airline miles is easy with this program as well: you can earn 500 miles
per stay with 28 participating travel
partners.
The points can be used for travel purchases as well as be transferred to
airline and hotel
partners, which can give you even more value
per point.
Point transfer rates to
airline and hotel loyalty programs vary (depending on the programs and how you utilize the points after transfer), but if you transfer your points to one of the
partners (hotels or
airlines), you may get even more than 1.25 cents
per 1 point.
Earn 1 tier point
per $ 2,500 in purchases (maximum of 2
per month) and additional tier points when you fly Virgin Atlantic or
airline partners
Earning
airline miles is easy with this program as well: you can earn 500 miles
per stay with 28 participating travel
partners.
The Miles & More World Elite MasterCard from Barclaycard earns two miles
per dollar spent on airfare directly with Lufthansa and other Miles & More
airline partners.
You have to travel at least a couple of times
per year on Lufthansa or other Miles & More
airline partners to make this card's $ 89 annual fee worth it.
The following Hawaiian
Airlines partners offer HawaiianMiles
per night or
per stay.
Bottom Line: The Virgin America credit cards are worth it for those who travel at least once
per year with Virgin, or their travel reward
partners - Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia, Emirates, Hawaiian
Airlines, and Singapore
Airlines.
Besides the direct redemption options offered by the credit card issuer, a common way to maximize the
per - point value of rewards points is to transfer them to a
partnering airline or hotel loyalty program.
When you want to book a flight on an
airline Chase doesn't
partner with, you can book through the Ultimate Rewards shopping portal, pay with points at a straight value of one cent
per point and get a 20 percent discount off the cash value of your travel for going through Chase.
And folks with the Citi Prestige can use points towards flights on American
Airlines and codeshare
partners at a rate of 1.6 cents
per point through July 23, 2017.
Or, you can choose to earn 600 Southwest
Airlines Rapid Rewards points, 20 AIR MILES reward miles or at least 250
airline /
partner rewards
per qualified stay.
Cardholders can designate one
airline per year (from a list of qualified
partners) to receive an
airline fee credit of up to $ 200.
2X miles
per $ 1 for tickets purchased directly with Lufthansa and
partner airlines such as Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines a
airlines such as Austrian
Airlines, Brussels Airlines a
Airlines, Brussels
Airlines a
Airlines and SWISS
Earn 2 award miles
per $ 1 spent on ticket purchases directly from Miles & More integrated
airline partners and 1 award mile
per $ 1 on all other purchases.
With the Citi card, you can redeem your ThankYou points toward travel through the online travel portal at a rate of 1.25 cents
per point, or you can transfer to one of their 15
airline partners.
You have to travel at least a couple of times
per year on Lufthansa or other Miles & More
airline partners to make this card's $ 89 annual fee worth it.
Amex points transferred to one of the program's
partners can generate a higher value
per point, depending on the
airline, route, date and booking class, which also affects the cost of revenue flights.
Consider the fact that Hilton Honors points are worth roughly 0.4 cents
per point, while you can transfer ThankYou Points an
airline partner and easily get 1.7 cents
per point when booking an award flight.
Before finalizing you booking, make sure to check how many miles it would cost to book the same fare with a
partner airline by transferring points to make sure you're getting the best value
per point.
$ 12.50
partner award ticket fee — Alaska charges $ 12.50
per person each way for award travel on
partner airlines.
The value of Ultimate Rewards points can range as high as 1.5 cents
per point if you redeem them for travel through the Ultimate Rewards portal and even higher if you transfer them to
airline partners to redeem for airfare.
American
Airlines is often the listed
airline for flights, but sometimes they are codeshare
partners (listed below) and you can receive the 1.6 cents
per reward point rate for these flights.
If you infrequently stay at Hyatt hotels or typically only have one - night stays, you may prefer to earn 500 miles
per stay with Hyatt's 27
partner airlines.
You can transfer Ultimate Rewards points to
airline and hotel
partners or redeem them through the Chase travel portal at a value of 1.25 cents
per point.
Virgin Australia's
partner airlines fly to over 600 destinations and offer up to 2 Velocity Points
per mile.
Vietnam
Airlines has
partnered with Jetstar Pacific to introduce 34 code - sharing flights between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
per day.
In comparison, if you assume
airline miles are worth 1.5 cents
per mile (only if you would get value out of the
partners available) then 2X on an Amex PRG is more like 3 cents
per mile.
While cash back is valued at 1 cent
per point, Chase Ultimate Rewards points carry a value as high as 1.5 cents
per point and transfer to a large number of
airline partners at a 1:1 ratio.
Best Western Ride Rewards members earn 250 miles
per stay and can choose from a selection of
airline partners including American
Airlines ®, Delta Air Lines ®, Northwest
Airlines ® and more.
Remember, Alaska
Airlines» award tickets allow stopovers on one - way tickets, but you can only fly one
partner per itinerary.
You get 25 tier points
per $ 2,500 in purchases (maximum of 50
per month) and additional tier points when you fly Virgin Atlantic or our
airline partners.
Singapore
Airlines is to acquire a ten per cent stake in Virgin Australia in an agreement that will further strengthen ties between the two partner a
Airlines is to acquire a ten
per cent stake in Virgin Australia in an agreement that will further strengthen ties between the two
partner airlinesairlines.
Both GetGo cards offer an earn rate of 1 point
per 30PHP — that's similar to the Citibank Premier Miles card or cards
partnering with Philippine
Airlines MabuhayMiles program.
The company also announced that it has
partnered with Southwest
Airlines» frequent flyer program, Rapid Rewards, which allows members to receive 600 points
per qualifying rental from National.
You'll also get two points
per dollar spent with the
airline's many travel
partners.
Instead of redeeming points for cash back with the Freedom (for 1 cent
per point), you can move those points to your Preferred account and transfer them to a Chase
airline or hotel
partner.
Because unlike most
airline credit cards that only offer 1 mile
per dollar spent, you can effectively earn 25 % more with this card — by taking advantage of the 5,000 bonus Starpoints whenever you transfer 20,000 points to an
airline transfer
partner.
You get 5,000 bonus Starpoints
per 20,000 Starpoints transferred to an
airline transfer
partner (in a single transaction).
But experts can transfer their points to
partner airlines and hotels, where the value is much higher (approximately 2.1 cents
per point), providing cardholders with as much as $ 2,100 in rewards.
Besides the direct redemption options offered by the credit card issuer, a common way to maximize the
per - point value of rewards points is to transfer them to a
partnering airline or hotel loyalty program.
After adding Germania
Airlines as a
partner to earn miles, it is now adding bmi regional as well, giving you a chance to earn up to 2,000 miles
per flight with the UK based
airline!
These awards are very difficult to obtain if you are using miles with a
partner like United
Airlines because there are only 8 seats
per plane, and Lufthansa opens award space just two weeks before departure.
For changes to travel on Star Alliance
partners, Singapore
Airlines will collect $ 20
per ticket for any change.When canceling a ticket, expect to pay $ 30.
Alaska
Airlines allows you to make one stopover
per one - way award ticket, even on its
partners.