When you transfer your Amex points to an airline or hotel partner, you can get more points. These are usually offered in batches.
The program is giving out a dozen transfer bonuses at once. There is less than a week left to take advantage of this opportunity.
Amex transfer bonuses galore in September
There are bonuses on transfers to a dozen airline and hotel partners at the same time. There are transfer bonuses for the month of September.
Transfer Amex points to Aer Lingus AerClub with a 25% bonus
Transfer Amex points to Aeromexico Club Premier with a 20% bonus
Transfer Amex points to Air Canada Aeroplan with a 15% bonus
Transfer Amex points to Air France-KLM Flying Blue with a 25% bonus
Transfer Amex points to Avianca LifeMiles with a 15% bonus
Transfer Amex points to British Airways Executive Club with a 25% bonus
Transfer Amex points to Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles with a 20% bonus
Transfer Amex points to Qantas Frequent Flyer with a 20% bonus
Transfer Amex points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club with a 30% bonus
Transfer Amex points to Choice Privileges with a 25% bonus
Transfer Amex points to Hilton Honors with a 30% bonus
Transfer Amex points to Marriott Bonvoy with a 20% bonus
Make sure you double check that you see the transfer bonus when you transfer points. How long does a points transfer take?
When you combine points with transfer bonuses, they will add up really fast.
Transfer Amex points to British Airways with a 25% bonus
Which of these transfer bonuses are worth it?
The general value of the programs plus the transfer bonuses are taken into account.
Transfer Amex points to Virgin Atlantic with a 30% bonus
Will I make speculative Amex points transfers?
How am I approaching this offer with no immediate need for transfers in mind? I transferred Amex points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club so that I could redeem them in Air New Zealand business class. That was a good deal.
I plan on making some speculative transfers, as I have a good balance of Amex points, and I can see myself getting value from these promotions. There are two speculative transfers I plan on making.
I think I will transfer a lot of points to Air Canada Aeroplan.
It’s not often we see transfer bonuses to Aeroplan, so this opportunity is pretty special
My balance of Aeroplan points is low right now, though in the past year I’ve transferred points from Amex several times without a transfer bonus
Aeroplan is valuable not only for the ability to redeem on Star Alliance partners, but also for the ability to redeem on other Aeroplan partners, like Air Serbia, Etihad, Gulf Air, Oman Air, and more (and the list keeps on growing)
While there are all kinds of creative routings and stopover opportunities, if nothing else a transatlantic first class redemption on Lufthansa will typically cost 100,000 Aeroplan points, so that’s ~84K Amex points with the bonus, which is great
Aeroplan points are useful for Lufthansa first class
I think I will transfer a small amount of points to Air France-KLM Flying Blue.
Flying Blue is so useful for transatlantic business class redemptions on Air France and KLM, which is often readily available when other programs don’t have availability
I’ve burned through a lot of Flying Blue miles in the past year, so my past redemption patterns suggest I’ll need more of these miles
While we see a fair number of transfer bonuses to Flying Blue, a 25% bonus is solid
Flying Blue miles are useful for transatlantic flights
I don't plan on using any of the other transfer partners at the moment.
While I would also transfer some Amex points to British Airways Executive Club for short haul redemptions, I still have several hundred thousand Avios, so don’t have a need to do that right now
While I’m tempted to transfer to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club for redemptions on All Nippon Airways, I don’t have any immediate plans to travel to Japan, so that’s a bit too niche for me to take advantage of
I’d love to return to Japan, but am trying to be realistic
If you think you'll be able to book travel within six months, you should make a speculative transfer.
Some of my favorite Amex transfer partners are being offered a dozen different transfer bonuses by the Amex membership rewards program. I plan to transfer some points here, so it makes sense to speculatively do that.
Are you going to take advantage of these transfer bonuses? Which partners would you like to partner with?
