Meghan Coyle
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Most airlines and hotels have a way to do this. Usually you just call them or sometimes there's a way to do it online. But make sure you do this if you are afraid that this booking might go away and if you don't see your points in your account within an hour or two.
Most airlines and hotels have a way to do this. Usually you just call them or sometimes there's a way to do it online. But make sure you do this if you are afraid that this booking might go away and if you don't see your points in your account within an hour or two.
Most airlines and hotels have a way to do this. Usually you just call them or sometimes there's a way to do it online. But make sure you do this if you are afraid that this booking might go away and if you don't see your points in your account within an hour or two.
All right. I want to talk about which transfer partners are good because when I'm looking to book travel, I don't check every airline or every hotel on the list.
All right. I want to talk about which transfer partners are good because when I'm looking to book travel, I don't check every airline or every hotel on the list.
All right. I want to talk about which transfer partners are good because when I'm looking to book travel, I don't check every airline or every hotel on the list.
And at NerdWallet, we have done so much work to figure out what these valuations of these points are. Like we literally manually look up every single cash price and every single redemption rate for a set of flights and hotel stays. And we look at them every year. There's hundreds of data points and we'll link to the full results in the show notes.
And at NerdWallet, we have done so much work to figure out what these valuations of these points are. Like we literally manually look up every single cash price and every single redemption rate for a set of flights and hotel stays. And we look at them every year. There's hundreds of data points and we'll link to the full results in the show notes.
And at NerdWallet, we have done so much work to figure out what these valuations of these points are. Like we literally manually look up every single cash price and every single redemption rate for a set of flights and hotel stays. And we look at them every year. There's hundreds of data points and we'll link to the full results in the show notes.
We actually just updated our international airline valuations as well. So those are really helpful. So let's say some of the best transfer partners.
We actually just updated our international airline valuations as well. So those are really helpful. So let's say some of the best transfer partners.
We actually just updated our international airline valuations as well. So those are really helpful. So let's say some of the best transfer partners.
For Amex, I'm hot on transferring to Hawaiian Airlines right now. Aloha. It sounds random, but Hawaiian Airlines transfers one-to-one. This is kind of a special case. If you have Hawaiian Airlines miles, you can transfer them to Alaska Airlines. Alaska acquired Hawaiian last year, and Alaska has some great low-cost redemptions, especially for international award flights on One World Partners.
For Amex, I'm hot on transferring to Hawaiian Airlines right now. Aloha. It sounds random, but Hawaiian Airlines transfers one-to-one. This is kind of a special case. If you have Hawaiian Airlines miles, you can transfer them to Alaska Airlines. Alaska acquired Hawaiian last year, and Alaska has some great low-cost redemptions, especially for international award flights on One World Partners.
For Amex, I'm hot on transferring to Hawaiian Airlines right now. Aloha. It sounds random, but Hawaiian Airlines transfers one-to-one. This is kind of a special case. If you have Hawaiian Airlines miles, you can transfer them to Alaska Airlines. Alaska acquired Hawaiian last year, and Alaska has some great low-cost redemptions, especially for international award flights on One World Partners.
They're super flexible points. And if I were going to pick an airline to book other airline alliances like the Sky Team Alliance, which has Delta Airlines, I would actually choose Flying Blue, which is the frequent flyer program for Air France and KLM.
They're super flexible points. And if I were going to pick an airline to book other airline alliances like the Sky Team Alliance, which has Delta Airlines, I would actually choose Flying Blue, which is the frequent flyer program for Air France and KLM.
They're super flexible points. And if I were going to pick an airline to book other airline alliances like the Sky Team Alliance, which has Delta Airlines, I would actually choose Flying Blue, which is the frequent flyer program for Air France and KLM.
That program also had some devaluations earlier this year, but I booked my flights to Geneva, Switzerland to go skiing in the Alps in February this year. And it was just 22,000 points from LA to Geneva. Very nice. Was that part of a Flying Blue promo? Yes, sort of.
That program also had some devaluations earlier this year, but I booked my flights to Geneva, Switzerland to go skiing in the Alps in February this year. And it was just 22,000 points from LA to Geneva. Very nice. Was that part of a Flying Blue promo? Yes, sort of.