Airlines and hotels regularly sell points and miles with bonuses or discounts. And some promotions can bring the cost down significantly.
Sometimes, buying points or miles for the trip you want to take can even cost less than paying the going cash price.
Whether you’re topping off an account for an award you’ve already found, planning ahead for a trip, or simply waiting for a better offer, it helps to know what’s available now and how it compares with what we’ve seen before.
PointsYeah automatically tracks current offers for buying airline miles and hotel points below, along with each program’s recent promotion history.
Current Buy Points and Miles Offers
Here are the current promotions for buying airline miles and hotel points. The tables below automatically update as new offers begin and existing ones expire.
Note that some promotions are targeted, so you may see a different bonus or discount after logging into your loyalty account. Always confirm the offer and final purchase price before buying.
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Before You Buy Points or Miles
There’s more to a good buy points or miles promotion than the headline bonus or discount.
Each loyalty program sets its own price, so a 100% bonus from one program isn’t necessarily a better deal than a 50% bonus from another. The final purchase price matters more, and the historical tables below can help you see whether the current offer is especially good or something that comes around regularly.
It also helps to know how you plan to use the points or miles before buying them. If you’re a few thousand miles short of an award, buying the difference can be an easy way to get what you need. In other cases, buying enough points for an entire flight or hotel stay can cost less than paying cash.
If you’re buying airline miles for a particular trip, search for the award first. Availability can change quickly, and you don’t want to buy miles only to discover that the flight you wanted is no longer bookable.
PointsYeah searches live award availability across dozens of rewards programs, so you can see what’s available before making a purchase.
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Keep in mind that points and miles purchases are generally nonrefundable. Programs may also limit how many points or miles you can purchase, so check the terms of the specific offer before buying.
A promotion can sound impressive without being particularly unusual. Looking at previous offers gives you a better idea of how today’s bonus or discount stacks up.
Open the dropdown for any airline or hotel program below to see its recent buy points or miles offer history.
Every so often, airlines and hotels put their points and miles on sale.
If you’ve ever come across one of those promotions, you may have wondered why anyone would spend money buying points instead of simply paying for the trip.
The answer depends on what you’re trying to book.
Most of the time, buying points isn’t necessary. But every now and then, purchasing points or miles can lower the cost of your trip or unlock a flight or hotel that would otherwise cost much more.
Here’s when buying points and miles can make sense, and when it’s probably better to keep your wallet in your pocket.
How Buying Points and Miles Works
Most airline and hotel loyalty programs let members purchase points or miles directly through their websites, though the transaction is often processed by a third party such as Points.com.
Instead of earning points by flying, staying at a hotel, or spending on a travel credit card, you’re just buying the points or miles you need.
Sometimes you’ll pay the standard price. Other times, loyalty programs run limited-time promotions that offer bonus points or discounts, making those purchases much more attractive.
Buying points doesn’t automatically save you money, though. Whether it’s a good deal depends entirely on how you plan to use them.
That’s why the first question shouldn’t be, “Are points on sale?”
It should be, “What am I trying to book?”
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Search First. Buy Second.
Before purchasing points, make sure the flight or hotel you want is available.
Award availability can change quickly, and buying points before confirming you can use them could leave you with a balance you weren’t planning to keep.
A better approach looks like this:
Find the flight or hotel you want.
Compare the cash price with the points price.
Calculate what it would cost to buy any points you’re missing.
If buying points costs less than paying cash, it may be worth it.
In other words, buy points for a trip you’re ready to book, not simply because they’re on sale.
PointsYeah makes this process easier by showing live award availability across supported airline and hotel loyalty programs, allowing you to compare your options before deciding whether buying points is worth it.
Buying points isn’t something you’ll do for every trip, but there are a few situations where it can be worth considering.
You’ve already found the award you want
This is one of the best reasons to buy points.
Imagine a hotel stay costs $400 if you pay cash.
The same stay is available for 15,000 points, and buying those points during a promotion costs $300.
In that case, purchasing the points saves you money while booking the same stay.
How cool is that?
You’re only a few points short
Sometimes you’re on the cusp of a redemption.
If you already have most of the points needed for a flight or hotel stay, buying the remaining amount can be less expensive than paying cash for the entire reservation.
There’s a promotion worth taking advantage of
Airline and hotel loyalty programs regularly offer bonus points or discounts when purchasing points.
A promotion by itself isn’t a reason to buy points, but it can improve the math if you’ve already found the redemption you want.
When You Probably Shouldn’t Buy Points
Buying points isn’t always a good deal. In fact, there are plenty of situations where paying cash or using another redemption option is the better choice.
You may want to skip buying points if:
You don’t have a specific trip in mind.
You haven’t confirmed award availability.
You’re buying simply because there’s a sale.
The cash price is already competitive.
You’d need to buy far more points than you actually plan to use.
If you’re not ready to book, it’s usually better to keep your money in your pocket. Once you’ve found the trip you’re ready to book, you can compare the cost of buying points with your other booking options and decide which makes the most sense.
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Check Current Promotions
Airline and hotel loyalty programs regularly offer bonus points or discounts when you buy points. Purchasing during one of these promotions will usually get you a better rate than buying at the standard price.
