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American Express Membership Rewards is currently offering several transfer bonuses to airline partners. The most recent being a 50% bonus with Iberia, and now Amex is offering a 40% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards to Alitalia’s MilleMiglia program.
The offer is valid through the end of the year (December 31, 2016, 23:59 Central Time). Bonus miles will be awarded at the time of the transfer with each Membership Rewards point yielding 1.4 miles. Points must be transferred in increments of 1,000 and for that you'll receive 1,400 miles. This deal is better than the recent bonus offer from October 2016 where the bonus was limited to 25% only.
Does It Make Sense to Transfer?
Performing the transfer is as simple as accessing your Amex account and initiating the transfer. Even though Alitalia recently made some changes to the MilleMiglia program in October, there is still some good value to be had thanks to this transfer.
One scenario would be a roundtrip business class award from the US to Europe. Alitalia charges 80,000 miles, and while you will pay fuel surcharges likely in the range of a few hundred dollars. With this transfer bonus the ticket would cost only 58,000 Membership Rewards; a tremendous value. There is also value to be had if you are looking to upgrade your class of service from economy to business class—which is great since the hard product on Alitalia’s business class is excellent, with some of the best catering to be had; on par with Turkish Airlines and Austrian’s outstanding catering.
Overall this deal can represent great value for anyone who is fully confident with the Alitalia MilleMiligia program, since it does have some unique quirks and turns that can make it somewhat complex to navigate. However, if you are set on traveling on Alitalia or using the airline for travel into Europe, then it is an excellent value. If you need a hand with a booking, you can always reach out to our award booking experts.
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Has anyone ever heard of a bonus for transferring Amex Rewards points to Delta?
I can’t remember the last time one of these happened — definitely not in the past 4-5 years.
This is so awesome to see from my perspective. Really hoping to see more transfer bonuses with the Canadian Amex Membership Rewards program.
How high are Alitalia taxes and fees? Do they compare to AirFrance? Has anyone flown with them with a lap infant? Are they friendly to infants?
In general expect the taxes/fees to be lower than Air France; similar to Delta or slightly more expensive. I cannot speak to any infant experiences however.
Alitalia has increased (the double more or less) the number of miles necessary to do a redemption through an airline partner.
For the Alitalia flights on the contrary is really difficult find any availability.
So I don’t think it is very convenient.
Great chance to transfer Amex points to Alitalia with significant bonus. There first class option is nice. Not the best. The newer planes are better