# Point Transfers
Get a 25% Bonus When Converting IHG or Hyatt Points to AA Miles (Not Worth It, Don’t Transfer)
AA has launched a new promotion: you can now get a 25% bonus when converting Hyatt or IHG points into AA miles. Even with the 25% bonus, the transfer ratio is still quite poor, so...
Transfer Capital One miles to TAP Air Portugal and get an extra 5,000 miles
Right now, when you transfer Capital One miles to TAP Air Portugal, you can get an extra 5,000 miles. The minimum transfer amount is 5,000. Reportedly, TAP can be a good option for...
AMEX Membership Rewards Transfers to Marriott and Hilton with an Extra 40% Bonus (Pretty Average)
AMEX has launched a new transfer bonus: transfer Membership Rewards (MR) points to Marriott or Hilton points and get a 40% bonus. These two promos are fairly average, so I’d only u...
AMEX Platinum for Schwab: The MR Cash-Out System Is Down Yet Again
【2020.10 Update】The system has been down again these past few days. Recently, the extra 3x on AMEX refer has been pretty strong, so there may be a large number of people cashing ou...
“Cross-Alliance Partnership”: Aeroplan Miles Can Now Be Redeemed for Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon (Select Routes Only), and GOL
Air Canada has announced major news: Aeroplan miles can now be used to book flights on Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon, and Brazil’s GOL. Cathay Pacific is part of the oneworld allia...
“20,000 cap”: Transfer points to earn Etihad Guest elite status, and stack it with a 30% award discount
Turns out there’s a 20,000 cap after all, so never mind. Thanks to reader tjfhx for the catch. The cap is buried in the fine print! Etihad Guest members who transfer their points d...
Don’t Transfer! Chase Ultimate Rewards to IHG with a 60% Bonus...
Chase is currently offering a 60% bonus when transferring UR points to IHG. In other words, the transfer ratio has changed from 1:1 to 1:1.6. As most people know, IHG points are wo...
"Now restored; login and award searches working again" MR and UR had both paused transfers to Virgin Atlantic (VS); VS accounts also could not log in
[June 2020 update] I checked today and VS accounts can now log in and search for award space normally again. I also checked Chase UR and AMEX MR, and transfers are working normally...
Citi Double Cash Card can now convert cash back to ThankYou Points in the Citi App
This morning, I received an email from Citi saying that with the Citi App, you can now convert cash back from the Double Cash Card into ThankYou Points without having to do it on t...
Cleaned Out! Two People Opened 7,000 Cards and Racked Up 790,000,000 Points Worth $8,200,000! (Can You Figure Out Which Bank Got Hit?)
According to New Jersey court filings, two people opened business credit cards at a certain bank using other people’s names and harvested a huge number of points. There were 1,400...
Great News: Emirates (EK) Greatly Reduced Award Ticket Taxes (Including Partner-Airline Issuance)
Emirates has recently cut award-ticket taxes significantly. For example, a JFK–MXP ticket that previously had over $300 in taxes now needs only $40 in taxes. EK is a transfer partn...