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Capital One recently launched a new transfer bonus to LifeMiles. Now through August 31, 2025, you can transfer Capital One miles to LifeMiles and receive 15% bonus miles. This sweetens LifeMiles sweet spots, letting Capital One cardholders score domestic United awards from 6,600 Capital One miles, book flights to Hawaii from 13.1k miles, and business class to Europe from 47.9k miles.
This marks just the first transfer bonus we've seen between the two programs since September 2023 — and the first offered by Capital One (instead of LifeMiles) since March 2022. That means you might want to give this transfer bonus a close look since it doesn't come around often.
It's worth taking advantage of if you've got a redemption in mind, so let's dig into the details and show you why.
Capital One to LifeMiles Transfer Bonus Key Terms
- Transfer Capital One miles to Avianca LifeMiles and receive a 15% transfer bonus.
- This offer is available from August 1 through August 31, 2025, ending at 3:59 am Eastern Time on September 1, 2025.
- Must transfer a minimum of 1,000 miles.
- Above that minimum, Capital One miles transfer to LifeMiles in increments of 100 miles.
- No registration is necessary.
- Transfers are immediate.
- This transfer bonus is hardcoded, so you'll get 115 LifeMiles per 100 miles transferred.
- Here's a step-by-step guide on how to transfer Capital One miles to partners.
Is This Transfer Bonus Worth Jumping On?
First and foremost, we generally don't recommend speculatively transferring your miles just to take advantage of a transfer bonus. Award travel is constantly changing, and you risk being stuck with “orphaned” currencies when you transfer your miles without a specific plan for how to redeem them.
That said, LifeMiles offers excellent value, particularly on partner airlines. Take a look at our Avianca LifeMiles transfer partners and partner airlines guide for more information.
Related: How To Earn Avianca LifeMiles
Redeeming LifeMiles on Partner Airlines
Avianca is part of the Star Alliance airline partnership, which means that LifeMiles can be used to book flights on any of its member airlines. Avianca doesn't impose carrier-imposed fees for partner award bookings, so using LifeMiles is a great way to save a lot of cash on notoriously expensive flights — expensive due to the crazy fees airlines add on.
One of our favorite Avianca partner sweet spots is for short-haul domestic flights on United Airlines. After a recent LifeMiles devaluation, domestic United flights now start at 7,500 LifeMiles each way.
For example, flights from Kansas City to Orlando can cost a small fortune. However, a one-way award flight on this route costs just 7,500 LifeMiles. That's just 6,600 Capital One miles when transferring during the 15% transfer bonus.
Another one of our favorite LifeMiles redemptions is flying on select routes to Europe. For example, you can book business class awards between New York (JFK) and Zurich (ZRH) for 55,000 LifeMiles
When you add in the current LifeMiles transfer bonus, the deal gets even better. Instead of 55,000 Capital One miles, you need to transfer just 47,900 Capital One miles to book this award during this transfer bonus! Since Avianca does not tack on carrier-imposed fees, you'll only pay around $50 out-of-pocket.
Related: Do Avianca LifeMiles Expire?
Final Thoughts
Transfer bonuses from Capital One miles to LifeMiles don't come around very often, so you may want to take advantage of it before it disappears on August 31, 2025. If you want to book flights with a Star Alliance partner (or even Avianca's non-alliance partners like GOL, Iberia, or Aeromexico), this is a great way to stretch your Capital One miles that much further.
And if you're not sure how to build your balance, read here for the best ways to earn Capital One miles.
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