Once you’ve decided buying points makes sense for your trip, the next question is whether there’s a promotion available.
With each passing day, there are fewer and fewer cities on the world map where you won’t see a United tail. And eight of these new destinations won’t have nonstop service from the U.S. on another U.S. airline.
That means new ways to get to places like Okinawa, Toulouse, Luxembourg, Ibiza, and Ljubljana without connecting overseas. And if you happen to have United MileagePlus miles, it means more places to put them to work.
If those miles are burning a hole in your pocket, there’s no need to wait until next year to start looking. Tickets for all 13 new routes are already on sale.
United’s 13 New International Routes
United’s latest expansion stretches from Japan to the Mediterranean, with most of the new service beginning in spring 2027.
Route
Starts
Aircraft
San Francisco (SFO) → Okinawa (OKA)
March 27
Boeing 777-200ER
Los Angeles (LAX) → Osaka (KIX)
March 27
TBD
Newark (EWR) → Luxembourg (LUX)
April 2
Airbus A321XLR
Washington Dulles (IAD) → Toulouse (TLS)
April 26
Airbus A321XLR
Newark (EWR) → Ljubljana (LJU)
May 12
Boeing 767-400ER
Newark (EWR) → Olbia (OLB)
May 27
Boeing 767-300ER
Denver (DEN) → Paris (CDG)
May 27
TBD
Newark (EWR) → Catania (CTA)
May 28
Boeing 767-300ER
Washington Dulles (IAD) → Milan (MXP)
May 28
TBD
Newark (EWR) → Ibiza (IBZ)
May 31
Airbus A321XLR
Newark (EWR) → Valencia (VLC)
June 2
Airbus A321XLR
Newark (EWR) → Marseille (MRS)
June 4
Airbus A321XLR
Newark (EWR) → Terceira (TER)
June 9
Boeing 737 MAX 8
Five of the new routes will be flown by United’s brand-new Airbus A321XLR, which kicks off international service later this year. Its extended range gives United another way to serve international routes that may not have enough demand to justify a larger aircraft.
That helps explain some of the more unusual additions to the map. Toulouse and Luxembourg aren’t exactly the first cities that come to mind when a U.S. airline announces another round of flights to Europe.
But that’s part of the appeal of this particular jet.
More Places to Use United Miles
It’s too easy to think about airline miles in terms of price. How many miles does an award cost? Did the price go up? Can you find something cheaper?
Where those miles can take you matters just as much. If not more.
United says it has added nearly 60 international destinations since 2017, giving MileagePlus members an increasingly long list of places to use their miles. These latest additions include several destinations that would otherwise require another flight, train ride, or connection after crossing the Atlantic.
Want to go to Ibiza? United will soon take you there nonstop from Newark. The same goes for Ljubljana, Toulouse, Terceira, and Valencia.
None of that guarantees a cheap award ticket. But every new route creates another opportunity to use your miles for the trip you actually want to take.
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United Cardholders Have an Advantage
There’s another wrinkle worth knowing before you start searching.
United doesn’t show every MileagePlus member the same award pricing.
Eligible United credit card holders can receive savings of 10% or more on eligible United-operated award flights. Those with both an eligible card and Premier status can save 15% or more.
That benefit is less obvious than a free checked bag or lounge access, but potentially a lot more valuable when you’re ready to use your miles.
When searching live United award availability through PointsYeah, you can view cardholder-exclusive pricing directly in your results. That means you don’t also need to check United’s website to see if your card gets you a better deal.
United’s new routes don’t begin flying until next spring, but they’re already on sale.
So whether Okinawa caught your attention or Ibiza sounds better, you can use PointsYeah to start looking for award space now, including the cardholder pricing you’re eligible for.
JetBlue was a late arrival to the airport lounge scene.
While other major U.S. airlines spent years building out lounge networks, JetBlue focused primarily on the experience onboard. That changed in December 2025, when the airline opened its first BlueHouse lounge at New York (JFK).
Boston (BOS) followed in August 2026.
The network is still small, but BlueHouse gives eligible JetBlue travelers a dedicated place to eat, grab a drink, work, or relax before a flight.
Here’s where to find JetBlue’s BlueHouse lounges, who can get in, and what to know before visiting.
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Where Can You Find JetBlue BlueHouse Lounges?
JetBlue currently operates two BlueHouse lounges, located in its two largest markets.
Airport
Location
New York (JFK)
Terminal 5 near Gate 526
Boston (BOS)
Terminal C near Gate C23
A third location could eventually follow.
JetBlue has publicly said it’s exploring a BlueHouse lounge at Fort Lauderdale (FLL), one of its largest focus cities and an important gateway to the Caribbean and Latin America. For now, though, the airline hasn’t confirmed plans to build one.
Travelers departing on a confirmed Mint or Mint Flex fare.
Additional guests cost $39 each.
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Don’t check any of those boxes? You’re not out of luck.
There are also several ways to purchase access. Eligible Mosaic members and JetBlue Plus and Business cardholders can purchase one-time passes for $59 or $79, depending on how they qualify.
