The avianca lifemiles program is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs, thanks to the great 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 just seen lifemiles introduce a new transfer bonus, which has the potential to be a great deal.
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Amex to lifemiles 15% transfer bonus details
Through Sunday, June 30, 2024, you can receive a 15% bonus when you transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to avianca lifemiles. This promotion is being offered on lifemiles’ end rather than on Amex’s end, so you won’t see the bonus when you first make the transfer. However, it should post within 24 hours of the initial transfer, in a separate transaction.
There are lots of great credit cards in the US that earn Amex Membership Rewards points. When it comes to transferring Amex points, you can expect that conversions to avianca lifemiles are typically instant.
Is earning lifemiles worth it?
Avianca is in the Star Alliance, which means you can redeem lifemiles on all Star Alliance airlines (which is what makes the program so great). Premium cabin redemptions are often quite reasonable, like being able to fly transatlantic business class for 63,000 miles one-way.
Sometimes there are promotions on redemptions, which can offer even more value. There’s also plenty of value for redeeming on United Airlines for domestic flights, which might just be the most practical use of lifemiles.
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
Through June 30, 2024, you can receive a 15% bonus when you transfer points from Amex Membership Rewards to avianca lifemiles. This offer is from lifemiles, so you won’t see the offer reflected on Amex’s website.
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 consistently offers great value. Just remember that lifemiles also sells miles directly, often at a reasonable cost, so I know some prefer to save their points for other uses, and just buy miles directly.
Do you plan on converting Amex points into lifemiles with this bonus?
Avianca is one of the worst airlines customer service wise AND one of worst airlines e-commerce/IT sites to work with. And this promo is lame. 15% lolz. You’ve been warned.
Boy transfer bonuses have been horrible for over a year now.
Will we never see a decent, useful, transfer bonus again?? Especially for Chase or Capital One?
Would not recommend. Avianca’s website (and by extension, the miles I transferred) is nearly unusable for searching and booking partner awards. Good luck trying to work with someone on the phone or through email in case you have any issues, either. I consider the miles I transferred to Avianca as a complete loss.
Would not recommend. Avianca’s website (and by extension, the miles I transferred) is nearly unusable for searching and booking partner awards. Good luck trying to work with someone on the phone or through email in case you have any issues, either. I consider the miles I transferred to Avianca as a complete loss.
The extra 15% from Lifemiles was instantly added to my account when I transferred this morning, and this has been my experience with prior Lifemiles bonuses. I was waiting for about 2 months to book a United flight, since I had a feeling this would be coming. Super valuable for UA flights to ski destinations in the winter, e.g. Aspen.