American Express Adds Etihad As A Transfer Partner & Offering 30% Transfer Bonus

The Offer

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• American Express have added Etihad as a transfer partner and they are also offering a 30% transfer bonus when you Receive a 30% transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to Etihad Guest Miles. The standard rate is 1:1, so this means it would be 1:1.3. So if you transfer 1,000 Membership Rewards you’d receive 1,300 Etihad Guest Miles.

The Fine Print

• Valid until June 15th, 2016

Our Verdict

You can book flights with Etihad [award search here] or one of their partner airlines [award charts here]. Because this is a new partnership, they haven’t offered a transfer bonus to Etihad before, but you can view a list of all the transfer bonuses American Express have offered here. You can also transfer SPG and Citi ThankYou points to Etihad, although these obviously don’t come with the 30% transfer bonus. Keep in mind that Etihad miles expire 2 years after they are earned (slightly longer if you have status).

Here are some good uses of Etihad miles:

• American Airlines (no fuel surcharges and use the old AA award chart)
• Brussels Airlines (no fuel surcharges):
  • JFK-Brussels: 21,972 miles in coach, 36,620 in business
• Etihad Apartments
  • JFK-AUH is 117,000 miles

Let me know some other good uses of Etihad miles in the comments below. American Express are also offering a 30% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic.

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