Passes are subject to availability and may not be sold when the lounge is busy.
The most important restriction is that “Base” fares aren’t eligible for BlueHouse access, even if the traveler would otherwise qualify. That includes Main Base, EvenMore Base, and Mint Base fares.
What Can You Expect Inside a JetBlue Lounge?
BlueHouse doesn’t reinvent the airport lounge. It just feels more like JetBlue.
Rather than making both locations identical, JetBlue incorporates local artwork, design, food, and drinks into each lounge.
New York (JFK) is designed to feel a bit like a stylish New York apartment, with local touches that include coffee from Joe Coffee, cocktails developed with Please Don’t Tell, and beer from The Greats of Craft. Boston (BOS) takes the same hometown approach in a very different direction, with New England-inspired design, George Howell Coffee, and a full-service kitchen serving rotating menus.
JFK also offers hot food, although its current setup is more grab-and-go until the lounge gets a kitchen of its own.
Beyond that, the basics are familiar. Expect complimentary food and drinks, Wi-Fi, power outlets, and a mix of spaces for working or relaxing before a flight.
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A Few Things to Know Before You Go
A few rules are worth knowing before heading to BlueHouse:
Bring a government-issued photo ID and a same-day boarding pass for an eligible JetBlue-operated flight.
Access is generally limited to three hours before departure. Different rules apply when connecting between JetBlue-operated flights.
You’ll need access to the terminal where the lounge is located. JetBlue doesn’t issue gate passes solely for visiting BlueHouse.
Entry may be limited when a lounge reaches capacity.
Amenities vary between locations.
Because access policies can change, it’s worth confirming the latest rules with JetBlue before a trip if BlueHouse access is important to your plans.
We were supposed to get inside JetBlue’s new BlueHouse lounge at Boston Logan International Airport a little earlier Monday morning.
Instead, the doors stayed closed while a few last things were straightened, adjusted, and made picture-perfect. Reporters and photographers waited outside for the first look.
That seemed appropriate for an airport lounge years in the making and just three days away from greeting its first real passengers.
Once inside, everything was exactly where it belonged. The bar was clean, the food display was impressive, and the chairs sat exactly where someone had decided they should sit.
JetBlue employees and executives guided the group around the room, pointing out big and small details while cameras captured a version of BlueHouse Boston that probably won’t exist for very long after it opens Thursday.
That’s one of the stranger parts about previewing an airport lounge.
You can inspect the food, sit in the chairs, count the outlets, and document just about every square inch. What you can’t know is whether the kitchen keeps up when the lounge nears capacity, whether the quiet corners stay quiet, or whether anyone can find somewhere to sit on a busy afternoon.
Calling any of that a review would be a stretch. But a nearly empty lounge says plenty of other things.
For roughly the first 25 years of its existence, JetBlue didn’t have an airport lounge. In the last year, it’s opened two, and standing inside the second one makes it fairly obvious that the most interesting thing about it isn’t simply what JetBlue built in Boston.
It’s why an airline that went so long without lounges decided it could no longer live without them.
A BlueHouse That Doesn’t Look Like the Other BlueHouse
JetBlue’s two BlueHouse lounges don’t have a ton in common.
That’s by design.
Ciara Cordasco, manager of product design at JetBlue and someone who worked on designing both lounges, said the lone thread connecting the two is the color blue.
Stephanie Evans Greene, JetBlue’s senior vice president of marketing and brand, described Boston as a “love letter” to the city. JetBlue used the same language when it opened New York, but the idea gave designers plenty of freedom to decide what a love letter to Boston should actually look like.
Some of those interpretations are unmistakable.
The Dugout borrows from Fenway Park’s Green Monster, baseball dents and all. Tables elsewhere were meant to look like near-replicas of those at the Boston Public Library. Local sports teams contributed memorabilia and photography, and tucked among it all is a trading card featuring JetBlue President Marty St. George, an Easter egg Evans Greene pointed out to me after the formal tour.
Hanging that wasn’t St. George’s idea.
One of my favorite little details is right out front. There’s a peephole near the big blue door, and if you look through it, you’ll find Paul Revere riding an Embraer E190.
I asked Cordasco where that idea came from. At some point during the design process, she said, the question became, “What’s the wildest thing we could do?”
Apparently, this was it.
There’s a reason the Boston references are fairly easy to recognize. At JFK, JetBlue found that some of the artwork left passengers asking a pretty basic question about what, exactly, they were looking at. St. George said they made a point of avoiding that in Boston, and I also learned he had a big hand in deciding what deserved space on the walls.
The result feels cozy for a lounge without true windows. Wood and copper finishes run through much of the space, orange accents break up all the blue, and the seating is divided into enough nooks and smaller arrangements that the nearly 12,000-square-foot lounge doesn’t feel like one enormous room
But not every lesson the airline took from New York was about design.
When I asked Ed Pouthier, JetBlue’s vice president of loyalty and personalization, about the airline’s biggest takeaway from operating its first lounge, he didn’t hesitate. It was the food. Others agreed.
JFK doesn’t have a full kitchen yet, and customers haven’t exactly been shy about telling JetBlue what they think about that.
