Thanks for this review, I'm seriously looking at Avianca's CC as American Express is widely accepted in Brasil and I'm thinking of canceling both my Delta Gold and Hilton Suprass but I want to have at least one AMEX card useful abroad unlike many of them which limits the number miles ( 4 USA vs 1 other countries) and can't use the credits abroad. I already fly Avianca from Brazil to The USA so getting Star Alliance Gold status shouldn't be that difficult.

Do I only get the benefits like the $100 credit.. the first time I use it?? Or every booking through the Hotel Collection?

Why do people want the aeroplan card?

Literally going to Hilton Malta next week 😂 used points for 5 nights so got a 70k for one night for free!

Im flying a lot to South America. I have latam black card elite. The airplanes and services are much better

Didn’t we just get some super fresh news that Avianca is going to start passing along fuel surcharges? I didn’t get a chance to click on the notification I saw, or note what blog it was on … I just saw the headline. Curious what routes will be affected. I’ve been saving up LifeMiles for a little UAL Biz Class EWR-OPO action later this year.

Great job on KZbin ❤

Having Diamond status was great when I went to French Polynesia in April

Swiss business? Curious what you liked about them. I did Dubai-Zurich round trip in May, and nothing stood out to me, just a functional flight in similar biz seats you’d find in a much smaller 737 MAX.

I'm thinking about the Aeroplan bonus since I will most likely be using Air Canada to book a flight in the next few weeks, but I'm trying to use up AMEX points right now and don't really want to use Chase points, so I'm not sure what I'll do yet

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Great job on KZbin ❤

Speculative transfers are fine if you are sure youll use that program. A 30% bonus is a safeguard against a 30% devaluation at worst. Which is fine.

i just got mine how much longer before i grow muscles and tattoos

ty for the update, Chase UR pts are so powerful

Thanks for the update, Luke

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Avios or virgin are ones i do speculatively because at minimum they have solid enough use cases domestically that i can use to visit family. Beyond that i need to have a plan. Ive been burned by a devaluation where the use case i wanted wasnt even valid anymore. Which was a bummer.

It would be interesting to do a more detailed video on Amex/hilton credits based on status/points

I think you can speculatively transfer points if you have a lot of potential travel in the next year or two and are willing to use the points that you speculatively transferred with flexibility. For me, it is all about the flexibility, number of potential trips, and the airline. Since I have a 6 year old that is in school most of the year, unfortunately, I don;t have the flexibility I once did. Having said this, I did manage to snag 2 business class tickets on Air France for 55K miles next January to celebrate my 10th anniversary. Usually, I can't go during January but I got some help this time around for the big celebration!

Good MaxRewards video with some transfer bonus info sprinkled in.. 😅

Don’t even think about the earn rates anymore while out the country. Got screwed over so hard last time with FTFs that I’ll keep it simple from now on by using my VX lol

Thanks for the update Uncle Luke! I’ve done a couple speculative transfers to Air Canada and Virgin Atlantic in the past, so far no regrets.

Thanks for the info + video!

I, too, have many hundreds of thousands of points in airline programs from speculative transfers 😅. I don't recommend it to people who are new, but if you've used a program many times in the past, get that 15, 20, or ever 30% bonus locked in 🤑

geez, you sound like credit shifu channel 😂

i dont think MR to Avianca is worth it, Avianca points always on sale with 50-60% bonus, id rather buy the points and save MR for something else just my opinion

Love these kind of videos. Would be cool if it was a regular series kind of thing

Nice video. IMO, I would not feel comfortable transferring speculatively unless you have in mind a trip in the near future. It seems these transfer bonuses have a cadence when presenting themselves.

Yesterday, I saw 8 seats in business class to Japan on United for 75k Aeroplan points. With the bonus that's only 63k points each. Not bad...

Back in 2022 there was a 40% Transfer Bonus from AMEX MR-points to Avio that I decided to go ahead as I hope can fly Qatar QSuite even though not sure when. It took me more than a year to finally got what I wanted so cost me (75K x 2) each way and overall 300K but for sure worthwhile! Most importantly, since then I don’t believe seeing the same 40% Transfer Bonus. My conclusion: If the Transfer Bonus is good enough then I will go ahead and keep the fingers crossed! Edited: I am talking about AMEX MR that I have the most. I might do the same to my Chase UR-points but NOT to my limited Citi ThankYou Point and Capital One Miles that I plan to use these more carefully!

You can always add me as your spouse and transfer your points to my account guys

Yes to speculate. That way you can book flights for your subscribers. 😎

Absolutely OK. Especially if it’s one of the ones that are extremely rare like Kris or Emirates.

Awesome transfer bonuses and great tip about Lifemiles, I didn't know that they expire so quickly.

Did you go with a premium AUSA membership or basic (which appears to be free for 2 years)

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Would like to hear your thoughts on the Founders Card membership program. I got a free one year membership through Clear, i’m curious about what you think the value is

How do I see if lifemiles/avianca would have the flights I want? Last time I checked you had to make an account and enter passport information.

Please make a follow up on lifemiles program, earning status and lm plus.

I will say I have a delta Amex platinum card and I do get often upgraded on flights , however , I never get upgraded with Marriott only late check out with Gold Status . However , having no loyalty to Hyatt , they have already let me check in at 12 am once , and once semi upgraded me to a higher floor. Between the Amex platinum and chase I’m liking chase better between the two . Airline wise American has been cheaper and easier to get money from them with volunteering, but delta has been the best experience overall . Hyatt has been the best hotel wise for me chain wise and that’s sad because I have 20 Marriott nights already this year . Great video

I both fly on Avianca (Central and South America) and use Avianca miles. They are often better for booking on United than using Air Canada or Turkish miles.

Wow thanks for making this video. I was not aware of the 3x when you buy lifemiles. thats a GAMECHANGER

Hey unc I cashed out 500k Mr points to go towards a retaining wall in my backyard so I can make a putting green not sure I’m doing the points and miles game right

Lifemiles had a sale late last month 60% extra miles .....

Just tried to product change my quicksilver to a savorone. No dice. Was bummed about that

"fancy electric cars that catch on fire for no reason" LOL 👏