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Temporary glitch? Or Program change?
On Feb 1st, Bilt Rewards had a 100% transfer bonus to Hawaiian Airlines. I moved some points over figuring I’d either book some great seats to Hawaii ( StraightothePoints.co had sent out an award alert about a lot of availability out of Austin at 40k each way), or I’d redeem on Korean, Virgin Atlantic, or even JAL. Well…one of those options may be gone.
You used to be able to book LHR to East Coast for 62.5k miles each way + Hawaiian didn’t pass on as many surcharges so you’d pay hundreds less in fees.
Virgin Atlantic no longer redeemable with Hawaiian Miles?
I called Hawaiian today requested a Virgin Atlantic award flight that I saw available in a few days. Hawaiian often doesn’t have access to all of the partner award space that you’ll see populate on Delta or FlyingBlue so I wasn’t surprised when I heard it was unavailable. What I was surprised by was that fact that not only was that flight unavailable, but I was told that today redemptions across the board on Virgin Atlantic were suspended.
Wait, I’m confused…you’re saying I can no longer use my Hawaiian miles to book Virgin Atlantic flights?
- Correct, as of today that is no longer available
Is the partnership with Virgin Atlantic over then?
- No, you can earn Hawaiian Miles on Virgin Atlantic and vice versa, but not redeem
Is this a glitch, or is it permanent?
- All I know is that as of today you can no longer redeem Hawaiian Miles for Virgin Atlantic. That’s all I know.
Is this temporary or has the partnership changed?
I’ve reached out to Hawaiian via numerous methods and haven’t received a straight answer. All I know, I can’t use my Hawaiian miles to book Virgin Atlantic and get the same response from
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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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