Boston does.
That gives the airline considerably more room to play with the menu. Food will rotate seasonally, lobster rolls are among the local staples, although only in the afternoon, and George Howell Coffee is available both from self-service machines and made to order.
Work on Boston began around the same time as New York, so this isn’t BlueHouse 2.0. This new lounge wasn’t designed after JetBlue had months to figure out everything it liked and didn’t like about JFK.
But by the time Boston opens at 5 a.m. Thursday, the airline has something it didn’t have when either project began.
It knows what happens when passengers start coming through the doors.
The Strange Business of Becoming More Premium
The more interesting change at JetBlue is bigger than what’s being served for lunch near Gate C23.
JetBlue built much of its reputation by making the ordinary flying experience less ordinary. Seatback televisions weren’t exclusively for passengers at the front of the airplane, and neither were snacks people wanted to eat. At its core, the basic proposition wasn’t that JetBlue could make premium travel more luxurious. It was that sitting in economy didn’t have to feel quite so much like sitting in economy.
Airport lounges work a little differently.
By design, not everyone gets through the door. BlueHouse is still primarily a perk for some of JetBlue’s highest-value customers, although the airline is widening the ways other passengers can pay to get inside.
The lounges aren’t happening in isolation, either.
Mint already gives JetBlue a premium cabin on transcontinental and transatlantic routes, along with other markets where the airline has to put its best foot forward. JetBlue now has two BlueHouse lounges and a premium credit card that Pouthier told me continues to outperform expectations. Later this year, the airline also plans to begin rolling out BlueFirst and bring domestic first class to aircraft that have historically offered only variations of economy.
JetBlue could have gone in another direction and spent this chapter doubling down on the economy experience that made the airline unusual in the first place.
Instead, it’s building considerably more above it.
Pouthier put the direction far more plainly than I would’ve expected Monday. JetBlue, he said, is “on the cusp of becoming a premium airline.”
American, Delta, and United have had decades longer to build the premium ecosystems JetBlue is now trying to create. That’s something Pouthier acknowledged. But he sees an opportunity for JetBlue to approach premium differently, including through what he described as “affordable luxury.”
JetBlue also has some interest in doing premium differently. BlueHouse has its quirks, and Pouthier hinted that BlueFirst will come with some JetBlue-like “twists” of its own.
That’s a pretty remarkable change of pace for an airline that didn’t have a lounge or premium credit card at all until last year.
St. George didn’t pretend getting BlueHouse from an idea to an actual lounge had been easy. He described the process as painful at times, but said the result was more than worth it.
JetBlue’s own JetForward plan (the broader strategy it has been using to reshape the airline) makes the connection fairly explicit. Lounges sit alongside domestic first class and the premium card among the product and perk enhancements JetBlue says are intended to improve customer retention and acquisition.
BlueHouse isn’t simply another amenity JetBlue decided it needed to check off a list. It’s one piece of the airline JetBlue is trying to become.
I’ve been fortunate enough to see a lot of airport lounges, both at media previews like this one and the decidedly less pristine way most people experience them as passengers. A fancy bar, expensive coffee, handcrafted cocktails, comfortable furniture, and a few references to the city outside increasingly feel like the price of admission in a newly built or remodeled lounge.
JetBlue has all of those things in Boston, which is why some of the details that serve absolutely no practical purpose are more interesting to me.
Nobody needed to put Paul Revere on an E190.
It doesn’t make the lounge more functional, and nobody is going to book a JetBlue flight because they can peer through a hole in the wall and see it. Someone internally simply asked what the wildest thing they could do was and got permission to do it.
That’s pretty cool.
But when I asked Evans Greene what she thought made the lounge particularly JetBlue in ways travelers might overlook, she credited something that isn’t part of the design at all.
The people working in it.
Evans Greene said JetBlue has been particularly deliberate about selecting the crew members who work in BlueHouse because the interactions travelers have once they’re inside can be among the most memorable parts of the experience. The bar, furniture, and artwork create a sense of place, but the people ultimately have a lot to do with whether it feels like the airline whose branding is on the door.
That’s harder to photograph than a lounge-sized replica of the Green Monster.
When the Lounge Stops Looking Like This
For now, BlueHouse Boston is still pristine. JetBlue spent roughly a year and a half transforming what had been an airport food court into a lounge capable of holding 200 people.
On Thursday, it gets turned over to the passengers.
They’ll move the chairs, probably spill a coffee or two, and quickly figure out which seats everyone wants and which ones they don’t. The kitchen will get tested in a way a room full of media members never could. Some people will notice the tiny Dunkin’ figurine tucked away inside and some won’t. Someone will almost certainly read the message hidden in the mail slot on the front door and head straight for the candy closet.
Pouthier has told me on more than one occasion that there’s one thing he particularly doesn’t want to see at a JetBlue lounge, and that’s a line. Modern air travel already gives travelers enough reasons to be stressed, and his view is that getting into a lounge, and the experience once you’re inside, shouldn’t become another one.
Whether BlueHouse can deliver on that is something Monday morning couldn’t explain. That starts Thursday, when the cameras are gone and JetBlue no longer gets to call the shots on where every chair or coffee cup belongs.
