Maximizing Transferrable Points With The Points
Author : cheryl-pisano | Published Date : 2025-05-19
Description: Maximizing Transferrable Points With The Points Guy All points were not created equal Transferrable Points 101 Airline miles hotel points Fixedvalue points Transferrable points Flexibility flexibility flexibility Sharing points with
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Maximizing Transferrable Points With The Points Guy All points were not created equal! Transferrable Points 101 Airline miles & hotel points Fixed-value points Transferrable points Flexibility, flexibility, flexibility! Sharing points with family/friends Transfer partners = options Don’t forget about partners of partners Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket The Case for Transferrable Points American Express Membership Rewards (+First) Platinum, Premier Rewards Gold, Gold, Green and some corporate and business versions Membership Rewards Express (Blah version) Blue Card Chase Ultimate Rewards Sapphire Preferred and Ink Bold With Ultimate Rewards The Main Credit Card Transferrable Point Programs Earn 1 point per dollar spent (Premier Rewards is 3x on airfare and 2x on gas & groceries) Points go into pending status for a month after statement close (can be expedited) Cannot combine Membership Rewards points Membership Rewards Basics Transfer to anyone! Link (not enroll!) their account to your account membershiprewards.com -> Points Summary -> Bottom right Advance points for free, just earn them back Up to 60,000 for Platinum 15,000 for most other cards (not corporate) Buy points at 2.5 cents each, up to 500,000 a year! Flexibility Airline transfer partners (16): Star Alliance: Air Canada Aeroplan, Singapore, ANA Oneworld: British Airways, Iberia Skyteam: Delta, Air France/KLM Flying Blue, Alitalia, Aeromexico Other: Airtran, Virgin Atlantic, El Al, Frontier, JetBlue, Hawaiian, Virgin America * 6/10 cent excise fee on transfers to US airlines. Membership Rewards- Airline Transfers Aeroplan- Positives: Instant transfers, flexible routing, only fuel surcharges on Air Canada flights Negatives: Recently inflated award chart, expensive one-ways Good awards- US to Western Europe 60/90/125 ANA- Positives: Distance-based awards, great award engine Negatives~48-hour transfers, no holds, hefty fuel surcharges Good awards- NY to London in business class for 63,000. Singapore- -Positives: One-way awards Negatives: ~48-hour transfer period, high surcharges Good awards- 25/40/60 for intra-North America. 55/95/135 Europe Which Star Alliance Partner? British Airways- Instant transfers, region-based awards. Unlimited en-route stopovers, but only one Oneworld carrier for cheapest awards Iberia- Distance-based awards, ~48-hour transfers After November 16, 2011 they will be one program, Avios. We still do not know the full details! Which Oneworld Partner? None of them (Just kidding!) Delta Positives: Instant transfers, flexible routing, only fuel surcharges on flights that start abroad Negatives: Broken website, inflated award tiers, no one-ways Good awards- US to Africa with a stopover in Europe for 120k in business, 150k in business to Australia on V
