Velocity has announced its latest transfer bonus to run during the month of May:
Transfer your reward points from… hotel partners by 31 May 2019, and see what Points can make possible. Continue reading…
A popular feature of the legacy Starwood programme was the ability to transfer hotel points to frequent flyer programmes with a generous bonus. I am happy to say that this feature is continuing with Marriott Bonvoy.
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Qantas Frequent Flyer is running an up to 40% bonus on transfers from credit cards that allow transfers to Qantas Points – in New Zealand, this includes the Amex Platinum Edge and Platinum Charge.
The bonus at the bottom two tiers is below-average and the top tier is average. Continue reading…
Asia Miles are offering a 50% bonus when you convert hotel points into Asia miles until 31 January, with no limit on the number of bonus miles.
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American Airlines’ AAdvantage frequent flyer program offers some good-value redemptions for New Zealand-based travellers, and this trick to transfer your Amex points can come in handy when you need to top up your AAdvantage balance.
This guide has been updated to reflect the rewards program changes following the completion of the SPG and Marriott merger. Continue reading…
United are offering a 30% bonus when you convert hotel points into United MileagePlus miles until 30 November, up to a limit of 25,000 bonus miles.
This offer was on at the same time last year. Continue reading…
The ability to transfer points from Virgin Australia’s Velocity program to Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer has been available since November 2014, and it is one of the only frequent flyer program partnerships in the world which allow you to transfer your points between programs (British Airways and Iberia also allow you to transfer between each other). Continue reading…
British Airways is offering a 35% bonus when you convert hotel points into Avios until 31 March 2018.
Converting hotel points into frequent flyer points is usually poor value. If you stay at hotels regularly, you’re generally better off maintaining your points balance to redeem on free nights, especially if these points have been earned the hard way as a ‘road warrior’.
However, there is a way in which you could take advantage of the current promotion to ‘buy’ some cheap Avios at a rate far less than what you could buy from British Airways directly. Continue reading…
Etihad is offering a 20% bonus when you convert hotel points into Etihad Guest miles until 31 March 2018 inclusive. There’s no limit to how many bonus miles you can earn, and the bonus miles should credit within 15 days of the end of the promotion. Continue reading…