The interesting part isn’t whether JetBlue can build a nice lounge. Boston is proof that JFK wasn’t a fluke.
Now JetBlue gets to find out whether it can become a more premium airline without losing the things that made it JetBlue in the first place.
Thinking about transferring your credit card points?
Every so often, banks run promotions that give you more airline miles or hotel points when you transfer from an eligible credit card rewards program. Instead of receiving the usual number of miles or points, you might receive 20%, 50%, or even more than that.
Below you’ll find every current transfer bonus from the major transferable credit card rewards programs, along with each offer’s expiration date.
Current Transfer Bonuses
Transfer bonuses come and go throughout the year. The table below is automatically updated as new offers begin and existing ones expire.
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Before You Transfer Your Points
It can be tempting to see a 30% credit card transfer bonus and think there’s no better time to transfer points.
Maybe. But pause for a second.
Find the flight or hotel you want first. Use PointsYeah to compare your booking options across several loyalty programs. Then, if a transfer bonus helps lower the number of credit card points you’ll need, it’s time to make the transfer.
Once your points become airline miles or hotel points, you can’t move them back.
And transferring without a plan can potentially leave you with a balance that’s much harder to use than the credit card points you started with.
Historical Transfer Bonuses
Transfer bonuses rarely follow a set schedule. Some loyalty programs run promotions several times a year, while others may go months without offering another one.
Expand a credit card rewards program below to browse its previous transfer bonuses. You’ll be able to see which loyalty programs have received bonuses in the past, how large those bonuses were, and when they were offered.
If you’ve ever searched online for ways to use your credit card points, you’ve probably come across advice like, “Transfer your points to an airline partner instead.”
That sounds straightforward enough.
But if you’ve never done it before, it’s also a fair question to ask: What’s an airline partner, and why would I transfer my points there instead of just using them through my credit card?
The answer is pretty simple.
What Is a Credit Card Transfer Partner?
A transfer partner is an airline or hotel loyalty program that accepts transfers from an eligible credit card rewards program.
Think of your credit card points as one currency and airline miles as another. A transfer partner is what allows you to exchange one for the other.
For example, if you have Chase Ultimate Rewards points, you can transfer them to programs like United MileagePlus or Air Canada Aeroplan.
Once the transfer is complete, your Chase points become airline miles in that program. And they’re yours to use when you’re ready to book a flight.
The same idea applies to hotels. Lots of credit card rewards programs also let you transfer points to participating hotel loyalty programs.
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Why Do Credit Card Transfer Partners Matter?
Transfer partners matter because they give you choices in how you redeem your rewards. And who doesn’t like choices?
Imagine you’re planning a trip to London.
You might assume you need to redeem your credit card points through your bank’s travel portal. But if your points can be transferred instead, you may have several different airline loyalty programs that can book the same trip.
In some cases, transferring your points may require fewer points than booking through your bank’s travel portal. If a credit card transfer bonus is available, that number could be even lower.
Having transfer partners gives you more ways to use your points instead of relying on other redemption options, such as booking through your bank’s travel portal, covering purchases on your credit card statement, or redeeming points for gift cards.
Not Every Credit Card Has the Same Transfer Partners
Each credit card rewards program has its own list of airline and hotel transfer partners.
For example, Chase Ultimate Rewards includes United MileagePlus as a transfer partner, while American Express Membership Rewards partners with Delta SkyMiles.
Capital One Miles, Citi ThankYou Rewards, Bilt Rewards, U.S. Bank Altitude Rewards, and Wells Fargo Rewards all have their own mix of airline and hotel partners.
One of the most important things to remember is that transferring points is a one-way transaction.
Once your credit card points become airline miles or hotel points, you can’t transfer them back. That’s why it’s always a good idea to search for the award you want before transferring your points.
Once you’ve found the flight or hotel you want, you can identify the appropriate transfer partner, check for any available transfer bonuses, and transfer only the points you need to complete your booking.
If you’ve ever seen an offer like “Transfer your points and get 25% more Flying Blue miles,” you might have wondered what that actually means in the simplest of terms.
That’s a credit card transfer bonus.
Instead of receiving the normal number of airline miles or hotel points when you transfer rewards, a transfer bonus gives you a little something extra for making the same transfer.
Here’s how transfer bonuses work, when they can be useful, and how to keep track of current offers.
What Is a Credit Card Transfer Bonus?
A credit card transfer bonus is a limited-time promotion that increases the number of airline miles or hotel points you receive when transferring rewards from an eligible credit card program.
For example, imagine you transfer 10,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points to Air France-KLM Flying Blue.
Under normal circumstances, 10,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points become 10,000 Flying Blue miles.
During a 25% transfer bonus, those same 10,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points become 12,500 Flying Blue miles.
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You’re transferring the same number of credit card points. The transfer bonus simply gives you more airline miles or hotel points once the transfer is complete.
Those extra miles or points may not sound like much at first, but they can reduce the number of credit card points needed for a trip. And those savings can add up over time.
Which Credit Card Programs Offer Transfer Bonuses?
