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Old Oct 3, 2018, 10:12 am
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This is the link to transfer Marriott Bonv°y points to airline miles:

https://www.marriott.com/loyalty/red...s-to-miles.mi

For pre-merger SPG timeframes, see this thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marr...-accounts.html

How long does it take to transfer points into miles?
Typically, this process takes a few days to 2 weeks.

Who should I contact if I have trouble transferring points?
Start by contacting the recipient of the points, then Marriott, if that fails.

When, where, and how should you follow up if a transfer doesn't complete?
Send an email to [email protected] with your full name and Marriott Bonvoy number

For post-merger Marriott timeframes, please post in the wiki below:

TO AIRLINES
Aegean Airline (A3) Initiated: Friday 3 Nov 2018 Received: Tuesday 6 Nov 2018
Aegean Airline (A3) Initiated: Sunday 25 Nov 2018 Received: Tuesday 4 Dec 2018
Aegean Airline (A3) Initiated: Monday January 7 2019 Received: Wednesday January 16 2019
Aegean Airline (A3) Initiated:Friday December 20th 2019 Received: Monday December 23rd
Aegean Airline (A3) Initiated: Friday 25 Nov 2022 Received: Tuesday 29 Nov 2022
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Sat 15 Sep 2018 Received: Mon 17 Sep 2018
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Tuesday 06 Nov 2018 Received: Tuesday 13 Nov 2018
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Friday 15 Mar 2019 Received: Saturday 16 Mar 2019
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Thursday 12 September 2019 Received: Saturday 14 September 2019
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Monday 6 December 2021
Received: Wednesday 8 December 2021
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Sunday 16 January 2022
Received: Wednesday 19 January 2022
Air Canada (AC) Initiated: Sunday 17 January 2022
Received: Wednesday 19 January 2022
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Monday 15 Oct 2018 Received: Thursday 25 Oct 2018
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Sunday Oct 2018 Received: Wednesday 7 Nov 2018
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Sunday 28 Oct 2018 Received: Wednesday 31 Oct 2018
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Sunday 8 Nov 2018 Received: Wednesday 14 Nov 2018
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Saturday 17 Nov 2018 Received: Wednesday 21 Nov 2018
Alaska Airlines (AS)
Initiated: on Monday 19 Nov 2018 Received: Wednesday 28 Nov 2018
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: on Tuesday 20 Nov 2018 Received: Wednesday 28 Nov 2018
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: on Sunday 25 Nov 2018 Received: Wednesday 5 Dec 2018
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: on Friday 30 Nov 2018 Received: Wednesday 5 Dec 2018
Alaska Airlines (AS)
Initiated: on Wednesday 2 Jan 2019 Received: Friday 4 Jan 2019
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Tuesday 15 January 2019; Received: Wednesday 23 January 2019
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Wednesday 27 Feb 2019 Received: Saturday 2 March 2019
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Sunday 3 Mar 2019 Received: Wednesday 6 March 2019
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Monday 18 Mar 2019 Received: Tuesday 19 March 2019
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Wednesday 24 April 2019 Received: Friday 26 April 2019
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Saturday 21 Sept 2019 Received: Tuesday 24 Sept 2019
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Thursday 2 Jan 2020 AM Eastern Received: Friday 3 Jan 2020 late evening
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated: Wednesday 15 Jan 2020 AM Pacific Received: Thursday 16 Jan 2020 late evening
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated Tuesday 13 Apr 2021 PM Pacific Received Thursday 15 Apr 2021 7pm PDT
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated Monday 21 Jun 2021 PM Pacific Received Wednesday 23 Jun 2021 5:00 am Pacific
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated Sunday 16 Jan 2022 PM Pacific Received Wednesday 19 Jan 2022 6:00 am Pacific
Alaska Airlines (AS) Initiated Monday 18 Dec 2023 5:00 AM Pacific Received Tuesday 19 Dec 2023 4:00 pm Pacific

