{"id":46409,"date":"2020-05-12T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T20:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/?p=46409"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:37:10","slug":"qatar-hainan-partnership-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/news\/capital-one-rewards\/qatar-hainan-partnership-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Chance to Transfer Your Miles: Capital One Losing Two Transfer Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"custom-blue\"><em>The changes below have taken effect, and this post is no longer being updated. Here is our <a href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/tag\/major-updates\/\" target=\"new\">archive of major updates<\/a> from card issuers and loyalty programs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the most up-to-date information, see our guide to <a href=\"\/credit-cards\/capital-one-rewards\/capital-one-transfer-partners\/\">Capital One transfer partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Capital One has quietly shared\u2014via the transfer miles page\u2014that two loyalty programs are leaving the Capital One Miles transfer program on <b>May 13, 2020<\/b>.\u00a0After today, cardholders will no longer be able to transfer miles to <b>Hainan Airways Fortune Wings Club<\/b> and <b>Qatar Airways Privilege Club. <\/b>This was first caught by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/capital-one-will-discontinue-qatar-hainan-partnership-on-may-13th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctor of Credit<\/a> today, meaning cardholders are getting almost no notice before this change.<\/p>\n<p><img data-aspectratio=\"600\/208\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"image-2-e1589308122760\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46421 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-2-e1589308122760.png\"  width=\"600\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-aspectratio=\"600\/189\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"image-3-e1589308143269\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46422 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/image-3-e1589308143269.png\"  width=\"600\" height=\"189\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Key_Terms\"><b>Key Terms<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hainan Airways and Qatar Airways are leaving the Capital One transfer program effective <b>May 13, 2020<\/b><\/li>\n<li>You will no longer be able to transfer miles to these programs on or after May 13.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"What8217s_the_Damage\"><b>What's the Damage?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In our post covering\u00a0<a href=\"\/credit-cards\/capital-one-rewards\/capital-one-transfer-partners\/\">Capital One's transfer partners<\/a>, we discussed how both of these partners weren't all that lucrative for cardholders in the first place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-aspectratio=\"600\/296\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"layout-e1589308511178\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46427 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/layout-e1589308511178.jpg\"  width=\"600\" height=\"296\" \/><center><em>Hainan Airways Business Class on the Boeing 787-9<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n<p>Hainan Airways is an airline from mainland China. Its loyalty program\u2014Fortune Wings Club\u2014is also the loyalty program for a slew of other non-alliance Chinese carriers. Award pricing is complex, with different distance-based award charts for each partner airline. In most cases, it\u2019s not especially rewarding. However, it might come in handy if you needed a short, domestic flight in China.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-aspectratio=\"600\/450\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Qatar-Airways-A350-900-Photo-by-JT-Genter\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46452 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qatar-Airways-A350-900-Photo-by-JT-Genter.jpg\"  width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qatar-Airways-A350-900-Photo-by-JT-Genter.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qatar-Airways-A350-900-Photo-by-JT-Genter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qatar-Airways-A350-900-Photo-by-JT-Genter-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qatar-Airways-A350-900-Photo-by-JT-Genter-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qatar-Airways-A350-900-Photo-by-JT-Genter-276x207.jpg 276w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Qatar-Airways-A350-900-Photo-by-JT-Genter-476x357.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><center><em>Qatar Airways business class on the Airbus A350-900 (Photo by JT Genter)<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n<p>Qatar's Privilege Club is a similar story. Although it's a member of the Oneworld Alliance, partner award pricing generally isn't very competitive\u2014nor is pricing for its own flights, for that matter. The one circumstance when transferring Capital One Miles to Privilege Club could be a good idea was to take advantage of an &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qatarairways.com\/en-us\/Privilege-Club\/easy-deals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easy Deal<\/a>&#8216; promo.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Our_Take\"><b>Our Take<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Capital One has been really busy adjusting the benefits of its <a href=\"\/credit-cards\/best-capital-one-credit-cards\/\">credit card portfolio<\/a>\u00a0recently. Last month we saw the start of a <a href=\"\/credit-cards\/capital-one-rewards\/capital-one-offers\/\">&#8216;Capital One Offers'<\/a> program in beta as well as <a href=\"\/credit-cards\/best-capital-one-credit-cards\/\">two newly added redemption options<\/a> for mileage-earning cards.<\/p>\n<p>The hard pill to swallow in this is how little notice cardmembers received. Even if there weren't a lot of people taking advantage of these partners, the few that were are now left out to dry with <b>one day notice<\/b>. That's simply unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, this shouldn't be too painful of a loss for most Capital One cardholders. However, if you've been meaning to transfer miles to Hainan or Qatar, you ought to do it today!<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you redeemed miles with Hainan or Qatar?<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ftoc\"><div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Page Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Key_Terms\">Key Terms<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#What8217s_the_Damage\">What's the Damage?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Our_Take\">Our Take<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capital One has quietly shared the loss of two mileage transfer partners\u2014Hainan Airways and Qatar Airways\u2014effective May 13, 2020. If you&#8217;ve been meaning to transfer Capital One Miles to either of these partners, you&#8217;d better do it right away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":46453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12069],"tags":[12708,12036,12625],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-46409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-capital-one-rewards","tag-major-updates","tag-partners-and-alliances"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46409"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255385,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46409\/revisions\/255385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46409"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=46409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}