Rove Launches Three Transfer Bonuses: 50% to JAL, 40% to Flying Blue, and Up to 35% on Qatar

Rove is launching three transfer bonuses on October 1, 2026:

• 50% more Japan Airlines Mileage Bank miles
• 40% more Air France-KLM Flying Blue miles
• Up to 35% more Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios. All three run through October 31, 2026.

Every 1,000 Rove Miles becomes 1,500 JAL miles or 1,400 Flying Blue miles, and the Qatar bonus climbs from 15% to 35% depending on how many Rove Miles you transfer, which at its max bonus percentage would turn 100,000 Rove Miles into 135,000 Avios (or 200,000 into 270,000, etc).

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank: 50% Bonus

Through October 31 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, Rove members get 50% more miles on transfers to Japan Airlines Mileage Bank. Rove transfers 1:1 to JAL, so 1,000 Rove Miles becomes 1,500 JAL miles.

Rove launched its JAL partnership in March with the same 50% bonus, as I covered in Rove’s JAL launch post. It’s bigger than the other recent JAL bonuses too. Citi ThankYou’s 30% bonus to JAL runs through October 24 and turns 1,000 points into 1,300 JAL miles on annual fee ThankYou cards. Capital One’s 30% bonus to JAL ends September 30 and only gets 1,000 miles to 975 JAL miles, because Capital One’s normal ratio is 1:0.75. Bilt’s up to 125% Rent Day bonus on March 1 only lasted one day.

You can see every past JAL bonus in the JAL transfer bonus history.

A great example of what to book is the Air France flight I booked in May. Paris to New York in Air France business class was 42,000 JAL miles and $285 in taxes per person, while Flying Blue had the same flight at 92,000 miles and about $600 per person (and later at 155,000 miles). I transferred 126,000 Rove Miles for three seats with no bonus on. At 50%, that same 126,000 JAL miles costs 84,000 Rove Miles. That was space Air France released to JAL partners, so it won’t always be there, but I walk through how I found it.

JAL’s own award prices give you more options.

Emirates business class from New York to Dubai can price at 85,000 JAL miles, about 56,667 Rove Miles during the bonus, without Emirates’ own onerous surcharges.

You don’t have to plan ahead with Rove for JAL, which normally has a 30 day waiting period for new account to book awards. A new JAL Mileage Bank member can open an account and transfer within 24 hours, and booking opens at 6:00 p.m. Japan time following that first transfer. JAL miles do hard expire 36 months after you transfer them, so transfer for something specific. The details are in my JAL Mileage Bank guide.

Air France-KLM Flying Blue: 40% Bonus

Through October 31 at 11:59 p.m. UTC+1, Rove members get 40% more miles on transfers to Flying Blue. Every 1,000 Rove Miles becomes 1,400 Flying Blue miles. Flying Blue is the program for Air France, KLM and Transavia, and it books SkyTeam partners including Delta.

A 40% bonus to Flying Blue is well above what we normally see. Every Flying Blue bonus on the Flying Blue transfer bonus history list going back to September 2024 was 20% or 25%. The most recent were 20% from Citi through August 22, 25% from Amex through June 30 and 20% from Chase through May 27.

Flying Blue has lots of uses, although I’ve been frustrated with their incredibly high surcharges ($600+ on a one way business class from NYC to Paris, for example). And they recently did a massive devaluation, where the lowest award rates are now “Light Fares” which equate to Basic. No seat assignments, no cancellations. So now for an award that used to be 60,000 miles (at its lowest level) you need to spend 75,000 miles for the exact same award with the previous flexibility. On average, the prices for regular (non-Basic) awards rose 20-25%. Good thing this transfer bonus is more than that 😉 

Rove’s own example is a one-way Delta flight from Seattle to Portland at 5,000 Flying Blue miles, about 3,600 Rove Miles with the bonus, and Rove says some flights to Europe can be under 20,000 Flying Blue miles depending on route, date and availability.

Flying Blue is the lowest tax way to book Virgin Atlantic Upper Class, though Virgin’s dynamic pricing means comparing the two programs, and Rove transfers to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club as well. Flying Blue miles expire after 24 months, and any activity extends them, even a 1,000 mile transfer in.

Qatar Airways Privilege Club: Up to 35% Bonus

Through October 31 at 11:59 p.m. GMT+3, Rove members get up to 35% bonus Avios on transfers to Qatar Airways Privilege Club. The bonus depends on how many Rove Miles you transfer:

• 15% bonus on transfers up to 49,999 Rove Miles
• 25% bonus on transfers of 50,000 to 99,999 Rove Miles
• 35% bonus on transfers of 100,000 Rove Miles or more

At 100,000 Rove Miles, the 35% tier turns your balance into 135,000 Avios. No promo code or registration is required.

That tier compares well with what Qatar has run before. Qatar’s own bonus last June was a flat 30% from Citi ThankYou, and its October 2025 bonus topped out at 40% for transfers of 50,000 or more. At 100,000 Rove Miles, 35% beats June’s 30% and sits just under October 2025’s 40%. The full list is in the Qatar transfer bonus history.

Rove’s terms say the bonus Avios will be added to your Privilege Club account after you transfer and I’m told that should be close to instant <– that updates an earlier version of the article where I didn’t know.

Avios are flexible. You can move Avios between Qatar, British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Finnair, so price the award you want in each before booking and watch out for gotchas like Iberia’s restriction wherein you can’t cancel partner awards – only awards on Iberia metal.

Qatar prices flights up to 650 miles at 6,000 Avios in economy and 12,500 in business, and JetBlue awards booked through Qatar Avios can be very reasonable.

Booking for someone else got easier on September 14, when Qatar removed its qualifying-activity restriction for My List and Family & Friends. You no longer need to have credited a flight or earned Avios on a Qatar co-brand card first. 

You still need the person on one of those lists, and your Qatar account has to be at least 30 days old to create one. Linking Qatar to British Airways requires 30 days after the account is created (or the latter of both), so open your Qatar account now.

Rove Sign-Up Bonus

If you don’t already use Rove, you can get 1,500 Rove Miles just by signing up for a Rove account. No purchase required.

You can see every current and past bonus, and set up free alerts, on the Current Transfer Bonuses page at Your Best Credit Cards, and check where each currency transfers on the Transfer Partner Matrix.

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