Full List of Amex Membership Rewards Points Airline and Hotel Transfer Partners & Bonus (2025)

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UPDATES:

Transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points and get a 40% bonus through December 31, 2024.

Transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to JetBlue TrueBlue points and get a 25% bonus through December 31, 2024.

Transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy points and get a 35% bonus through December 31, 2024.

Membership Rewards (MR) is the rewards points program you earn with American Express Cards. The best way to get the best value from your MR points is to transfer them to loyalty programs that partner with American Express. Your MR points are worth so much more when redeeming them this way. The way it works is you transfer your MR points to a frequent flyer airline for miles at a 1:1 ratio, and you then can use those miles to redeem for a flight that the cash price costs more than 1 cent per mile.

To transfer your MR points to frequent flyer programs, you need to have one of the American Express Cards that earns the MR points and can directly transfer those points to Amex partners.

Amex Airline Transfer Partners

Amex Hotel Transfer Partners

Membership Rewards Points Transfer Ratio, Transfer Time & Transfer Fee

Below is how long Amex MR points typically take to transfer based on the miles and points community data points.

Please note that Amex charges a small federal exercise tax fee of 0.06 cents per 1,000 points when you transfer MR points to US frequent flyer programs such as Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, and Hawaiian Airlines. The fee is capped at $99. Amex also offers you to pay that exercise tax fee using your MR points, but don’t do it, as that’s not a good use of your MR points.

The minimum MR points Amex requires for the transfer is 1, except for the JetBlue program. See the chart below:

Which Amex Credit Card Earns Membership Rewards Points?

The following American Express Credit Cards earn Membership Rewards (MR) points. Earned MR points can be transferred directly to an airline or a hotel loyalty program that has a partnership with American Express:

• American Express Platinum Card
• American Express Gold Card
• American Express Green Card
• American Express EveryDay Credit Card
• American Express EveryDay Preferred Credit Card
• American Express Blue Business Plus Credit Card
• American Express Business Platinum Card
• American Express Business Gold Card

Editor’s Note: American Express EveryDay Credit Card is a no annual fee credit card. It can earn MR points that can directly transfer to Amex airline and hotel partners. It is also a great card to keep your MR points alive if you need to cancel all your Amex MR points earned credit cards that have an annual fee.

How To Transfer Amex Membership Rewards Points To Partners?

It is essential to know that transferring Amex MR points to partners is a one-way street, and you cannot move points back to Amex once the transfer is finalized.

Performing Amex MR points to partners transfer online or on the pho is possible. For online:

• Sign in to your American Express credit card account.
• On the right-hand side, click on Explore Rewards.
• You should see a menu tab in the middle of the page that says Transfer Points. (See screenshot below). Click on it.
• Amex should take you to the transfer points page. Click on View All to see all participating loyalty programs.
• Select the loyalty program to which you want to transfer MR points. If this is your first time moving MR points to a specific loyalty program, Amex will first ask you to link your loyalty program.
• Follow the web interface to indicate how many points you want to transfer. Follow the prompts to finalize the transfer.

Remember Amex does charge a small federal exercise tax fee of 0.06 cents per 1,000 points when you transfer MR points to US frequent flyer programs such as Delta Air Lines, JetBlue and Hawaiian Airlines. The fee is capped at $99. Amex also offers you to pay that exercise tax fee using your MR points, but don’t do it as that’s not a good use of your MR points.

Should You Transfer Amex Membership Rewards Points To Airline and Hotel Partners?

It is crucial to remember that you cannot transfer loyalty program points back to American Express once the transfer is complete. While transferring Amex Membership Rewards points to loyalty programs provides the best points value in return, transferring MR points to hotel points is often worse than transferring MR points to airline miles. Airline miles result in the best return value of your Amex points.

The rule of thumb is to transfer only if you know you will use those miles. Use these as a guideline to help to make a decision:

• Search and confirm the award availability of the flight that you want.
• Understand how that mileage program works, such as how to book, mileage expiration policy, and award cancellation/change policy if you have to cancel.
• If you cancel, will you be able to use those miles later on?

Generally speaking, the speculative transfer can negatively impact you because you are stuck with a particular airline’s frequent flyer miles and cannot use those miles. Airlines and hotels can devalue their award charts, and most programs have policies that allow those unused points to expire.

From time to time, American Express offers transfer bonuses that can be lucrative for me to perform the transfer speculatively; however, the rule of thumb still applies: I only transfer if I use those miles. For example, Aeromexico Club Premier is one of the worst mileage programs. Their award booking site needs to be more extensive with search functionality and almost impossible to use. Their award booking call center is also a nightmare to deal with. So, in the end, I don’t care when Amex offers any transfer bonus to Aeromexico Club Premier.

For what is worth, I have many favorite Amex transfer airline partners such as Air Canada Aeroplan, Air France KLM Flying Blue, Avianca LifeMiles, British Airways Executive Club, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles, Delta Air Lines SkyMiles, Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles, Iberia Plus, JetBlue TrueBlue, Qantas Frequent Flyer, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.

Regarding hotel partners, I only transfer MR points to participating hotel partners when I need to top off my hotel’s rewards account for a memorable award night stay somewhere in the world.

Amex Membership Rewards Points Current and Past Transfer Bonus History

Below is the chart for Amex MR points current and past transfer bonuses. These bonus histories are for reference purposes only, so you have an idea of when the next transfer bonus is. There’s no guarantee the transfer bonus will return, but it’s worth waiting it out if you have the flexibility.

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