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American Express Membership Rewards has announced two promotions offering a bonus on points transfers to JetBlue and Qantas. Through December 21, 2019, you receive a 25% bonus when making transfers to JetBlue. While transfers to Qantas attract a 20% bonus through November 30, 2019.
Qantas Key Terms
- The promotion is valid on transfers through November 30, 2019.
- Receive a 20% bonus when you transfer Membership Rewards to Qantas.
- Points transfer at a ratio of 1:1 with a minimum transfer of 500 points
- The bonus increases the ratio to 500:600 points
- Transfers to Qantas typically post instantly
While 20% is not the biggest bonus we have ever seen, it's a solid boost if you are looking to transfer points to book an award with Qantas.
JetBlue Key Terms
- The promotion is valid on transfers through December 21, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. MT.
- Receive a 25% bonus when you transfer Membership Rewards to JetBlue.
- Points typically transfer at a ratio of 250:200 with a minimum transfer of 250 points.
- The bonus increases the ratio to 250:250 points.
- Transfers to JetBlue typically post instantly.
Typically, you can expect between 1.4 and 1.6 cents per point on Jetblue awards—which is probably around the minimum value you'd want to accept for Membership Rewards. This promotion is much more interesting when combined with the 10% rebate on award redemptions offered by the JetBlue Plus Card. On the other hand, those with the The Business Platinum Card® from American Express will likely do better booking through Amex Travel with a 35% point rebate on Mint (business-class) tickets. If Jetblue is your selected airline, economy flights may also be a better deal when booked through the Amex portal.
Our Take
If you are looking to travel on a route served by a partner of one of these two programs, it's absolutely worth checking the prices with the current bonus. That said, there are many excellent Amex transfer partners, and generally, Qantas and Jetblue rank towards the bottom in terms of value per point.
One thing to remember with Qantas is that the program saw some changes come into effect in September 2019, so it is worth checking them out before committing to any point transfers.
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Did those who transferred from US Amex accounts last time receive the bonus ?
Any bonus around the holiday is good.
very good post, thanks!!
I love Amex !
I love that Amex has these bonus percents with transfers. It just might make them more of a contender for an Australia trip coming soon. I hear that if you’re a Qantas loyalty member you have a better chance to get premium cabin mileage seats. Though they are notorious for being really stingy with mileage seats.
Good tip with the Amex redemption of points on their page. I might have to look at maybe buying prem seats if Qantas doesn’t have anything with mileage.
Decent bonus. Have seen much higher in the past.
In fact, Qantas is increasing its stake not only in Oneworld, it targets the entire market. In a way with its actions and image ends up being a great option in the routes in which it operates.
Wonder how many miles would it cost to redeem London-Sydney route in the future lol.
I just booked an award yesterday that jetblue has a monopoly on (SJU-BDL). I was exactly 4,000 miles short, and I transferred AMEX to B6. Having a 250:250 ratio instead of 250:200 saved me some miles.
Qantas is becoming one of the largest carries within Oneworld as Latam is leaving anytime soon. Seems to be a good choice.
Qantas isn’t bad for some short haul flights on Oneworld carriers, given they have a distance-based and not region-based award charts.
They also have some unique partners.
Great options, hope to utilize.
I’ve used Qantas miles to book Emirates flights in the past.
This transfer promo is quite decent if one is looking for booking Emirates flights.
I would like to have those benefits in my country… 🙁
What are the best uses of Qantas miles if you don’t travel to/from Australia?
Take note Chase.
I’d say you can be certain that they take note of all acts – transfer bonus offers and otherwise – of competitors. However, whether they act in response is a rather complicated decision and thus almost impossible to predict.
They obviously did a trial with BA awhile back. I’d love to see United or SW pop up.
2 nice options for those Amex Rewards
The card offers are so good depending on your spending and usage and the cash back is really nice.
The revamped QF program simply makes the premium awards more difficult for all to obtain.
Another couple of good Amex transfer bonuses, great news.
I definitely agree that I would prefer to use Amex MR to buy a Mint ticket and get 35% of the points back through the Business Platinum Card. That way I will also earn points on the flight. But it is always good to know about any transfer bonuses.
Yes, this is also the route I would go. But I appreciate knowing when transfer bonuses are happening, regardless of the value.
That’s a good strategy. Need to keep that in mind. Though I’m not sure I’ll be keeping my Biz card next year after the changes they’re instituting.
The part I like most with this deal is the ability to get a 20% bonus when one transfers Membership Rewards to Qantas. That’s very nice.