Get a bonus of 15% if you transfer Membership Rewards points to Asia Miles
Serial accumulators of points and miles are always looking for the best opportunity to transfer or buy points and [...]
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Serial accumulators of points and miles are always looking for the best opportunity to transfer or buy points and miles. The best time is When there are rich bonuses And today is one of those days.
The ASIA Miles program
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Among the partner companies in Italy of American Express is Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's flag carrier. The Asia Miles loyalty program has recently undergone a makeover and has become significantly easier to understand.
Cathay, which is a member of the OneWorld alliance, has one of the most affordable programs when it comes to flying to Asia, and especially if one plans a ticket to go around the world.
The point conversion rate Membership Rewards in Asia Miles points is 5 to 4, this means that transferring 100 thousand MR points will result in 80 thousand Asia Miles points.
The bonus on point conversion
This bonus is not offered by American Express, as in the case of the MR points transfer to Hilton Honors, but directly from the company. The extra points then will be disbursed directly from the loyalty program and not from Amex. This is not the first time Asia Miles has launched such a promotion, the last time was in early 2021 when the bonus had always been 15%.
This promo has a double significance:
- Allows up to 15% more points than normal
- Renews the validity of points for another 24 months, thus preventing expiring points from disappearing
With this offer you will receive a bonus of 10% or 15%, based on the number of miles transferred in each conversion between September 13 and November 12
- Convert up to 30 thousand Asia Miles points and earn 10% bonus points
- Convert more than 30 thousand Asia Miles points and earn 15% bonus points
It is important to note that unlike some previous offerings, there is no limit to the number of conversions and the number of points that can be converted within the promotion period.
N.B. The bonus is triggered based on the number of Asia Miles earned, not based on points transferred, so to get the 15% bonus you must transfer a minimum of 37,500 Membership Rewards points
To participate in this offer you need to register first, otherwise you will not get the bonus points.
Does this bonus pay off?
Of course the answer is yes, this promotion costs nothing and allows you to accumulate more points than the non-promotion conversion. Recently I built an itinerary around Southeast Asia just using the Asia Miles points And today I am biting my tongue for not waiting for this promo.
If normally transferring 100k points brings 80k Asia Miles points, enough for a round-trip ticket from Italy to Japan, thanks to this bonus you will get 12k more points, so for the same 100 thousand membership rewards points you will have 92 thousand Asia Miles points.
The only small flaw is that the bonus does not come immediately, as opposed to what happened with the bonus of Singapore Airlines that I used for this incredible first class ticket., Asia Miles could take up to 10 weeks to recognize the bonus.
Why Asia miles is one of the best currencies
Since always Cathay Pacific's loyalty program currency is one of the best for Italian reward travelers because the conversion rate is better than, for example, that of Singapore Airlines and the fixed table for award tickets based on distance traveled.
Another advantage of the Asia Miles program is that when booking a mixed-class ticket, Applies a parameterized cost to the various travel classes, other programs, on the other hand, charge on the entire itinerary the cost of the most expensive leg. This means, for example, that if you fly from Milan to Singapore in first class all the way to Hong Kong and in business the last leg, you will pay less than other carriers charge.
If you are then traveling as a couple, Asia Miles has another treat.: companion fares. When flying as a couple, in business or first, you can book two tickets discounted from the point cost for the same route but for only one passenger.
Flying business from Milan to Hong Kong costs 65k Asia Miles points each way, However, if you buy two award tickets, the cost per round trip is 98k points per ticket, instead of 130k. A saving that alone potentially gives points for a third award ticket.
Hong Kong is still closed
However, we come to the bad news. Hong Kong still has strict quarantine measures on arrival and there are no signs of a change of direction by the government of the former British protectorate. So my advice is to aim for a ticket that makes stopovers, now allowed, with classic destinations such as Singapore, Bangkok, Bali if not Australia and New Zealand.