All Nippon Airways (NH) Initiated: Thursday 6 Dec 2018 Received: Wednesday 26 Dec 2018
All Nippon Airways (NH) Initiated: Friday 18 Jan 2019 Received: Monday 21 Jan 2019
All Nippon Airways (NH) Initiated: Wednesday 13 Feb 2019 Received: Friday 15 Feb 2019
All Nippon Airways (NH) Initiated: Wednesday 24 Jul 2019 Received: Friday 26 Jul 2019
All Nippon Airways (NH) Initiated: Thursday 03 Oct 2019 Received: Monday 07 Oct 2019
All Nippon Airways (NH)
Initiated: Thursday 05 Mar 2020 Received: Monday 09 March 2020
All Nippon Airways (NH)
Initiated: Thursday 22 Dec 2022 Received: Sunday 25 Dec 2022
All Nippon Airways (NH)
Initiated: Saturday 16 Mar 2024 Received: Sunday 24 Mar 2024
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Friday 9 Nov 2018 Received: Saturday 10 Nov 2018
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Sunday 11 Nov 2018 Received: Thursday 22 Nov 2018
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Friday 16 Nov 2018 Received: Thursday 22 Nov 2018
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Sunday 18 Nov 2018 Received: Tuesday 27 Nov 2018
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Sunday 25 Nov 2018 Received: Tuesday 27 Nov 2018
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Sunday 25 Nov 2018 Received: Tuesday 4 Dec 2018
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Sunday 25 Nov 2018 Received: Tuesday 4 Dec 2018
American Airlines (AA)
Initiated: Monday 7 Jan 2019 Received: Wednesday 9 Jan 2019
American Airlines (AA)
Initiated: Friday 18 Jan 2019 Received: Sunday 20 Jan 2019
American Airlines (AA)
Initiated: Saturday 16 Feb 2019 Received: Monday 18 Feb 2019
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Tuesday 09 July 2019 Received: Thursday 11 July 2019
American Airlines (AA)
Initiated: Wednesday 24 July 2019 Received: Friday 26 July 2019
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Wednesday 21 Oct 2019 Received: Friday 23 Oct 2019
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Monday 14 Oct 2019 Received: Thursday 31 October 2019
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Sunday 27 Nov 2019 Received: Tuesday 5 Nov 2019
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Wednesday 4 Dec 2019 Received: Friday 6 Dec 2019
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Tuesday 28 Jan 2020 Received: Thursday 30 Jan 2020
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Monday 6 July 2020 Received: Wednesday 8 July 2020 (points and bonus posted)
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Thursday 20 Jan 2022 Received: Saturday 22 Jan 2022
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Monday 21 March 2022 (late night) Received: Thursday 24 March 2022 (morning)
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Sunday 16 Oct 2022 (midnight) Received: Wednesday 19 Oct 2022 (midnight)

American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Friday 28 Oct 2022 (11 pm PT) and another Initiated: Saturday 29 Oct 2022 (11 pm PT) BOTH Received: Tuesday 01 Nov 2022 (11 pm PT)
American Airlines (AA) Initiated: Thursday 10 November 2022 Received: Saturday 12 Nov 2022

Asiana (OZ) Initiated: Saturday 13 Oct 2018 Received: Tuesday 16 Oct 2018
Asiana (OZ) Initiated: Wednesday 10 Oct 2018 Received: Wednesday 17 Oct 2018
Asiana (OZ) Initiated: Thursday 01 Dec 2022 Received: Saturday 03 Dec 2022
Avianca (AV) Initiated: Sunday 21 July 2019
Received: Monday 23 July 2019
Avianca (AV) Initiated: Friday 13 September 2019 Received: Saturday 14 September 2019
British Airways (BA) Initiated: Saturday 27 Oct 2018 Received: Monday 29 Oct 2018
British Airways (BA) Initiated: Monday 29 Oct 2018 Received: Wednesday 31 Oct 2018

