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We have a limited time 30% transfer bonus to JAL, normally 4:3, which makes the ratio 1000:975 or nearly 1:1. That is particularly appealing on JAL flights in business class from the US to Asia. .
Note that only the following cards earn Miles that can transfer into partners; however, you can combine cashback from cards like the Capital One Savor Cash Rewards into the following cards and they will be combinable.
Capital One Cards that transfer into partners
- Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card
- Capital One Venture X Business
- Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
- Capital One VentureOne Rewards Credit Card
- Capital One Spark Miles for Business
- Capital One Spark Miles Select for Business
The updated list of Capital One Transfer partners
- The following partners are now 1:1
- Aeromexico Club Premier
- Air Canada Aeroplan
- Avianca LifeMiles
- Air France Flying Blue
- British Airways Executive Club
- Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Choice Privileges
- Etihad Guest
- Emirates
- Finnair Plus
- Qantas Frequent Flyer
- Qatar Avios
- Singapore Airlines
- TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go
- Turkish Airlines Miles and Smiles
- Virgin Red
- Wyndham Rewards
- JetBlue 5:3
- Accor transfer 2:1
- EVA transfers 2:1.5
- Japan Airlines 1000:750
- I Prefer: 1000:2000
Japan Airlines is most interesting
Currently, Cap1 is one of two programs that facilitate transfers into Japan Airlines. The other being Bilt Rewards. The program recently updated their program on June 10th, and despite some devaluations, it’s very strong for the right routes. The only thing that kinda stinks is Cap1 isn’t 1:1 – Bilt is, and you need to understand that JAL has various charts depending on the redemption ( JAL flights, One World partners, Other partners ). It sounds tricky but it’s really pretty straight forward once you know where to look.
Japan Airlines is a One World partner and its miles can be used for redemptions on member airlines.
That places flights from JFK to LHR at just 48k miles, and JAL doesn’t pass on as many fees as say British Airways. These charts also have mileage distances that scream around the world trip opportunities.
JAL Flights
business class is still a helluva good deal and let’s be honest… biz ain’t too shabby!
Other Partners
ATL to CDG is roughly 4400 miles meaning it would be just 60k JAL miles to fly in business class on Air France and JFK or Boston to CDG would be just 42k JAL miles.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 75,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 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 Points Boost
- each account anniversary you’ll earn bonus points equal to 10% of your total purchases made the previous year
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Complimentary DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees & lower service fees for a min. of one year when you activate by 12/31/27. Plus, a $10 promo each month on non-restaurant orders
- $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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