0:21 Transfer Bonuses

• Chase UR to Marriott Bonvoy: 70% (through Aug 14, 2024) EXPIRES SOON





• Amex MR to Avios: 30% (through Sept 30, 2024)





• Amex MR to Hawaiian: 20% (through Aug 31, 2024)





• CapOne to Qantas: 20% (through Aug 31, 2024)

08:24 United Premium Cabin Awards (on United Metal) Gets Even More Expensive (Live and Lets Fly)

• We’ve talked a lot the past year or two about this being a bail out maneuver when there are no partner awards





• 200k pp one-way to Europe now as good as it seems to get for “anytime” awards (was 155k)





• Discuss: The current state of AA, Delta, and United miles

15:21 JetBlue Plus 80,000

• Direct Link





• Found on jetblue.com





• $99 AF not waived first year





• $1k min spend in 3 months





• Regularly 50k

16:14 Heightened Amex Bonvoy Welcome Bonuses

• Bonvoy Bevy





• 155k for $5k in 6 months





• $250 AF not waived first year





• Bonvoy Brilliant





• 185k for $6k in 6 months





• $650 AF not waived first year





• Available through referral





• Better offers said to end Oct 2, 2024

Main Topic: Partner Award Bookings

17:59 Qantas As An Alternative to British Airways for Domestic AA Partners Awards

• Saw one-way flights from State College to Boston through PHL on AA for around 10k/12.5k





• Flights were $300 pp one-way





• Thought I might have to use some precious AA miles, but noticed there was partner availability!





• BA wants 24k pp one-way in Economy





• But Qantas wants just 8k, and what a pleasure of a site to work with…





• They allow you to enter the FF # of AA/Alaska at the time of booking





• They clearly lay out the change and cancellation terms at the time of booking





• The record locator can be discovered (for seat selection) by checking your AA account (it just works!)





• So much better than booking with BA ever was. Why did BA get so much press back in the day?

23:42 Booking JetBlue Mint with Qatar Avios

• Space can be confirmed on ITA Matrix or Qatar’s site





• Amex MR -> BA Avios: Instant





• BA Avios -> Qatar Avios: Also instant. I established that link before.





• One gotcha: I haven't been able to link P2's BA Avios to her Qatar Avios account. I suspect it might be because I have my mobile number listed for both of our accounts, and there's a lot of 2FA involved in all of this. Just a hunch.





• Online booking w/Qatar Avios is pretty straightforward. They do ask for passport number and expiration dates, which is unusual for a domestic flight.





• They have a field for adding Known Traveler Number at the time of booking, but it asks for the expiration date of KTN which I don't know so I couldn't add it





• I didn't see a way to select a 3rd party frequent flyer number at the time of booking an award ticket. Non-related Qantas allows this which is really nice.





• Record locator to manage the flights (add KTN and select seats) on JetBlue's side can be found in the individual receipt emails they send each passenger, or by chatting Qatar





• Hardes