British Airways (BA) Initiated: Monday 10 Dec 2018 Received: Wednesday 12 Dec 2018
British Airways (BA) Initiated: Monday 18 November 2019 Received: Wednesday 20 Nov. 2019
British Airways (BA) Initiated: Thursday 2 January 2020 Received: Friday 3 January 2020 evening
Cathay Pacific (CX) Initiated: Saturday 15 September 2018 Received: Wednesday 19 September 2018
Cathay Pacific (CX) Initiated: Thursday 23 January 2020 Received: Friday 24 January 2020
Cathay Pacific (CX)
Initiated: Friday 09 August 2021 Received: Saturday 10 August 2021
Cathay Pacific (CX)
Initiated: Saturday 07 Jan 2023 Received: Sunday 08 Jan 2023
Cathay Pacific (CX)
Initiated: Saturday 11 Feb 2023 Received: Sunday 12 Feb 2023
Delta Airlines (DL) Initiated: Sunday 25 Nov 2018 Received: Tuesday 27 Nov 2018
Delta Airlines (DL) Initiated: Monday 10 Dec 2018 Received: Wednesday 12 Dec 2018
Delta Airlines (DL) Initiated: Sun 07 July 2019 Received: Tuesday 09 July 2019
Delta Airlines (DL) Initiated: Thu 03 October 2019 Received: Fri 04 October 2019
Delta Airlines (DL) Initiated: Sunday 03 Nov 2019 Received: Tuesday 05 Nov 2019
Delta Airlines (DL) Initiated: Monday 20 Mar 2023 Received: Wednesday 22 Mar 2023

Emirates (EK) Initiated: Tuesday 19 March 2019 Received: Wednesday 20 March 2019
Emirates (EK)
Initiated: Wednesday 20 March 2019 Received: Thursday 21 March 2019
Emirates (EK) Initiated: Wednesday 10 April 2019 Received: Thursday 11 March 2019
Emirates (EK) Initiated: Wednesday 29 September 2021 Received: Thursday 30 September 2021 (~11:30AM ET)
Emirates (EK) Initiated: Thursday 30 September 2021 Received: Friday 01 October 2021 (~11:30AM ET)
Emirates (EK)
Initiated: Monday 8 August 2022 Received: Tuesday 9 August 2022
Emirates (EK)
Initiated: Thursday 15 December 2022 Received: Friday 16 December 2022
Etihad Airways (EY)
Initiated: Sunday 02 Dec 2018 Received: Tuesday 22 Jan 2019
Etihad Airways (EY) Initiated: Monday 25 Oct 2021 Received: Thursday 28 Oct 2021
Etihad Airways (EY)
Initiated: Monday 24 Oct 2022 Received: Tuesday 25 Oct 2022
Hainan Airline (HU) Initiated: Tuesday Jan 15 2019 Received: Monday Jan 28 2019
Hainan Airline (HU) Initiated: Sunday Nov 17 2019 Received: Friday Nov 22 2019
Hawaiian Airlines (HA) Initiated: Sunday 10 Mar 2019 Received: Tuesday 12 Mar 2019
Japan Airlines (JAL) Initiated: Wednesday 17 Oct 2018 Received: Wednesday 24 Oct 2018
Japan Airlines (JAL) Initiated: Thursday 18 Oct 2018 Received: Wednesday 24 Oct 2018
Japan Airlines (JAL) Initiated: Saturday 20 Oct 2018 Received: Wednesday 24 Oct 2018
Japan Airlines (JAL) Initiated: Friday 07 December 2018 Received: Wednesday 12 Dec 2018
Japan Airlines (JAL) Initiated: Tuesday 8 January 2019 Received: Friday 11 January 2019
Japan Airlines (JAL) Initiated: Saturday 16 September 2023 Received: Wednesday 20 September 2023
Korean Air (KE) Initiated: Monday 20 January 2019 Received: Wednesday 22 January 2019
Korean Air (KE) Initiated: Tuesday 20 February 2019 Received: Thursday 22 February 2019
Korean Air (KE) Initiated: Monday 25 February 2019 Received: Tuesday 26 February 2019
Korean Air (KE) Initiated Friday 26 April 2019 Received Sunday 28 April 2019
Korean Air (KE) Initiated: Wednesday 24 Jul 2019 Received: Thursday 01 Aug 2019
Korean Air (KE)
Initiated: Monday 3 Feb 2020 Received: Wednesday 12 Feb 2020
Korean Air (KE)
Initiated: Friday 14 Feb 2020 Received: Tuesday 25 Feb 2020
Korean Air (KE)
Initiated: Sunday 14 Jan 2024 Received: Wednesday 17 Jan 2024
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Friday 2 Nov 2018 Received: Monday 5 Nov 2018
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Saturday 24 Nov 2018 Received: Tuesday 4 Dec 2018
Lufthansa (LH) Initiated: Tuesday 25 December 2018 Received: Monday 31 December 2018
QANTAS (QF) Initiated: Friday 19 April 2019 Received: Saturday 20 April 2019
Qatar (QR) Initiated: Monday 15 Oct 2018 Received: Monday 17 Dec 2018
Qatar (QR) Initiated: Saturday 15 Dec 2018 Received: Monday 17 Dec 2018
Qatar (QR) Initiated: Saturday 20 Nov 2020 Received: Monday 14 Dec 2020
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Thursday 03 May 2018 Received: Monday 07 May 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Friday 04 May 2018 Received: Monday 07 May 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Saturday 02 June 2018 Received: Monday 04 June 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Sunday 03 June 2018 Received: Monday 11 June 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Monday 24 Sept 2018 Received: Monday 01 Oct 2018 (5K bonus received on 10 Oct 2018)
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Friday 02 Nov 2018 Received: Wednesday 07 Nov 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Monday 17 Dec 2018 Received: Monday 24 Dec 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Friday 21 Dec 2018 Received: Monday 24 Dec 2018
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Tuesday 01 Jan 2019 Received: Monday 07 Jan 2019
Singapore (SQ)
Initiated: Saturday 09 Mar 2019 Received: Wednesday 13 Mar 2019
Singapore (SQ)
Initiated: Saturday 12 Oct 2019 Received: Tuesday 15 Oct 2019
Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Tuesday 15 Oct 2019 Received: Thursday 17 Oct 2019

