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The elevated 65% bonus has ended – it’s now 50% until August 15th.
Get 65% bonus Marriott Bonvoy points when you transfer Ultimate Rewards points between 12:00 AM ET on June 15, 2025 and 11:59 PM ET on June 30, 2025. When the early bird offer ends, get 50% bonus Marriott Bonvoy points when you transfer Ultimate Rewards points between 12:00 AM ET on July 1, 2025 and 11:59 PM ET on August 15, 2025. Bonus points will be awarded by Marriott Bonvoy in your Marriott Bonvoy account up to 7 days after your transfer is complete.
Here is a link to historical transfer bonuses to Marriott Bonvoy.
And here is a link to historical transfer bonuses specifically from Chase Ultimate Rewards to Marriott Bonvoy. We did see 70% last summer, but other than that 65% is pretty much h as high as it gets while the second tier 50% offer is average.
That said, this is almost never a good transfer unless you are topping off for an award you are ready to book. Keep in mind that we value a Chase point at roughly 3X the value of a Marriott Bonvoy point.
However, there are always exceptions and you might find a 5 night stay (5th night free) where the transfer makes sense so do the math – but you likely do not want to transfer speculatively unless you are a Bonvoy pro and believe you will exceed value you can get via other Ultimate Rewards partners.
It may take up to 24 hours to get the bonus miles which are being offered by Lifemiles rather than Amex.
Exact end time is July 31st, 2025 (11:59 PM GMT-6).
Details of the transfer bonus are here on the Lifemiles website. The bonus is being solely offered by Lifemiles and therefore you will not see the offer on the American Express website.
That said, I do not think almost anyone should be taking advantage of this offer.
Avianca is a Star Alliance partner that does not pass along fuel surcharges, however:
Keep in mind that Avianca recently devalued their program.
Also see: Downsides of the LifeMiles program.
With frequent website issues, terrible customer support, and change/cancel fees of up to $200 a ticket, it’s just not for me.
At a mere 15%, I cannot see a case for the transfer unless you were literally about to make a Lifemiles booking anyway.
Transfer ThankYou Points to Flying Blue and receive 20% bonus Flying Blue Miles.
Offer is valid for points transfer to Flying Blue Miles completed between 12:01 AM ET June 22, 2025 and 11:59 PM ET July 19, 2025. The promotion terms and conditions can be found in the Points Transfer Terms and Conditions link at the bottom of this page.
This is the 3rd transfer bonus offer to Air France FlyingBlue this year but first in a year for Citi.
Note that the minimum rates for some Flying Blue awards have recently increased:
Flying Blue rates are variable, so run a search before transferring. When you get lucky, business class from the US to Europe can run as low as 60,000 Flying Blue miles (up from 50,000 previously). But that would be just 48,000 credit card points during this promotion!
Flying Blue is often the best way to book Virgin Atlantic Upper Class from the US to Europe and beyond, due to the lowest taxes of any way to book Virgin Atlantic, however with Virgin’s new dynamic pricing you really have to compare the pricing on both programs as it can now be cheaper with Virgin in some cases. Flying Blue can also book Delta, KLM, and other SkyTeam members when Saver award space is available.
If you have lots of points across programs, no need to speculatively transfer due to the number of overall transfer bonuses each year.
Transfer ThankYou Points to ALL – Accor Live Limitless and receive 50% bonus ALL Reward points.
Offer is valid for points transfer to ALL – Accor Live Limitless completed between 12:01 AM ET June 22, 2025 and 11:59 PM ET July 19, 2025. The promotion terms and conditions can be found in the Points Transfer Terms and Conditions link at the bottom of this page.
Citi ran this exact same transfer bonus to Accor Live Limitless (ALL) in May 2024 (see all historical transfer bonuses to Accor Live Limitless (ALL)) and their program hasn’t changed so neither has my analysis. That said, some got Accor Platinum status via a promotion from Bilt (if you are Bilt Platinum) and if you have status and plan to book direct with Accor, it becomes a bit more appealing.
Accor Live Limitless points are worth 2 Euro cents (about 2.2 US cents) towards stays.
That means that normally, transferring Citi points (or Capital One Miles) would only get you 1.1 cents in value due to the exchange rate. With this, you are getting 1.65 cents per Citi ThankYou point to redeem at their brands which include the likes of Fairmont, Raffles, MGallery, and Sofitel – 52 brands in total.
