Capital One Rewards Transfer
Sep 21, 2021 | 4:22 pm
#1
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Capital One Rewards Transfer
I recently did a promotion with Capital One and now have 150,000+ points. I have no real travel plans coming up and was wondering where I should move the miles to. Years ago it made sense to transfer them to an airline alliance. At the moment, Capital One Rewards are transferring to Avianca LifeMiles at a 1:1 ratio. Does it still make sense to transfer to LifeMiles while they are 1:1? I don't anticipate much use for Avianca, but I do have some trips in mind that could easily be Star Alliance.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Sep 21, 2021 | 9:29 pm
#2
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: New York, NY
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Do you have an urgent need to move these points? Speculative transfers are generally a bad idea as the points are then locked with that program and while AV has some good redemption rates it has poor customer service.
Sep 22, 2021 | 10:11 am
#3
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Indeed. I would not move the points until you have a general idea of when and where you are going to travel. Once they are transferred into a mileage program they are stuck there; you won't be able to move them back to Chase and are stuck with that program's peculiarities.
Sep 22, 2021 | 3:23 pm
#4
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Thanks Yoshi and LondonElite. I thought it was more important to move them to an alliance while the exchange rate is 1:1. Thanks for setting me straight.