Singapore (SQ) Initiated: Tuesday 15 February 2022 Received: Wednesday 16 February 2022
Southwest (WN) Initiated: Wednesday 24 Oct 2018 Received: Friday 26 Oct 2018
Southwest (WN) Initiated: Monday 17 Dec 2018 Received: Wednesday Dec 19 2018
Southwest (WN) Initiated: Thursday 28 Feb 2019 Received: Friday Mar 1 2019 (1 day)
TAP (TP) Initiated: Tuesday 21 March 2023 Received: Unsure of exact date, roughly 1 year later - transfer was reported by TAP as failed in June 2023
Turkish Airlines (TK), Initiated: Wednesday 12 Dec 2018 Received: Sunday 30 December 2018
Turkish Airlines (TK), I
nitiated: Friday 08 Feb 2019 Received: Sunday 10 Feb 2019
Turkish Airlines (TK), I
nitiated: Saturday 04 May 2019 Received: Friday 17 May 2019
Turkish Airlines (TK), I
nitiated: Wednesday 28 April 2021 Received: Monday 3 May 2021
Turkish Airlines (TK), I
nitiated: Sunday 18 July 2021 Received: Wednesday 21 July 2021

Turkish Airlines (TK), Initiated: Monday 1 August 2022 Received: Thursday 4 August 2022
Turkish Airlines (TK), Initiated: Tuesday 10 October 2023 Received: Thursday 12 October 2023
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Thursday 11 Oct 2018 Received: Friday 12 Oct 2018
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Saturday 13 Oct 2018 Received: Sunday 14 Oct 2018
United Airlines (UA)Initiated: Tuesday 16 Oct 2018 Received: Thursday 18 Oct 2018
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Monday 22 Oct 2018 Received: Wednesday 24 Oct 2018
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Wednesday 24 Oct 2018 Received: Friday 16 Nov 2018
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Sunday Nov 4 2018 Received: Tuesday Nov 6 2018
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Friday Nov 9 2018 Received: Saturday Nov 10 2018 (points and bonus posted)
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Friday Nov 16 2018 Received: Wednesday Nov 20 2018
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Monday 26 Nov 2018 Received: Thursday 29 Nov 2018
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Monday 10 Dec 2018 Received: Wednesday 12 Dec 2018
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Wednesday 13 Mar 2019 Received: Saturday 16 Mar 2019
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Thursday 25 Apr 2019 Received: Saturday 27 Apr 2019
United Airlines (UA)
Initiated: Tuesday 25 Jun 2019 Received: Tuesday 2 Jul 2019
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Thursday 22 Aug 2019 Received: Saturday 24 Aug 2019
United Airlines (UA)
Initiated: Tuesday 17 September 2019 Received: Monday 23 September 2019
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Tuesday 8 October 2019 Received: Saturday 19 October 2019
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Tuesday 15 October 2019 Received: Wednesday 23 October 2019
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Wednesday 16 October 2019 Received: Wednesday 23 October 2019
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Friday 25 October 2019 Received: Thursday 31 October 2019
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Sunday 3 November 2019 Received: Sunday 10 November 2019
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Monday 4 November 2019 Received: Monday 11 November 2019
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Thursday 19 August 2021 Received: Thursday 26 August 2021
United Airlines (UA) Initiated:
Sunday 13 Feb 2022 Received: Saturday 19 Feb 2022
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Sunday
3 April 2022 Received: Sunday 10 April 2022
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Wednesday
6 April 2022 Received: Wednesday 13 April 2022
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Sunday 24 April 2022 Received: Sunday 1 May 2022
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Wednesday 22
June 2022 and Thursday 23 June 2022 Received: Wednesday 29 June 2022
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Thursday 1
September 2022 Received: Thursday 8 September 2022
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Monday 10 October 2022 and Tuesday 11 October 2022 Received: Monday 17 October 2022
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Monday 6 February
2023 Received: Saturday 11 February 2023
United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Sunday 24 September
2023 Received: Sunday 24 September 2023