Cashing out Citi points for 1.65 cents could appeal to some.
Get 20% Bonus Aeroplan® points when you transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards®points between 12:00 AM ET on June 5, 2025 and 11:59 PM ET on July 17, 2025. Bonus points will be awarded by Aeroplan in your Aeroplan account after your transfer is complete. Promotional offer terms and conditions apply.
Note that if you have the Aeroplan® Credit Card you can get up to 30% bonus Aeroplan points (20% from the limited time offer and an extra 10% for being a Cardmember). To get the additional 10% bonus, Chase Aeroplan Cardmembers need to transfer a minimum of 50,000 points or more from Chase Ultimate Rewards® to Aeroplan, up to a maximum of 25,000 bonus Aeroplan points per calendar year. Bonus points will be awarded by Aeroplan in your Aeroplan account after your transfer is complete.
Here is a list of historical transfer bonuses to Aeroplan. They are generally from 20-30%, but the last few have been 20%.
Aeroplan sweet spots: No fuel surcharges; just a $39CAD booking fee. Lap infant just $25CAD. Can book Etihad and Emirates (although Emirates F is priced at unbookable price levels) as well as Star Alliance flights. Add a stopover for just 5,000 miles!
Get a 30% transfer bonus when you transfer American Express Membership Rewards to British Airways Avios.
We last saw a transfer bonus from American Express Membership Rewards to Avios in September 2024.
British Airways Avios used to be best for shorthaul flights on Oneworld carriers but recent changes have killed that. Where a flight from New York to Toronto (under 650 miles) used to be as little as 4,500 miles in years past, it’s now 12,000 miles.
However, you can still transfer these miles over to Qatar Airways Avios where that same flight would be 6,000 miles. And that’s the thing – you can transfer these Avios to any other Avios program airline.
Also – outside of the US, BA still prices flights under 650 miles (i.e. SYD-MEL on Qantas) at 6,000 miles in Economy and only 12,500 miles in Business – hello, sweet spot!
BA does have a very favorable lap infant policy – 10% of the miles paid for the adult fare.
Beware their draconian surcharges on long haul awards.
Advanced Mode: Transfer to Finnair’s Avios program which has sweet spots like 62,500 Avios and less than $200 from the US to Finland on Finnair and, (available only by phone or chat) amazing deals on AA transcons. If you can find JFK-LAX/SFO with an available Saver seat in 3-Cabin First (Z class), it’s yours for just 40,000 Finnair Avios. Traveling within the EU in business class (yes, the standard economy seat with the middle blocked, but premium services) is also a steal on Finnair.
Get a 30% transfer bonus when you transfer American Express Membership Rewards to Iberia Avios
There are identical transfer bonuses on now to both British Airways and Aer Lingus Avios and British Airways are the most common / easy to use and link directly with Qatar so there are few people that would want to transfer to Iberia directly.
They *just* ripped out their award charts to replace with new higher ones and the biggest Iberia Sweet Spot of US East Coast to Madrid in business class off peak for 34,000 Avios is now 40,500 Avios and at peak times it’s now 50,000 to 59,000 Avios. This is the 3,001–4,000 mileage band.
This still remains about the only award you would book with Iberia (you may find other instances where Iberia remains cheaper on its own metal) but keep in mind the biggest flaw of the Iberia program:
Award travel on partner airlines booked with Iberia Avios is non-refundable!!
That said, generally you want to move your points to British Airways first for the most flexibility – since you can move from there to Finnair, which has some great redemptions, or Qatar.
See this post on the transfer bonus to British Airways Avios for more on the Finnair program.
Aer Lingus has some sweet spots as well, like the US to Ireland for 13,000 – 16,250 Avios with no surcharges or 50,000 Avios – 62,500 Avios each way in Business Class. This would be if you find space on Aer Lingus metal. The lower pricing is from the East Coast, the higher is West Coast.
Combinable with other Avios programs like BA.
That said, generally you want to move your points to British Airways first for the most flexibility – since you can move from there to Finnair, which has some great redemptions, or Qatar (or Iberia).
See this post on the transfer bonus to British Airways Avios for more on the Finnair program.
When Chase launched a transfer bonus last month to Marriott Bonvoy of 65% until June 30th and 50% from now until August 15th, I wasn’t overly enthusiastic. That’s because a Chase Ultimate Rewards point is worth approximately 3X a Marriott point.