Transfer bonuses are most commonly offered by flexible rewards programs (credit card rewards that can be transferred to multiple airline and hotel loyalty programs).
These often include:
American Express Membership Rewards
Bilt Rewards (typically on the first of the month as part of Rent Day promotions)
Capital One Miles
Chase Ultimate Rewards
Citi ThankYou Rewards
Each program runs promotions throughout the year, and the participating airline or hotel partners can vary from one offer to the next.
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How to Find Current Transfer Bonuses
Transfer bonuses come and go throughout the year, and each bank runs promotions on its own schedule.
Understandably, keeping track of them across multiple rewards programs can quickly become a chore.
PointsYeah keeps an up-to-date list of current credit card transfer bonuses. This makes it easy to see which bank programs and airline or hotel partners are currently offering promotions.
Even better, when you’re searching for award flights with PointsYeah, eligible transfer bonuses are automatically factored into your search results. That means you can compare your options without having to calculate the bonus yourself.
Should You Transfer Points During a Bonus?
Not necessarily.
A transfer bonus can make an award booking more attractive, but it doesn’t automatically mean you should transfer your points.
Before you do anything with your credit card points, it’s worth considering a few things:
Is the award flight or hotel actually available?
Does transferring points cost less than paying cash?
Are you ready to book?
These questions matter because point transfers can’t be reversed. Once your credit card points become airline miles or hotel points, you can’t transfer them back.
Put differently, a transfer bonus is best viewed as an opportunity and not a reason to book a trip. If you’ve already found the award you want, a bonus can help your points go a little further. If you haven’t, it’s usually better to keep your points where they are until you’re ready to book.
One of the biggest advantages of earning rewards through a travel credit card is the flexibility you have when it’s time to book travel.
Unlike airline miles, many credit card points can be transferred to multiple airline loyalty programs. Instead of being locked into a single airline, you can choose the program that best suits your trip.
If you’ve never transferred credit card points before, the process is easier than you might think. And once you understand which airline partners your bank works with, transferring your points usually takes only a few minutes.
Here’s how to convert your credit card points into airline miles.
Credit card point transfers are one-way. Once your points become airline miles, you can’t transfer them back to your credit card rewards program.
That’s why it’s usually best to:
Search for your award flight first.
Confirm that seats are available.
Compare the cash price with the points required.
Transfer only the number of points you need to complete your booking.
PointsYeah makes this process much easier by showing live award availability across supported airline programs.
Search results also identify which transferable credit card currencies can be used for a particular redemption and highlight any applicable transfer bonuses.
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American Express Membership Rewards
American Express airline transfer partners
American Express Membership Rewards points are transferable to the following airline loyalty programs.
Program
Transfer Ratio
Aer Lingus AerClub
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 Avios
Aeromexico Rewards
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 Aeromexico points
Air Canada Aeroplan
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 Aeroplan points
Air France-KLM Flying Blue
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 Flying Blue miles
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Mileage Club
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 ANA miles
Avianca LifeMiles
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 LifeMiles
British Airways Club
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 Avios
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
1,000 Amex points = 800 Asia Miles
Delta Air Lines SkyMiles
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 SkyMiles
Emirates Skywards
1,000 Amex points = 800 Skywards miles
Iberia Plus
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 Avios
JetBlue TrueBlue
250 Amex points = 200 TrueBlue points
Qantas Frequent Flyer
500 Amex points = 500 Qantas points
Qatar Airways Privilege Club
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 Avios
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 KrisFlyer miles
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
1,000 Amex points = 1,000 Virgin points
Most Amex transfers process instantly, though transfer times can vary by the airline.
One important exception involves transfers to U.S.-based airline programs such as Delta SkyMiles and JetBlue TrueBlue. American Express charges an excise tax offset fee of 0.06 cents per point transferred (up to a maximum of $99) for these transfers.
While you can use Membership Rewards points to cover the fee at checkout, you’re generally better off paying it with your American Express card and saving your points for travel.
How to transfer American Express Membership Rewards
Sign in to your American Express account.
Open Rewards & Benefits, then select Transfer Points.
Choose your airline loyalty program and link your account if necessary.
Enter the number of Membership Rewards points you’d like to transfer.
Review the information and confirm your transfer.
Bilt Rewards
Bilt airline transfer partners
Bilt Rewards Points are transferable to the following airline loyalty programs.
Program
Transfer Ratio
Aer Lingus AerClub
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Avios
Air Canada Aeroplan
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Aeroplan points
Air France-KLM Flying Blue
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Flying Blue miles
Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Atmos points
Avianca LifeMiles
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Avianca LifeMiles
British Airways Club
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Avios
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Asia Miles
Emirates Skywards
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Skywards miles
Etihad Guest
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Etihad miles
Iberia Club
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Avios
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Japan Airlines miles
Qatar Airways Privilege Club
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Avios
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Southwest points
TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 TAP miles
Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Turkish miles
United Airlines MileagePlus
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 United miles
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club (via Virgin Red)
1,000 Bilt Points = 1,000 Virgin points
Most Bilt transfers process instantly, though transfer times can vary by the airline.
