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Enjoy a 25% transfer bonus from Amex to Air France Flying Blue

Miles Amex Business Platinum

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Amex to Air France 25% Transfer Bonus until 4/29/2019

One of the great things about American Express is they frequently offer transfer bonuses to their partners. Case in points. Until April 29th, you’ll get a 25% bonus when you transfer into Flying Blue. This creates a great opportunity to score business class seats across the pond for under 50k each way. It is worth noting that Air France levies a few hundred bucks for taxes and fees. However, you’ll earn 5x points when you pay those with an Amex Platinum…one of the 10 reasons I think the card is worth the $550 annual fee.

The Amex 25% transfer bonus to Air France:

Amex 25% transfer bonus to Air France

I flew from Paris to Washington D.C. for 55k miles and $330 in taxes and fees. With this transfer bonus just 44k miles

Sure the taxes and fees aren’t nothing, but my goodness, that’s a helluva deal at 44k and it’s a fabulous business class.

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Don’t forget Amex is also offering a 15% bonus on miles transferred to Avianca.

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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card


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The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based including Hyatt, Southwest, United, IHG, and Marriott.

Welcome Offer

60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months

Annual Fee

$95

Points Earned

Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards

  • 60k points after $4k spend in 3 months
    • Worth $750 in Chase Travel℠ and way more if you maximize transfer partners
  • 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, 2024
  • $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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3 Comments

  • Christian March 20, 2019

    Any idea how long transfers take?

    • Miles March 20, 2019

      Usually they are instant, but don’t count on it. Test with 1k and see how long your account takes. Often, new accounts won’t go instant. One perk though is AF will allow a hold of 72 hours. If you get a rep that only does 24, HUCA, cause 72 is pretty common. This will allow for plenty of time for the transfer to populate

      • Christian March 20, 2019

        Thanks.

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