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Shhh. Don’t tell anyone, but Wells Fargo appears to have quietly added a new and exciting airline as a transfer partner.

Wells Fargo has been slowly but surely been increasing their transfer partner list in the past couple years. The last partner the bank confirmed added was Wyndham Rewards this past April.

The Wells Fargo partner list includes seven airline partners and two hotel programs:

  • Aer Lingus AerClub
  • Air France/KLM Flying Blue
  • Avianca LifeMiles
  • British Airways Executive Club
  • Iberia Plus
  • JetBlue TrueBlue
  • Virgin Atlantic Flying Club / Virgin Red
  • Choice Privileges
  • Wyndham Rewards

Wells Fargo Adds Cathay Pacific Asia Miles as Transfer Partner

But as of this moment, if you log into your Wells Fargo account, you will notice a new entrant to that list: Cathay Pacific. One of my absolute favorite airlines to fly, with some of the most exquisite airport lounge offerings around — including a new lounge opening in JFK this year.

Information displayed on this site shows the transfer rate as one-to-one, which is great news.

Wells Fargo transfers to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
Credit: Wells Fargo

Just like with other Wells Fargo partners, before initiating a points transfer, you will need to connect your accounts. Do make sure the spelling of your name matches on both Wells Fargo and Cathay Pacific, otherwise it may result in errors preventing you from completing a successful transfer.

Wells Fargo transfers to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
Credit: Wells Fargo

Once accounts are connected, you will be able to push the transfer through. As per the Wells Fargo transfer website “transfers are normally immediate, but please allow up to 72 hours for the transfer to be completed”. We do not as of yet have reliable information as to how quickly these transfer are being processed, but once AwardWallet users start linking their accounts and transferring their points, we will have actual data in our transfer times tool.

How to Earn Wells Fargo Rewards Points

As of right now, there are only two Wells Fargo cards that can help you rack up rewards that you can transfer to all these partners, including recently added Cathay Pacific Asia Miles. The Wells Fargo Autograph Card and the Wells Fargo Autograph Journey Card. Both are phenomenal cards for travelers since they let you know 3X the points on all travel purchases.

Bottom Line

More transfer partners are always better, and seeing Asia Miles from Cathay Pacific added to Wells Fargo repertoire is great news. Wells Fargo has been slow to add transfer partners so to see them growing two partners in less than a month is a very welcome sign. Here's to hoping it's a sign of more partners to come in the near future.

Tip of The Day
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