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Flying Blue partners with multiple major transferrable currencies. The ability to move so many different points to your Flying Blue account provides excellent flexibility to boost your balance and take advantage of excellent award deals.
American Express Membership Rewards
You can transfer Membership Rewards over to Flying Blue at a ratio of 1:1. Transfers typically occur instantaneously. The following are some of the cards that earn Membership Rewards:
- The Platinum Card® from American Express
- The Business Platinum Card® from American Express
- American Express® Business Gold Card
- The Blue Business® Plus Credit Card from American Express
Chase Ultimate Rewards
Similar to American Express, you can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards to Flying Blue at a ratio of 1:1. Transfers are fast and typically happen instantaneously. The following cards earn Ultimate Rewards:
- Chase Sapphire Reserve®
- Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
- Chase Freedom Flex℠
- Chase Freedom Unlimited®
- Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card
- Ink Business Cash® Credit Card
- Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card
Note: Points associated with the Chase Freedom Flex℠, Chase Freedom Unlimited®, Ink Business Cash® Credit Card, and Ink Unlimited cannot be transferred directly to any Ultimate Rewards airline or hotel partners, however, if you combine these points with an Ultimate Rewards earning card that charges an annual fee, you'll be able to move those points over.
Citi ThankYou Points
Citi ThankYou Points transfer over to Flying Blue at a ratio of 1:1. Similar to other points the transfers occur instantaneously. The following are popular cards that earn Citi ThankYou Points:
- Citi Prestige® Card
- Citi Premier® Card
Capital One Rewards
Capital One Rewards transfer to Flying Blue at a ratio of 1:1. For every 1,000 Capital One miles transferred, you'll receive 1,000 Flying Blue miles.
Marriott Bonvoy Points
Marriott Bonvoy points transfer over to Flying Blue at a ratio of 3:1. However, Marriott offers a bonus of 5,000 miles if you transfer 60,000 points. So, if you transfer 60,000 points, you will receive 25,000 miles. Taking the bonus into account gives you an effective ratio of 2.4:1.
Our Take
The ability to transfer points from several major transferrable currencies gives Flying Blue a significant advantage. It is an excellent option to consolidate point balances for an award redemption.
This flexibility is especially useful if your points balance in each currency is insufficient for a redemption on their own. If you are planning a little longer term, you can also selectively wait for a transfer bonus, to increase the value of your points.
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It’s a good option but I’m not a big fan of Air France, I didn’t have a good experience when I traveled with them. I would only take advantage of this reward is if I could transfer the miles to Virgin Atlantic points.
Considering also these possibilities of transfer I think Flying Blue is one of the best SkyTeam programme.
Other than Singapore and Virgin Atlantic, are there any other airlines that partner with AmEx, Chase, Citi, and Marriott/SPG?
This opens quite a number of possibilities. I need to investigate further.
It’s nice that the flying blue miles can be earned from multiple sources.
Wow didn’t realize there were so many options.