Is the transfer important enough to you to basically lose an international first award ticket? ... or two?
I’m not 100% certain but the answer may well be yes. I have many more airline miles than I could use for several years, even with an international first class award or 2 each year.
This may see obvious, but have you gotten all of the AA cards? Both personals and then churning of the business? Also, signing up for a couple of Hilton cards then transferring can get you another 60k or so.
I think so. Currently have all 3 personals and 1 business, applying for another business tomorrow. SPG in 2009 and again this year with points transferred to AA each time. 3 or 4 different Hilton cards in the past 2 years. Tomorrow’s “apply-o-rama” will include second (different) AA business, SPG business (have already exchanged referrals) and maybe a Priority Club card (no minimum, quick point transfer). I’m also thinking about transferring Hilton points but that transfer ratio is pretty lame and my Hilton balance isn’t as lofty as the airline programs.
(from multiple authors) The Amtrak to Choice transfer has restrictions and a fairly small cap: …
You either need Amtrak status, or the credit card and Amtrak spend
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At 25,000 points per year it would take decades to transfer 500,000.
I suspected that might be the situation, I did not see the fine print previously. Even at 50,000 per year the time involved is too much.
Redemption of Amtrak Guest Rewards points for Choice Privileges points is only available to the following members with the associated annual point transfer caps, inclusive of all transfers, as outlined in the program Terms and Conditions:
Members with current Amtrak Guest Rewards Select or Select Plus status, with an annual point transfer limit of 50,000
Cardholders of the Amtrak Guest Rewards® MasterCard® issued by Chase Bank with an Amtrak travel spend on the card of over $200 per calendar year, with an annual point transfer limit of 25,000 per year
I suspected there were some flaws with the plan. Thanks very much everyone.