May Credit Card & Loyalty Program Transfer Bonuses [2023]

It’s a new month once again … and with a new month comes a new round of transfer bonuses to take advantage of.

Today, we’ll dive into all of this month’s newest transfer bonuses for the top transferable rewards programs.

Here’s everything you need to know!

Table of contents

New Transfer Bonuses
Other Active Transfer Bonuses
- Chase Ultimate Rewards
Final Thoughts

Table of Contents

New Transfer Bonuses
Other Active Transfer Bonuses
- Chase Ultimate Rewards
Final Thoughts

New Transfer Bonuses

Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Citi ThankYou Points to Air France-KLM Flying Blue

Air France 787 Business Class — Image Credit: Air France

Through May 22, 2023 (Amex), May 15, 2023 (Chase), and June 17, 2023 (Citi), respectively, you’ll receive a 25% bonus when transferring your Amex Membership Rewards or Chase Ultimate Rewards to the Air France/KLM Flying Blue program.

The Flying Blue program already offers competitive rates for award tickets, but you can really get excellent value here when combining this transfer promotion with the Flying Blue monthly promo awards which offer 25% to 50% off award tickets on select routes.

Amex Membership Rewards to Avianca LifeMiles

Through May 31, 2023, you’ll receive a 15% bonus when transferring your Amex Membership Rewards to Avianca LifeMiles.

This transfer bonus is given through Avianca, so you won’t see the bonus offer when logging into your American Express account.

One of our favorite ways to redeem Avianca LifeMiles is one-way business class awards between the U.S. and Europe for 63,000 miles with low taxes and fees, which would be just 55,000 Amex points before the 15% bonus.

Amex Membership Rewards to Cathay Pacific [Targeted]

Through June 14, 2023, you’ll receive a 20% bonus when transferring your Amex Membership Rewards to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles.

Consider that Cathay Pacific usually charges 85,000 points to fly from JFK to Hong Kong in business class, but if you are targeted for the 20% bonus you’d only need to transfer 71,000 Amex points in order to have the 85,000 points needed to book the award.

Chase Ultimate Rewards to Marriott Bonvoy

Through May 15, 2023, you’ll receive a 50% bonus when transferring your Chase Ultimate Rewards to Marriott Bonvoy.

Keep in mind that you can often get significantly more value out of Chase Ultimate Rewards points than you can Marriott Bonvoy points, even with a 50% bonus. Given that, we would recommend skipping this transfer promotion unless you have a very high-value redemption lined up, or you need to top off your Marriott balance for a specific award booking.

Chase Ultimate Rewards to Virgin Atlantic

Delta One Suites A350 900 cabin closeup — Delta One Suites on the A350. Image Credit: Stephen Au

Through June 15, 2023, you’ll receive a 30% bonus when transferring your Chase Ultimate Rewards to Virgin Atlantic.

Virgin Atlantic is known for its great partner award chart, with redemptions like a one-way business class ticket to Europe in Delta One for 50,000 points, which would cost just 39,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points thanks to this bonus.

Other Active Transfer Bonuses

In case you missed it, here is another active transfer bonus from an issuer that you can take advantage of as you plan any upcoming travel:

Chase Ultimate Rewards

Air Canada Aeroplan: 10% bonus; ends December 31, 2023 (bonus is exclusively for Aeroplan® Credit Card members and must be a minimum of 50,000 points)

Hot Tip: You can always keep track of all the latest airline and hotel transfer bonuses using our transfer partner tool calculator!

Final Thoughts

Earning transferable points is always a great idea since they’re so flexible when it comes time to book your trip. And transfer bonuses make transferable rewards even better because you’ll be able to use fewer points and get even more value out of your next award booking!

Remember that transfer bonuses are typically only around for a limited time, so if you’re interested in any of these offers, make sure you take advantage of them before the expiration date.

16 comments

Jay June 21, 2022

Anyone having problems transferring Chase UR to Iberia? When I click on the “confirm & submit” on the chase transfer, the button greys out and then comes back to green. Nothing got transfer.

Ethan H August 24, 2022

I recently discovered that you have to have your Iberia account open for 90 days before you can transfer any Avios into it. So if your account is new, the transfer will fail – same thing happened to me.

Ashley July 5, 2022

No Amex offers for July?

Jarrod West July 5, 2022

Hi Ashley,

Not at this time, but we will update this post if any become available.

Jennifer August 29, 2022

How can I subscribe to get notified about UR transfer bonus deals?

Jarrod West August 30, 2022

Hi Jennifer,

You can bookmark this page as we update it every month, along with our dedicated transfer partner tool calculator.

Stan November 8, 2022

I have a bunch of British Airways points that I converted on a bonus offer a number of years back – but have had a real challenge in finding any available flights due to their apparent seat black outs. Can I use these points on one of their partner airlines / or any tips on how to actually get flights WITH BA?

Jarrod West November 9, 2022

Hi Stan,

You can use your BA Avios in many different ways. Read through our guide on some of the best ways to redeem Avios to check out some of your options.

Ryan November 29, 2022

I just transferred 100k chase points to Aeroplan. They transferred immediately with the 30% bonus but not the 10% even though I have the Aeroplan card. Any idea if and when the 10% would be added?

Jarrod West December 1, 2022

Hi Ryan,

The 10% bonus can take 72 hours to 1 week to show up in your account.

Tyler February 22, 2023

Hey there, I was wondering if you had some sort of email to send notifications when there are new transfer deals that are happening? That would be a lot more convenient than having to check this page every month. Please let me know thanks.

Jarrod West February 22, 2023

Hi Tyler,

I will get you added to our email list. Thanks for reading!
- Ed February 26, 2023
  
  Hi, could you add me to your transfer email list. Thank you
  
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