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American Express has a great list of transfer partners, and they’re currently offering transfer bonuses on a number of partners. Granted, these are targeted, so not every account will have this attached to their account, but my goodness, booking a trip during a transfer bonuses is icing on top of icing on the cake. That’s a thing, right?
Here are the 5 American Express Cards that I keep and links to their current offers, why we have them in our wallet, and recommend your consideration. Transfer bonuses are an incredible time to make move on booking a trip, but also remember that you can earn referral bonuses on each and every card ( go here ). It’s how we earn over 500k points a year without spending a dime.
- American Express Platinum
- American Express Gold
- American Express Business Platinum
- American Express Blue Business
- American Express Blue Business Plus
Aeroplan – 20% transfer bonus
There are quite a few of these offers currently available, but I don’t think any of them excite me quite like Aeroplan. Why? You can fly one way from the States to Europe in business and first for 55k and 70k points, respectively. That is absolutely incredible. What’s even better than that? Amex is offering a 20% transfer bonus to Aeroplan for a limited time.
You can fly Lufthansa First Class for just 70k Aeroplan miles or 59k points with this offer. That is mindbendingly attractive.
Hawaiian Airlines 25% transfer bonus
I believe this one is targeted as well, but pretty attractive nonetheless. With roundtrip, lie flat, first class awards starting at 80k…that’s one cushy way to start off your vacay in hawaii-ay. Sorry I tried.
Marriott offering a 30% bonus until October 7th.
I really wouldn’t advise this transfer even with a 30% bonus, but in the circumstance where you’re really close to a buy 4 nights, get the 5th free it could make sense. Otherwise…in my opinion, it’s a much more valuable transfer to airlines in premium cabins.
British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Iberia 40% transfer bonus until October 1st. Today is the last day!
All of these are currently offering a 40% transfer bonus which is truly incredible when you think I booked a roundtrip ticket on Iberia from Chicago to Madrid for just 68k points. That’s just 49k roundtrip with this promotion. WOW
15% transfer bonus to Avianca Lifemiles starting October 1st
This one runs through the whole of October and is very attractive. Especially when Avianca is already discounting business and first class flights to Asia on select routes by 15%. Business is down to 64k which means that you’d only need 56k to fly on the likes of EVA Airways for a super duper fantastic rate.
This is EVA Bee Tee Dubs. You can read our experience here.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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