United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Sunday 21 January 2024 Received: Sunday 21 January 2024
Virgin Atlantic (VS) Initiated: Thursday 18 Oct 2018 Received: Friday 26 Oct 2018
Virgin Atlantic (VS) Initiated: Sunday 30 Dec 2018 Received: Wednesday 2 January 2019
Virgin Atlantic (VS) Initiated: Wednesday 2 Jan 2019 Received: Friday 4 January 2019
Virgin Atlantic (VS) initiated: Friday 11 January 2019 Received: Friday 11 January 2019
Virgin Atlantic (VS) Initiated: Thursday 21 February 2019 Received: Friday 22 February 2019
Virgin Atlantic (VS) Initiated: Friday 22 February 2019 Received: Saturday 23 February 2019
Virgin Atlantic (VS) Initiated: Tuesday, February 26 Received: Thursday, February 28
Virgin Atlantic (VS)
Initiated: Friday, 28 February 2020 Received: Monday, 02 March 2020
Virgin Atlantic (VS) Initiated: Thursday 20 August 2020 Received: Friday August 21 2020 (points and bonus posted)
Virgin Atlantic (VS) Initiated: Thursday Feb 18 2021 Received: Saturday Feb 20 2021 (points and bonus posted)
Virgin Australia (VA) Initiated: Monday May 3, 2021 Received: Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Virgin Australia (VA) Initiated: Sunday Apr 30, 2023 Received: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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Transferring Bonvoy Points to Airline Program Miles [Discussion & Transfer Times]

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Old Jun 18, 2019, 4:19 pm
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Connection with Lufthansa suspended

I have always been collecting Lufthansa Miles & More airline miles instead of points. However, I have just found out that my profile doesn't display Lufthansa partner anymore and I was told that "Marriott Bonvoy have had to suspend Lufthansa Miles & More as a Marriott Bonvoy points to miles transfer partner at the request of Lufthansa Miles & More in connection with German regulations". Does anyone have any more information on the meatter? Are there any plans to reunite with Lufthansa soon?
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Old Jun 18, 2019, 10:49 pm
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They will refund you after six weeks of points don’t show I believe

QUOTE=pb7;31132067]My updated post got deleted but TL;DR after almost 3 weeks, neither Marriott nor Virgin Atlantic know where the points are. Both are in communication and neither knows the status or if/when they will be available. I requested to have the points refunded and they can't do that either. Horrible company, this marks the end of my stays at Marriott.[/QUOTE]
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Old Jun 20, 2019, 10:23 am
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My transfer of Bonvoy points to Turkish Miles and Smiles was completed in two days. I initiated the transfer on June 18, received an email from Marriott Bonvoy on June 19 and the miles landed in my Turkish account on June 20.
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Old Jun 21, 2019, 6:37 pm
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Marriot Bonvoy to AA miles

Sorry if this isn’t the right place for my question-
im wanting to transfer Marriott bonvoy points to AA miles. On the Marriott page it says for every 60,000 points moved you get 5,000 bonus miles. If I move 180,000 points, that should yield a total of 75,000 AA miles. 60,000 points- 20,000 miles + 5,000 bonus miles, three times. Do I need to do three separate transactions for this to work? Will all 15,000 bonus miles happen if I do it once?
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Old Jun 21, 2019, 10:27 pm
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I could tell you how it exactly worked prior but good luck with Bonvoy.
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Old Jun 22, 2019, 7:56 am
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Hi, and welcome to FlyerTalk.

