I love transferable points. The ability to transfer points to multiple airline and hotel programs makes it possible to get far outsized value from your points. Want to book ANA First Class from the U.S. to Japan for only 55,000 or 60,000 points one-way? Great. Once you find available award space, you can transfer points from Amex, Chase, Citi, or Marriott to Virgin Atlantic to book this sweet-spot award. The problem is that not all transfers are instant. That coveted first class award space may disappear before your points have converted to miles. This resource post is intended to help with that. For each major transferable points program, you’ll find below data-driven estimated times for point transfers. Note that if you prefer to see the transfer times arranged by loyalty program rather than by transferable points program, see our Transfer Partner Master List.
AwardWallet is a tool that helps you keep track of your points and other rewards (details about AwardWallet, including a free 6 month upgrade to AwardWallet Pro can be found here). AwardWallet also has a cool feature called Balance Watch that will check your account balance frequently and alert you when points post (details about Balance Watch can be found here). This is great to use when transferring points to book an award because you’ll get an alert when points post. That’s far preferable to logging into your rewards account over and over to check.
Another cool feature of AwardWallet is that they use real world Balance Watch data to come up with data-driven transfer time estimates. You can find their results here or in the post below. Most of the time estimates shown below come from AwardWallet’s data, but in a few cases where they didn’t have data we provided our own results (for example, Nick found that transfers from Capital One to Turkish Miles & Smiles were instant!). We’ve also added this information to our Transfer Partner Master List. One nice surprise (to me) when compiling this information was finding that a number of Marriott Bonvoy transfers only take about 1 day to complete. I had the mistaken notion that most took much longer.
American Express Membership Rewards
For details about Amex points, see: Amex Membership Rewards Points Complete Guide.
Rewards Program | Amex Transfer Ratio (and transfer time) |
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Aer Lingus Avios | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
AeroMexico ClubPremier | 1 to 1.6 (1 to 2 days) |
Air Canada Aeroplan | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Air France KLM Flying Blue | 1 to 1 (~10 minutes to 1 day) |
ANA Mileage Club | 1 to 1 (~1 day) |
Avianca LifeMiles | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
British Airways Avios | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Choice | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Delta SkyMiles | 1 to 1 plus excise tax (Instant) |
Emirates Skywards | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Etihad Guest | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Hawaiian Miles | 1 to 1 plus excise tax (Instant) |
Hilton | 1 to 2 (Instant) |
Iberia Avios | 1 to 1 (~12 - 72 hours (slower over weekend)) |
JetBlue | 250 to 200 plus excise tax (Instant) |
Marriott Bonvoy | 1 to 1 (~1 day) |
Qantas Frequent Flyer | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Qatar Privilege Club Avios | 1 to 1 () |
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Capital One “Miles”
For details about Capital One points, see: Capital One “Miles” Complete Guide.
Rewards Program | Capital One Transfer Ratio (and transfer time) |
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Accor Live Limitless | 1000 to 500 (Unknown) |
Aer Lingus Avios | 1 to 1 via BA (Unknown) |
AeroMexico ClubPremier | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Air Canada Aeroplan | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Air France KLM Flying Blue | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Avianca LifeMiles | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
British Airways Avios | 1 to 1 (Unknown) |
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Choice | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Emirates Skywards | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Etihad Guest | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands | 1000 to 750 (~1 day) |
Finnair Plus+ | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Iberia Avios | 1 to 1 via BA (Unknown) |
Qantas Frequent Flyer | 1 to 1 (~1 day) |
Qatar Privilege Club Avios | 1 to 1 via BA (Unknown) |
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | 1 to 1 (~7 hours) |
TAP Air Portugal | 1 to 1 (Unknown) |
Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | 1 to 1 (Unknown) |
Wyndham | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Chase Ultimate Rewards
For details about Chase points, see: Chase Ultimate Rewards Complete Guide.
Rewards Program | Chase Transfer Ratio (and transfer time) |
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Aer Lingus Avios | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Air Canada Aeroplan | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Air France KLM Flying Blue | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
British Airways Avios | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Emirates Skywards | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Hyatt | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Iberia Avios | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
IHG | 1 to 1 (5 hours) |
JetBlue | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Marriott Bonvoy | 1 to 1 (~1 day) |
Qatar Privilege Club Avios | 1 to 1 via BA (Instant) |
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | 1 to 1 (~17 hours) |
Southwest Rapid Rewards | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
United MileagePlus | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Citi ThankYou Rewards
For details about Citi points, see: Citi ThankYou Rewards Complete Guide.
