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Citi Thank You just dropped a new transfer bonus to Avianca LifeMiles program that may be attractive to you. From now until October 19th, 2024, you can get a 25% transfer bonus when you transfer Citi Thank You Points to Avianca LifeMiles.
Citi Thank You to Avianca LifeMiles
- 1000 Citi Thank You Points = 1250 Avianca LifeMiles
- Ends 10/19/24
Citi Thank You Transfer Partners:
Unfamiliar with Avianca’s Lifemiles program…you’re probably not alone
Avianca became an Amex transfer parter in 2018 and provides excellent access points to Star Alliance award inventory. You can also use them on AeroMexico and Iberia.
Should you transfer?
Personally, I would take advantage of this if you know that there is a trip that you want to take. If not…I wouldn’t transfer your points to Avianca simply to get a 25% bonus.
Best Uses
Avianca Lifemiles is a Star Alliance airline that can offer some of the best redemptions options for aspirational business and first class wherever you’re looking to travel. Not only have I used them to fly in some great international cabins, but I’ve also used them to fly economy within the US when prices are really high. I suggest you search first on United.com or Air Canada’s website to find partner award availability and then on the LifeMiles website.
Within USA
- Economy 8750
- Business transcon 25k
USA to Europe
- Business Class NYC to London: 45k
- Business Class 70k
- First Class 130k
USA to Africa
- Business Class 78k
USA to Asia
- Business Class 78k
- First Class 120k
Hawaii to North Asia
- Business Class: 48k
- First Class: 66k
You could redeem for the new ANA THE SUITE for 120k Lifemiles to Japan
Analysis
If you’re looking to make an award redemption in the near future…this could be a great time to make use of the program and achieve your travel aspirations at lower prices! If not..I wouldn’t pull the trigger.
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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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