So you can imagine that a 20% bonus *really* does not move the needle for me. You can read my analysis at 50-65% here and then assume how much less I’d advise the transfer at 20% unless you are literally about to make a booking and need points to top off your account and have Amex points but not Chase points.
First the details, then Dave’s Take below…
If you have a Citi Strata Premier℠, Citi Prestige® (No longer available to new applicants or by product change) or AT&T Access More (No longer available to new applicants or by product change): Transfer ThankYou Points to Wyndham Rewards points and receive 25% bonus Wyndham Rewards points. Offer is valid for points transfer to Wyndham Rewards points completed between 12:01 AM ET May 18, 2025 and 11:59 PM ET June 21, 2025.
If you have a Citi ThankYou® Preferred, Citi Rewards+®, Citi ThankYou® Mastercard®, Citi Double Cash®, AT&T Universal Rewards World, AT&T Universal Savings and Rewards, AT&T Universal Rewards, AT&T Points PlusSM Card from Citi or AT&T Access Card: You’ll get a 1:1 ratio instead of the usual 1:0.8 ratio (still 25% bonus but much less attractive). The rest of the terms are the same as above.
Why they have such random start and end dates is as much a mystery to me as to you, but I can tell you that it’s the largest transfer bonus to Wyndham we’ve seen to date.
There were three previous transfer bonuses from Citi ThankYou to Wyndham Rewards since mid-2023 and they were all for 20% (Prom Prestige and Premier; less for the other cards).. So if you are a Wyndham Rewards fan, this is for you.
However, Wyndham is a tough program to love, so let me outline your redemption options and leave it to you whether or not this is how you want to use your Cit ThankYou points. I don’t suspect there will be a massive number of you that do so.
That about covers it! We’ll also be discussing this transfer bonus in the MilesTalk Facebook group…
Get 25% bonus Virgin Points when you transfer Ultimate Rewards points between 12:00 AM ET on May 1, 2025 and 11:59 PM ET on June 15, 2025. Bonus points will be awarded by Virgin Atlantic Flying Club in your Flying Club account after your transfer is complete.
The first thing I’ll note is that there is currently a 30% transfer bonus from Citi ThankYou to Virgin Flying Club that ends May 17th.
Chase also had a limited two week only 30% transfer bonus to Virgin the first half of February.
Across all programs, there were 9 transfer bonuses to Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club in 2024.
Bonuses are often 30% or even 40%, so I would not jump on a 25% bonus unless you are both flush with Ultimate Rewards and have a flight ready to book.
Keep in mind there are now massive surcharges on international Delta flights booked via Virgin to/from the US, killing off one of Virgin’s very best sweet spots (50k to/from Europe). So really, run a search before you transfer!
Best Uses of Virgin Flying Club points:
Two great uses are domestically on Delta within the US or US-Mexico/Canada and for economy flights to/from Europe that are as few as 12,000 miles each way on partners such as KLM or Delta. Delta One awards not to/from the US should still be a deal. Delta One to/from Europe is still 50,000 points but now with surcharges of around $1,000, so that “sweet spot” is dead.
The other, well known, “best use” is to book ANA First and Business class awards:
This transfer bonus is a bit unusual in that it seems that a relatively small number of people are targeted for the offer, those targeted are seeing 20%, 25%, or 30%, and there’s no stated end date (maybe just “when it’s gone, it’s gone”?). The “standard'” transfer rate is 2 Hilton points for 1 Amex point.
Note that this system doesn’t even allow me to list a transfer bonus without an expiration date (who’d have expected that?!).
It’s been live a couple of weeks now, so we are marking it as expired since we don’t want you get notifications about false expiration dates (i.e. if we mark as expiring later).
Historically, which we can see in our master list of past transfer bonuses from Amex to Hilton, the offers tend to range from 25% -40% (with 40% being somewhat rare).
Depending on what you are targeted for, especially if it’s 30%, you may want to transfer some if you are rich in MR points and poor in Hilton points.
Despite the recent uproar about an unannounced devaluation which raised a bunch of properties above the old maximum of 150,000 points to a whopping 200,000 points, outsized value does remain in the program at high end properties including recently added SLH – Small Luxury Hotels – (many of which are still in the 95,000-120,000 point range) and, since all elites at any level get 5th night free and no resort fees on awards, the program isn’t one to ignore.
You can get a transfer bonus of up to 200% when you convert Bilt Points to ALL (Accor Live Limitless) Reward points today only. Bilt’s normal transfer ratio with Accor is 3:2.