How to transfer Bilt Rewards
Sign in to your Bilt account.
Select the Rewards tab.
Tap Transfer.
Choose your airline partner.
Enter the number of points to transfer and confirm.
Capital One Miles
Capital One airline transfer partners
Capital One Miles are transferable to the following airline loyalty programs.
Program
Transfer Ratio
Aeromexico Rewards
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Aeromexico points
Air Canada Aeroplan
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Aeroplan points
Air France-KLM Flying Blue
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Flying Blue miles
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Asia Miles
British Airways Club
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Avios
Emirates Skywards
1,000 Capital One Miles= 750 Skywards miles
Etihad Guest
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Etihad miles
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands
1,000 Capital One Miles= 750 EVA Air miles
Finnair Plus
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Avios
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
1,000 Capital One Miles= 750 Japan Airlines miles
JetBlue TrueBlue
1,000 Capital One Miles= 600 TrueBlue points
Qantas Frequent Flyer
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Qantas points
Qatar Airways Privilege Club
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Avios
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 KrisFlyer miles
TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 TAP miles
Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Turkish miles
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club (via Virgin Red)
1,000 Capital One Miles= 1,000 Virgin points
Most Capital One transfers process instantly, though transfer times can vary by the airline.
How to transfer Capital One Miles
Sign in to your Capital One account.
Select View Rewards.
Choose Transfer Rewards.
Select your airline partner.
Enter the number of miles you’d like to transfer and confirm.
Chase Ultimate Rewards
Chase airline transfer partners
Chase Ultimate Rewards points are transferable to the following airline loyalty programs.
Program
Transfer Ratio
Aer Lingus AerClub
1,000 Chase points = 1,000 Avios
Air Canada Aeroplan
1,000 Chase points = 1,000 Aeroplan points
Air France-KLM Flying Blue
1,000 Chase points = 1,000 Flying Blue miles
British Airways Club
1,000 Chase points = 1,000 Avios
Iberia Club
1,000 Chase points = 1,000 Avios
JetBlue TrueBlue
1,000 Chase points = 1,000 Trueblue points
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
1,000 Chase points = 1,000 KrisFlyer miles
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards
1,000 Chase points = 1,000 Southwest points
United Airlines MileagePlus
1,000 Chase points = 1,000 United miles
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
1,000 Chase points = 1,000 Virgin points
Most Chase transfers process instantly, though transfer times can vary by the airline.
How to transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards
Sign in to your Chase account.
Open UltimateRewards.
Select TransferPointsto Partners.
Choose your airline loyalty program.
Enter the number of points you’d like to transfer and confirm.
Citi ThankYou Rewards
Citi airline transfer partners
Citi ThankYou Rewards points are transferable to the following airline loyalty programs.
Program
Transfer Ratio
Air France-KLM Flying Blue
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 Flying Blue miles
American Airlines AAdvantage
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 AAdvantage miles
Avianca LifeMiles
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 Avianca LifeMiles
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 Asia Miles
Emirates Skywards
1,000 Citi points = 800 Skywards miles
Etihad Guest
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 Etihad miles
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 EVA Air miles
JetBlue TrueBlue
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 TrueBlue points
Qantas Frequent Flyer
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 Qantas points
Qatar Airways Privilege Club
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 Avios
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 KrisFlyer miles
Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 Thai miles
Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 Turkish miles
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
1,000 Citi points = 1,000 Virgin points
Note: Transfer ratios vary depending on your Citi ThankYou-earning card. Be sure to confirm the transfer ratio that applies to your account before transferring points.
Most Citi transfers process instantly, though transfer times can vary by the airline.
How to transfer Citi ThankYou Rewards
Sign in to ThankYou.com.
Select PointsTransfer.
Choose your airline partner.
Enter the number of ThankYou points you’d like to transfer.
Confirm your transfer.
U.S. Bank Altitude Rewards
U.S. Bank airline transfer partners
U.S. Bank Altitude Rewards points are transferable to the following airline loyalty programs.
Program
Transfer Ratio
Air France-KLM Flying Blue
1 U.S. Bank Rewards point = 1 Flying Blue mile
Ethiopian Airlines ShebaMiles
1 U.S. Bank Rewards point= 1 ShebaMile
Qantas Frequent Flyer
1 U.S. Bank Rewards point= 1 Qantas point
Most U.S. Bank transfers process instantly, though transfer times can vary by the airline.
How to transfer U.S. Bank Altitude Rewards
Sign in to your U.S. Bank account.
Open your rewards dashboard.
Select TransferPoints.
Choose your airline loyalty program.
Enter the number of points to transfer and confirm.
Wells Fargo Rewards
Wells Fargo airline transfer partners
Wells Fargo Rewards points are transferable to the following airline loyalty programs.
Program
Transfer Ratio
Aer Lingus AerClub
1 Wells Fargo point= 1 Avios
Air France-KLM Flying Blue
1 Wells Fargo point= 1 Flying Blue mile
Avianca LifeMiles
1 Wells Fargo point= 1 LifeMile
British Airways Club
1 Wells Fargo point= 1 Avios
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
1 Wells Fargo point= 1 Asia Mile
Iberia Plus
1 Wells Fargo point= 1 Avios
JetBlue TrueBlue
1 Wells Fargo point= 1 TrueBlue point
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club (via Virgin Red)
1 Wells Fargo point= 1 Virgin point
Most Wells Fargo transfers process instantly, though transfer times can vary by the airline.
