The avianca lifemiles program is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs, thanks to the solid redemption rates on Star Alliance partners, plus all the ways there are to earn miles with the program. Not only does lifemiles often have promotions on purchased miles, but the program also partners with major transferable points currencies.
We’ve seen a new transfer bonus introduced for lifemiles, and it has the potential to be a good deal. Let me emphasize that we recently saw lifemiles devalue its mileage currency, so I’d only recommend taking advantage of this if you’ve done your research, have a short term redemption in mind, and are sure you can get outsized value.
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Capital One to lifemiles 15% transfer bonus details
Between August 1 and August 31, 2025, it’s possible to get a 15% bonus when you transfer miles from Capital One to the avianca lifemiles program. This promotion is being offered on Capital One’s end, so you should see the bonus at the time that you make the transfer.
The transfer ratio is usually 1:1, so through this promotion you can transfer miles at a 1,000:1,150 ratio. The 15% bonus should post at the same time as the standard number of miles. There’s no registration required, and no limit to how many bonus miles you can earn. Transfers from Capital One to lifemiles are generally instant.
We see bonuses from various transferable points currencies to lifemiles every so often, in the range of 15-25%. So if you’re in the market for earning some lifemiles, this is a good opportunity.
Is earning lifemiles worth it?
Latin American mega carrier avianca is in the Star Alliance, which means you can redeem lifemiles on all Star Alliance airlines (which is what makes the program valuable). Premium cabin redemptions are often quite attractively priced, offering among the better values of any program, given the cheap acquisition cost with lifemiles.
However, let me emphasize that we’ve seen some devaluations to the lifemiles program. So I’m covering this transfer bonus like I cover all credit card transfer bonuses, though I always recommend doing your own research, prior to making any transfers.
Personally, I wouldn’t speculatively transfer points, but with a specific use in mind, this could be a great value, whether you’re looking at traveling in first class on All Nippon Airways or Lufthansa, or are looking at traveling in business class on a countless number of airlines.
The lifemiles program doesn’t always have access to the same award availability as Star Alliance partners, for better or worse. In some cases the program doesn’t have access to partner awards that other airlines do have access to, and in other cases the inverse is true.
That’s why I always recommend doing some “dummy” award searches before acquiring miles in a program, so you can get a sense of how award availability lines up with your needs.
Bottom line
Between August 1 and August 31, 2025, you can receive a 15% bonus when you transfer miles from Capital One to avianca lifemiles. This bonus is being offered on lifemiles’ end, so you’ll only see the bonus after moving over the miles.
This has the potential to be a good deal for Star Alliance redemptions, given all of the airline partners that lifemiles has. Personally, I use lifemiles all the time for premium cabin Star Alliance redemptions, and find the program often provides great value. Just remember that lifemiles also sells miles directly, often at a reasonable cost, so I know some people prefer to save their points for other uses, and just buy miles directly.
Do you plan on converting Capital One miles into lifemiles with this bonus?
LM is a horrible loyalty program in a lot of ways but it isn't a scam. The program and web site are run by rtards and it often requires more effort to book an award than it should. That being said I find good value with LM overall, especially with mixed cabin awards.
And there are a few sweet spots and ways to game their system where you can fly from Japan to the...
LM is a horrible loyalty program in a lot of ways but it isn't a scam. The program and web site are run by rtards and it often requires more effort to book an award than it should. That being said I find good value with LM overall, especially with mixed cabin awards.
And there are a few sweet spots and ways to game their system where you can fly from Japan to the US for 35k miles which ain't bad, cash prices on the tickets can be 1.5 to 2k. I'm guessing the sweet spots exist because it's such a poorly run program. So LM's incompetence can work in your favor in some cases.
Medical diversion on vs106 SEA-LHR, currently on the ground at YYR waiting for paramedics
Anyone else notice that LM isn’t very helpful when looking for award space months out?
Avianca. Just be prepared to be banned if you have to dispute anything with them…or expect any form of customer service…or even expect to be able to use your miles to book redemptions at all on their garbage website.
https://onemileatatime.com/news/airline-threatens-loyalty-program-ban-credit-card-dispute/#comment-346043
Why Ben continues to shill for this program is questionable.
Fully agree. Lm is a sh— scam program. Many issues with them years ago and it seems they’ve gotten worse, given the comments.
Ben. Why? Why?
Avoid! I Hate LifeMiles!!!!
Would be great to explore the option to take advantage of this….
Recently upgraded my iPhone and now Capital One says there’s no way to verify me as my phone is new. Their authentication system will take up to 30 days before it allows me to access the ability to transfer miles to ANY partner. Apparently there is Zero workaround and this seems to be an issue Cap1 is just willing to accept.
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Would be great to explore the option to take advantage of this….
Recently upgraded my iPhone and now Capital One says there’s no way to verify me as my phone is new. Their authentication system will take up to 30 days before it allows me to access the ability to transfer miles to ANY partner. Apparently there is Zero workaround and this seems to be an issue Cap1 is just willing to accept.
Oh well - I’ll be closing all my cap1 accounts shortly. Beware as this lockout sucks!
I ran into this issue as well with a phone upgrade. It took about 10 days to clear. But yes, I hate that there is no workaround. I was angry and considered closing accounts too, but thought better of it. Since then, I've been really happy with C1. It is just something to be wary of if you are planning last minute stuff and only have C1 miles.
You don’t have a laptop or anything to use their main website?
The same was true. It wanted to authenticate via my mobile so regardless of how I tried to get in, I ran into the same problem.
It’s finally clear up as of today, so about 8 days in total.
I think what’s most annoying is no one seems to actually know. I spoke to two reps and one said “keep trying” and the supervisor said “30 days”.
I’ve already shifted everything to other cards and not going to undo that all. So long Cap1!