Asia Miles bonus of 15% if you transfer membership rewards points
Asia Miles, Cathay Pacific's loyalty program, cyclically releases a bonus for those who decide to transfer points earned from [...]
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Asia Miles, Cathay Pacific's loyalty program, cyclically releases a bonus for those who decide to transfer points earned from financial programs to their frequent flyer program. The offer applies to all of the initiative's financial partners, and among those in Europe is American Express Italy.
This offer comes with perfect timing, since finally Hong Kong has reopened its borders after almost 3 years and now it is possible to move to the former British protectorate without any restriction or requirement of isolation.
The ASIA Miles program
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.
These points can safely be used not for flights with Cathay but with the entire Oneworld carrier network such as British Airways, American Airlines, or Qantas.
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 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 by January 31, 2023
- Convert up to 20 thousand Asia Miles points and earn 10% bonus points
- Convert more than 20 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.
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 the cost of the most expensive route on the entire itinerary. 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.
Does this bonus pay off?
Obviously, 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.
- 6,000 Mile Registration Bonus
- Collect miles WITH EACH PURCHASE
- Your miles with no expiration*
- No fees for ATM withdrawals and foreign purchases
- Without having to change banks
- Autonomous card activation
- Multi-function mobile application
- Free travel insurance
- Free credit for up to 7 weeks
- Contactless Payment
- Mastercard® SecureCode
- 20€ discount directly in your statement by spending €60 in one or more transactions with Carta on Italotreno.it
- Free fee the 1st year. From the 2nd €5.50 per month
- You can choose to pay in full or in installments
- Premium level of the Italo Più program
- 4 Vouchers per year for access to Italo Club Lounges
- Preferential Access to Italo's Fast Track at the station
- For every 5 purchases of Italo ticketing and/or onboard services made with Italo American Express Credit Card you will receive 1 voucher for room upgrade
- Welcome bonus of 100,000 Volare points upon reaching 6 thousand in spending in the first 3 months after card issuance
- Accumulate 1.5 qualifying Volare points for every euro spent, accumulate an additional 3 non-qualifying Volare points ( for a total of 4.5 Volare points) for every euro spent on ticketing purchases and other services offered by ITA Airways
- Access to the Premium Club of ITA Airways' Volare program.
- ITA Airways Lounge Access
- Free excess baggage
- Points Back