How to transfer Wells Fargo Rewards
Sign in to your Wells Fargo account.
Select Wells Fargo Rewards.
Tap See All Options, then Rewards Points Transfer.
Choose your airline partner.
Enter the number of points you’d like to transfer.
Review the information and submit your transfer.
Things to Know Before You Transfer
Transfers are usually final
In most cases, transfers from a credit card rewards program to an airline loyalty account can’t be reversed.
Before transferring your points, make sure you’ve found the award flight you want, and you’re ready to complete the booking.
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Transfer times can vary
Most transfers happen within minutes, but not every airline processes transfers at the same speed.
Occasionally, transfers may take several hours or even a few days. And your first transfer to a particular airline loyalty program may also take longer than subsequent transfers, especially if your loyalty account hasn’t been linked before.
While delays are relatively uncommon, they’re worth keeping in mind if you’re booking an award with limited availability.
Transfer bonuses can stretch your points further
Banks periodically offer transfer bonuses that increase the number of airline miles you receive from the same number of credit card points.
For example, a 25% transfer bonus means 10,000 transferable credit card points become 12,500 airline miles instead of the usual 10,000.
Before transferring your points, check our Current Credit Card Transfer Bonuses guide to see whether an active promotion could help you receive more airline miles.
PointsYeah Premium builds on the platform’s free membership with additional tools for searching award flights and hotels, tracking availability, and managing your rewards.
From longer Live Search windows and expanded alerts to enhanced My Wallet features, Premium is designed for travelers who want more flexibility while planning trips with points.
Here’s what’s included.
Pricing
PointsYeah Premium is available as either a monthly or annual membership.
Monthly
premium_monthly: $19.99 per month
Annual
premium_annual: $119.95 per year
For travelers who regularly book award flights and hotels, the annual membership offers the best overall value.
Limited-time offer
Through August 31, 2026, first-time Premium members can save 25% by entering promo code WALLET25 at checkout.
With the promotion, your price becomes:
Annual: $89.96 for your first year.
Monthly: $14.99 for your first month, then $19.99 per month.
What’s Included
PointsYeah Premium builds on the free membership with additional planning tools across the platform, including:
Longer Live Search windows
More active alerts
Enhanced My Wallet features
United Airlines Upgrade Alerts
Custom point valuations
The sections below explain each feature in more detail.
Search More Award Flights
Premium expands Live Search, making it easier to compare more flight options in a single search.
These additional search options reduce the need to run multiple searches and make it easier to compare nearby airports and flexible travel dates.
Track More Award Opportunities
Premium includes higher alert limits and additional alert types, allowing you to monitor more trips at once.
Premium includes:
Up to 32 Points Price Alerts
Up to 30 Hotel Alerts
Unlimited Explorer Alerts
United Airlines Upgrade Alerts
Whether you’re waiting for award prices to drop, hotel availability to open, or a United upgrade to become available, PointsYeah continues monitoring in the background and lets you know when something changes.
Get More from My Wallet
Every PointsYeah account includes My Wallet, allowing you to track rewards balances across supported loyalty programs.
Premium enhances My Wallet with:
Automatic syncing with select bank and airline loyalty programs
Family and Friends Points Wallet, allowing you to manage your household’s rewards in one place
Instead of tracking multiple accounts individually, Premium helps you organize your rewards and plan trips using points across your household.
Personalize Your Searches
Premium includes additional customization tools that help tailor search results to your travel preferences.
These settings help surface results that better reflect how you value your points and how you like to travel.
Discover More with Daydream Explorer
Daydream Explorer is available to all PointsYeah members, but it works especially well alongside Premium’s expanded search capabilities and alerts.
Browse award flights and hotels across the globe, save Explorer Alerts, and discover destinations based on your travel style before switching to Live Search when you’re ready to book.
Compare Free and Premium
While PointsYeah’s free membership includes unlimited Live Search and access to many core features, Premium expands what you can do throughout the platform.
Free
Premium
Flights: Live Search
Access to real-time searches
Unlimited
Unlimited
Number of search days (one-way)
Up to 4
Up to 8
Number of origin/destination airports
1
Up to 2
View Live Seat Maps
✓
✓
Hotels: Live Search
Search 50,000+ hotels across the globe and compare award prices against cash prices for the most popular chains
Unlimited
Unlimited
Daydream Explorer
Free map view for millions of flight and hotel ideas
✓
✓
Alerts
Flight Price Point Alerts
Up to 4
Up to 32
Hotel Alerts
Up to 4
Up to 30
Explorer Alerts
Unlimited
Unlimited
United Airlines Upgrade Alerts
✓
Customization
Access over 20 personalized filters to make your search match your needs
✓
✓
Set custom values per point
✓
Points Wallet
Access to My Wallet
Manual entry
Manual & Automatic sync with select bank and airlines programs
