Amex MR points transfer bonuses (Canada)
Jan 23, 2013, 9:25 pm
#1
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Amex MR points transfer bonuses (Canada)
Are there ever bonuses on transferring MR points?
I see that in the past there have been some 30% - 50% bonuses when transferring to Avios. It appears that there are sometimes smaller bonuses when transferring to AP. Is it likely that there will be a transfer bonus to one of these programs in the next say 6 months?
Are there any other programs that ever have transfer bonuses?
It seems that US members have much greater options when it comes to their MR points.
thanks
I see that in the past there have been some 30% - 50% bonuses when transferring to Avios. It appears that there are sometimes smaller bonuses when transferring to AP. Is it likely that there will be a transfer bonus to one of these programs in the next say 6 months?
Are there any other programs that ever have transfer bonuses?
It seems that US members have much greater options when it comes to their MR points.
thanks
Jan 23, 2013, 9:41 pm
#2
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Yes - there were bonuses, and hopefully WILL be sometime in 2013. Nobody knows
I took advantage of the 50% Avios and 20-25% Aeroplan
Aeroplan transfer bonus history
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...r-bonuses.html
Yes, US is better on almost everything vs. Canada
I took advantage of the 50% Avios and 20-25% Aeroplan
Aeroplan transfer bonus history
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...r-bonuses.html
Yes, US is better on almost everything vs. Canada
Jan 28, 2013, 7:00 pm
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IIRC, AP had a transfer bonus at year-end 2010 and 2011 for a number of partners that included MR. It's not a wonderful bonus, for example, in 2011 it topped out at 25K bonus for transferring 100K.
In 2012 they had the same year-end promotion but it did not include MR.
I think there might have been another transfer bonus in 2012 that included only Canadian Amex MR points; i.e. from a card issued in Canada.
Based on history, I would not expect a transfer bonus for USA MR points at least until November - if at all.
In 2012 they had the same year-end promotion but it did not include MR.
I think there might have been another transfer bonus in 2012 that included only Canadian Amex MR points; i.e. from a card issued in Canada.
Based on history, I would not expect a transfer bonus for USA MR points at least until November - if at all.
Jan 28, 2013, 11:04 pm
#8
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Pretty sure that Amex will have a transfer bonus in May-June, the question is whether the Amex exclusion is going to become a staple of the T&Cs.
My guess is AP does not like Amex transferors because there are a lot of Amex account holders with a serious lot of MRs and a lot are travel savvy and know how best to exploit the AP system. Just a skeptic's guess.
My guess is AP does not like Amex transferors because there are a lot of Amex account holders with a serious lot of MRs and a lot are travel savvy and know how best to exploit the AP system. Just a skeptic's guess.
Jan 28, 2013, 11:25 pm
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Be carefull with transfers to AP. Last year I wanted to transfer 200k from MR and phoned to see if total would earn the reward. They said yes but to be sure make two 100 k transfers. Total bonus was 25 k instead of 50k. When I enquired I was told that regardless of amount transferred bonus maxes out at 25 k. Lesson learned
Jan 28, 2013, 11:34 pm
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Be carefull with transfers to AP. Last year I wanted to transfer 200k from MR and phoned to see if total would earn the reward. They said yes but to be sure make two 100 k transfers. Total bonus was 25 k instead of 50k. When I enquired I was told that regardless of amount transferred bonus maxes out at 25 k. Lesson learned
Feb 20, 2013, 3:07 pm
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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If it was an AMEX Transfer promo, it will show up on the AMEX MR page. But if it was a promo of the destination program (i.e. AEROPLAN Convert Promo), it will show up on the destination program web site.
Feb 20, 2013, 4:30 pm
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it's always mentioned here in this forum and i subscribe to a couple RSS feeds of travel/points bloggers. one in particular is frequentflyerbonuses.com
Feb 20, 2013, 5:23 pm
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Great! Thanks Ben and alc. I'll make sure to subscribe to the RSS