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Citi just launched a new transfer bonus to LifeMiles. Now through October 18, 2025, you can transfer Citi ThankYou points to LifeMiles and receive 25% bonus miles. This sweetens LifeMiles sweet spots, letting premium Citi cardholders score domestic United awards from 6k Citi ThankYou Points, book flights to Hawaii from 12k points, and business class to Europe from 44k points.
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.
Citi-LifeMiles Transfer Bonus Key Terms
- Transfer Citi ThankYou points to Avianca LifeMiles and receive a 25% transfer bonus.
- This offer is available from September 21 through October 18, 2025.
- Must transfer points in increments of 1,000 points.
- No registration is necessary.
- Transfers are immediate.
- This transfer bonus is hardcoded, so you'll receive the bonus miles at the time of transfer.
- Cardholders of the following cards will receive 1,250 LifeMiles per 1,000 ThankYou points transferred:
- Citi Strata Elite℠ Card
- Citi Strata Premier® Card
- Citi Prestige® Card
- AT&T Access More Card from Citi
- Cardholders of the following cards will receive 875 LifeMiles per 1,000 ThankYou points transferred:
- Citi ThankYou® Preferred Card
- Citi Strata℠ Card
- Citi Double Cash® Card
- Citi Custom Cash® Card
- Citi ThankYou® Mastercard®
- AT&T Universal Rewards World
- AT&T Universal Savings and Rewards
- AT&T Universal Rewards
- AT&T Points Plus Card
- AT&T Access Card from Citi
- Here's a step-by-step guide on how to transfer Citi points to partners.
- For a limited time, earn 100,000 bonus Points after spending $6,000 in the first 3 months of account opening.
- Earn 12 Points per $1 spent on Hotels, Car Rentals, and Attractions booked on cititravel.com and 6 Points per $1 spent on Air Travel booked on cititravel.com
- Earn 6 Points per $1 spent at Restaurants including Restaurant Delivery Services on CitiNights℠ purchases, every Friday and Saturday from 6 PM to 6 AM ET. Earn 3 Points per $1 spent any other time
- Earn 1.5 Points per $1 spent on All Other Purchases
- Up to $300 Annual Hotel Benefit: Each calendar year, enjoy up to $300 off a hotel stay of two nights or more when booked through cititravel.com.
- No Foreign Transaction Fees
- 12X – Earn 12 Points per $1 spent on Hotels, Car Rentals, and Attractions booked on cititravel.com.
- 6X – Earn 6 Points per $1 spent on Air Travel booked on cititravel.com.
- 6X – Earn 6 Points per $1 spent at Restaurants including Restaurant Delivery Services on CitiNights℠ purchases, every Friday and Saturday from 6 PM to 6 AM ET. Earn 3 Points per $1 spent any other time.
- 1.5X – Earn 1.5 Points per $1 spent on All Other Purchases.
Is This Transfer Bonus Worth Jumping On?
First and foremost, we generally don't recommend speculatively transferring your points 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 6k Citi ThankYou points when transferring during the 25% 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 points, you only need to transfer 44k Citi ThankYou points 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 Citi points to LifeMiles don't come around very often, so you may want to take advantage of it before it disappears on October 18, 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 Citi points that much further.
And if you're not sure how to build your balance, read here for the best ways to earn Citi ThankYou points.
For rates and fees of the cards mentioned in this post, please visit the following links: Citi Strata Elite℠ Card (Rates & Fees)
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