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25% Transfer Bonus to LifeMiles from Citi ThankYou and More
From June 03rd (12:00 AM GMT-6) to July 05th, 2019 (12:59 PM GMT-6, you can get a 25% bonus on Citi ThankYou points (earned with credit cards like the Citi Premier), as well as Hilton, IHG, and Marriott Bonvoy points, transferred to LifeMiles.
This promotion is different from what we are used to. In this case the bank (Citi) isn’t bonusing the points when you transfer them out. Instead LifeMiles is crediting them when they reach your LifeMiles account (or within 45 days).
To that end, two things to note:
- Only Citi is participating in this of the US banks. Capital One and American Express, both Avianca LifeMiles transfer partners, aren’t eligible.
- The fine print says you’ll get your points (regular + bonus) within 45 days. Now you’d think it will happen sooner, but we won’t know until we know what the timing is on this.
LifeMiles is known for abysmal IT and support agents, so we really can’t know until there are verified reports.
Here’s a link to the page with the promotion terms:https://www.lifemiles.com/deals/detail-page
Learn more about the Best Uses for Avianca LifeMiles.
If it doesn’t go without saying, transferring from the hotel programs isn’t going to be your best use of those hotel points and I don;’t recommend that.
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What are your thoughts? Will you transfer?
Let me know here, on Twitter, or in the private MilesTalk Facebook group.
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New to all of this? My “introduction to miles and points” book, MilesTalk: Live Your Wildest Travel Dreams Using Miles and Points is available on Amazon and at major booksellers.
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