MilesBuzz! - Current highest hotel points to airline miles promos?

What are the current highest / extra miles promos to convert hotel points to airline miles? Friend said BI months ago had 2 for 1 conversion promo.

best i know of is the *wood 20k->25k

Since Delta is now offering a 35% bonus for converting American Express Membership Rewards points to Delta Airlines miles, I suspect that airline might add similar promos for hotel points. The seem to understand that selling miles to points programs is so profitable that they can offer a bonus to get more business.

Since Delta is now offering a 35% bonus for converting American Express Membership Rewards points to Delta Airlines miles, I suspect that airline might add similar promos for hotel points. The seem to understand that selling miles to points programs is so profitable that they can offer a bonus to get more business.

I doubt that we will see too many more specials for other programs with Delta. I think that this one is more based on the hundreds of millions of dollars of frequent flyer miles that Amex purchased to help Delta stay afloat. Now Amex needs to burn some of them up.

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I doubt that we will see too many more specials for other programs with Delta. I think that this one is more based on the hundreds of millions of dollars of frequent flyer miles that Amex purchased to help Delta stay afloat. Now Amex needs to burn some of them up.

Why would Amex want to burn them up? They are an asset.

This is a bit off-topic, but Diners Club offered 30% bonuses for US and UA (expired, I think, but I'm not sure), and it offers a 50% BA bonus each summer. I believe that Amex is offering a 25% bonus for CO, and does from time to time. Several months ago, DL offered a 25% bonus from all of its hotel programs, including Starwood (i.e., 25% + 25%). Starwood recently offered a transfer bonus from Amex (1 for 2 instead of 1 for 3). Has anyone seen transfer bonuses for AA or NW?

milcrat: thank you for response. What I was thinking about is : Starwood has the 25%, but on top of that nonths ago with BA they offered once 100% premium and an other time 50%. So starting with 20,000 Starwood you could have ended up with 50,000 BA miles one promo an other with 37,500 miles.

best i know of is the *wood 20k->25k

Has anyone seen transfer bonuses for AA or NW?Earlier this year, AA offered a 20% bonus for transferring MR points to AA miles.

I used it for a travel package: used 120,000 MR points and turned them in 144,000 AA miles.

Earlier this year, AA offered a 20% bonus for transferring MR points to AA miles.

I used it for a travel package: used 120,000 MR points and turned them in 144,000 AA miles.

I'm confused. The Amex MR website doesn't list AA as a partner, and Randy said (two years ago) that MR to AA direct transfers can't be done. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/miles/2003-09-29-askrandy65_x.htm
What am I missing?

I'm confused. The Amex MR website doesn't list AA as a partner, and Randy said (two years ago) that MR to AA direct transfers can't be done. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/miles/2003-09-29-askrandy65_x.htm
What am I missing?

In this case MR=Marriott Rewards not membership rewards.

Mike

In this case MR=Marriott Rewards not membership rewards.

MikeHmmm.

Well, the title of the thread was "hotel points to airline miles", so I naturally assumed....

Since Delta is now offering a 35% bonus for converting American Express Membership Rewards points to Delta Airlines miles, I suspect that airline might add similar promos for hotel points. The seem to understand that selling miles to points programs is so profitable that they can offer a bonus to get more business.

Does someone have a link to this promo? I haven't heard of it and I'm not seeing it anywhere. Does it apply to all AmEx Membership Rewards members? And when does it expire?

See the Delta Airlines section of the Registrations and Other Bonuses page of my website below for full info.