Rewards Program | Citi Transfer Ratio (and transfer time) |
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Accor Live Limitless | 1000 to 500 (Unknown) |
Aer Lingus Avios | 1 to 1 via Qatar, BA (1 to 2 days) |
AeroMexico ClubPremier | 1 to 1 (~6 days) |
Air France KLM Flying Blue | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Avianca LifeMiles | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
British Airways Avios | 1 to 1 via Qatar (1 to 2 days) |
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Choice | 1 to 2 (Instant) |
Emirates Skywards | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Etihad Guest | 1 to 1 (~1 hour) |
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Iberia Avios | 1 to 1 via Qatar, BA (1 to 2 days) |
Jet Airways Inter Miles | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
JetBlue | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Leading Hotels of the World | 1K to 200 (Instant) |
Malaysia Enrich | 1 to 1 (1 to 2 days) |
Qantas Frequent Flyer | 1 to 1 (~1 day) |
Qatar Privilege Club Avios | 1 to 1 (1 to 2 days) |
Shop Your Way Rewards | 1 to 10 (Instant) |
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | 1 to 1 (~1 day) |
Thai Airways International Royal Orchid Plus | 1 to 1 (3 to 7 days) |
Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles | 1 to 1 (~1 day) |
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Wyndham | 1 to 1 (Instant) |
Marriott Bonvoy
For details about Marriott points, see: Marriott Bonvoy Complete Guide.
Rewards Program | Marriott Transfer Ratio (and transfer time) |
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Aegean Miles + Bonus | 60K to 25K (~1 day) |
Aer Lingus Avios | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
Aeroflot Bonus | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
AeroMexico ClubPremier | 60K to 25K (2 to 4 days) |
Air Canada Aeroplan | 60K to 25K (4 to 5 days) |
Air China Phoenix Miles | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
Air France KLM Flying Blue | 60K to 25K (1 to 3 days) |
Air New Zealand Air Points | 60K to 307 (1 to 2 days) |
Alaska MileagePlan | 60K to 25K (~2 days) |
American AAdvantage | 3K to 1K (~2 days) |
ANA Mileage Club | 60K to 25K (4 to 7 days) |
Asiana | 60K to 25K (~1 day) |
Avianca LifeMiles | 3K to 1K (~1 day) |
British Airways Avios | 60K to 25K (~10 hours) |
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles | 60K to 25K (~1 day) |
China Eastern Airlines | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
China Southern Airlines’ Sky Pearl Club | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles | 60K to 25K (~3 days) |
Delta SkyMiles | 3K to 1K (1 to 2 days) |
Emirates Skywards | 60K to 25K (~3 days) |
Etihad Guest | 60K to 25K (3 to 5 days) |
Frontier Miles | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
Hainan Airlines | 60K to 25K (12 hours to 1 day) |
Hawaiian Miles | 60K to 25K (1 to 2 days) |
Iberia Avios | 60K to 25K (~1 to 2 days) |
JAL (Japan Airlines) Mileage Bank | 60K to 25K (~2 days) |
Jet Airways Inter Miles | 60K to 25K (~7 days) |
JetBlue | 60K to 12.5K (Unknown) |
Korean Airlines | 3K to 1K (~1 day) |
LATAM Pass | 60K to 25K (~1 day) |
Multiplus | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
Qantas Frequent Flyer | 60K to 25K (~2 days) |
Qatar Privilege Club Avios | 60K to 25K (3 to 4 days) |
Saudia Airlines | 60K to 25K (~5 days) |
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | 60K to 25K (~1 day) |
South African Airways Voyager | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
Southwest Rapid Rewards | 60K to 25K (1 to 2 days) |
TAP Air Portugal | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
Thai Airways International Royal Orchid Plus | 60K to 25K (~4 days) |
Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles | 60K to 25K (~1 day) |
United MileagePlus | 60K to 30K (2 to 5 days) |
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | 60K to 25K (1 to 2 days) |
Virgin Australia Velocity Frequent Flyer | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
Vueling Club | 60K to 25K (Unknown) |
Sorted by Loyalty Program
Note that if you prefer to see the transfer times arranged by loyalty program rather than by transferable points program, see our Transfer Partner Master List.