This is actually a Marriott Bonvoy question rather than American Airlines question, so we will move this to the forum you’re more apt to get some help in.

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Old Jun 22, 2019, 9:11 am
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Originally Posted by Disprincess
Sorry if this isn’t the right place for my question-
im wanting to transfer Marriott bonvoy points to AA miles. On the Marriott page it says for every 60,000 points moved you get 5,000 bonus miles. If I move 180,000 points, that should yield a total of 75,000 AA miles. 60,000 points- 20,000 miles + 5,000 bonus miles, three times. Do I need to do three separate transactions for this to work? Will all 15,000 bonus miles happen if I do it once?
You do not need to make separate transactions. I just transferred 120K points and the additional 30K points was added automatically. On the Marriott side you'll the extra points added to your account and then 2 withdrawals, one for the main transfer and one for the bonus points.
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Old Jul 1, 2019, 4:16 pm
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Originally Posted by andywaw
I have always been collecting Lufthansa Miles & More airline miles instead of points. However, I have just found out that my profile doesn't display Lufthansa partner anymore and I was told that "Marriott Bonvoy have had to suspend Lufthansa Miles & More as a Marriott Bonvoy points to miles transfer partner at the request of Lufthansa Miles & More in connection with German regulations". Does anyone have any more information on the meatter? Are there any plans to reunite with Lufthansa soon?
So long story short, some guy sued Lufthansa under a new German law called the "Payment Services Supervision Act". His claim is that miles had value and therefore were a form of currency and thus he wanted to cash out (suing to have Lufthansa pay him for his miles).

With the litigation, Lufthansa halted ALL transfers.
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Old Jul 1, 2019, 5:23 pm
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Originally Posted by franklin_jackson
So long story short, some guy sued Lufthansa under a new German law called the "Payment Services Supervision Act". His claim is that miles had value and therefore were a form of currency and thus he wanted to cash out (suing to have Lufthansa pay him for his miles).

With the litigation, Lufthansa halted ALL transfers.
Well, if true, then ANYONE holding LH miles could be affected, not those just transferring points to miles.
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Old Jul 1, 2019, 8:29 pm
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Originally Posted by JIMCHI
Well, if true, then ANYONE holding LH miles could be affected, not those just transferring points to miles.
It's more complex than explained in the quoted post. Suffice it to say that LH is cutting off transfers because those create a higher risk (in LH's view) of being deemed a currency under the German act than simply awarding miles based on flight activity (which LH continues to do).

This is pretty old news btw, not sure why it's being retread now.
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Old Jul 1, 2019, 8:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Kacee
It's more complex than explained in the quoted post. Suffice it to say that LH is cutting off transfers because those create a higher risk (in LH's view) of being deemed a currency under the German act than simply awarding miles based on flight activity (which LH continues to do).

This is pretty old news btw, not sure why it's being retread now.
I didn't realize I had "reatreaded" this now.As best I can see, the original information started less than a month ago. Has anyone else in prior posts suggested that miles they had transferred before might be at risk.? If you have documented evidence that miles posted as transfers are more at risk, I'd like to see that information. Perhaps I missed some important post.
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Old Jul 2, 2019, 7:10 am
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Originally Posted by JIMCHI
Has anyone else in prior posts suggested that miles they had transferred before might be at risk.
You're the only one who has suggested that.

If you're concerned, perhaps you should redeem your LH miles immediately.
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Old Jul 2, 2019, 10:22 am
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United Airlines (UA) Initiated: Tuesday 25 Jun 2019 Received: Tuesday 2 Jul 2019

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Old Jul 9, 2019, 7:09 pm
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Delta Airlines (DL) Initiated: Sun 07 July 2019 Received: Tuesday 09 July 2019

(Haven't posted enough to be able to update wiki.)
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Old Jul 9, 2019, 8:26 pm
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Originally Posted by Petdog
Delta Airlines (DL) Initiated: Sun 07 July 2019 Received: Tuesday 09 July 2019

(Haven't posted enough to be able to update wiki.)
Wiki updated. Thanks!
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