ALL Reward points have a fixed value of approximately 2 Euro cents each – currently that is about 2.26 cents per point at an exchange rate (as of May 27) of 1.13 USD per Euro.
Available only from June 1 at 12:00 AM ET – June 2 at 11:59 PM PT
Some of Accor’s more popular brands are Fairmont, Sofitel, Raffles, and Mercure. Fairmont has the largest North American presence with some pretty famous properties like Fairmont’s Le Château Frontenac, easily the best and most desirable place to stay in Quebec City.
At the Platinum and Gold level you are getting 2 ALL points for one Bilt point, which is essentially a roughly (subject to currency fluctuations) 4.52 cents per Bilt point. That’s pretty healthy!!
Personally, I plan to transfer enough for an upcoming stay at the Fairmont in Bermuda and also enough for a stay next year at the Le Château Frontenac where I plan to redeem my two Platinum Suite Nights (recall that if you were Platinum with Bilt when the Bilt / Accor partnership launched, you could opt to transfer 5,000 points over and get Platinum status for 2025 and Gold status for 2026. That Platinum status included two suite night upgrades.
I’ll happily take $2,260 for 50,000 Bilt points.
While I love the flexibility of Bilt points (Hyatt, Alaska, and JAL specifically), and while I certainly *can* beat 4.52cpp on various transfer partners at the right time, that’s a pretty lofty CPP to get without any effort whatsoever.
I wouldn’t transfer if I had status lower than Gold with Bilt as I’d expect to easily get more than 2.26 cents per Bilt point via other transfer partners – though it could be worth considering if you have an upcoming ALL stay anyway.
One last note: ALL points convert 1:1 into Air France Flying Blue, so this is also an opportunity for Bilt Platinum and Gold members to get a backdoor 1:2 transfer bonus to Air France Flying Blue.
Get 25% Bonus Flying Blue Miles when you transfer Ultimate Rewards® points between 12:00 AM ET on May 1, 2025 and 11:59 PM ET on May 31, 2025. Bonus Miles will be awarded by Flying Blue in your Flying Blue account after your transfer is complete.
The first thing to know is that Air France Flying Blue transfer bonuses are frequent.
Here is a list of historical transfer bonuses from Chase to Air France Flying Blue and here is a list of historical transfer bonuses to Air France Flying Blue from all programs
The last one from Chase was 20% at the start of this year and one from Chase last April for 25%.
Across all programs, we had 5 transfer bonuses to Flying Blue ranging from 20% – 25%.
Note that the minimum rates for some Flying Blue awards have recently increased:
Flying Blue rates are variable, so run a search before transferring. When you get lucky, business class from the US to Europe can run as low as 60,000 Flying Blue miles (up from 50,000 previously). But that would be just 48,000 credit card points during this promotion!
Flying Blue is often the best way to book Virgin Atlantic Upper Class from the US to Europe and beyond, due to the lowest taxes of any way to book Virgin Atlantic, however with Virgin’s new dynamic pricing you really have to compare the pricing on both programs as it can now be cheaper with Virgin in some cases. Flying Blue can also book Delta, KLM, and other SkyTeam members when Saver award space is available.
Ending on May 31, 2025 at 11L59pm ET, this is a pretty rare 20% transfer bonus opportunity if you are savvy with Qantas’ program (which probably isn’t a ton of you!). We only see two historical transfer bonuses to Qantas dating back to 2022 when we started recording them, one from Capital One and one from Amex. Both were also 20%.
The first thing you’ll want to see is the Qantas award chart as prices rose, significantly in some cases, in August of 2024. There are actually multiple charts: One for Qantas, Jetstar, Fiji Airways, Air Vanuatu, and American Airlines and another for Air France, Alaska Airlines, Bangkok Airways, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, China Airlines, China Eastern, EL AL, Emirates, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, KLM, LATAM Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, SriLankan Airlines and WestJet.
And then there’s yet another for mixed oneworld awards.
The Qantas frequent flyer program tends to have very expensive rates, however, there are often times that they make First and Business Class seats from the US to Australia available with Qantas Frequent Flyer and not with partners. You may also find expanded availability with other partners – you’ll have to search but happily their search interface is pretty easy to use and provides calendar views.
You can also book Emirates First and Business class flights with Qantas. Compare against the Emirates Skywards program before transferring.
Don’t forget to check surcharges!