tl;dr— You’ll receive a 30% bonus when you transfer American Express Membership Rewards to three different Avios airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways, and Iberia. This may be a helpful offer if you need a handful more miles to complete an Avios redemption.
Through July, 15, 2025, you’ll receive a 30% bonus on American Express Membership Rewards transfers to three Avios carriers. Avios is the loyalty currency of British Airways Executive Club, Aer Lingus AerClub, Iberia Plus, and two other major airlines Qatar Airways Privilege Club and Finnair (as well as a host of smaller carriers). As you can transfer Avios between these programs freely via British Airways, this essentially is a transfer bonus from Amex to all of the aforementioned airlines, not just British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Iberia.
Transfer bonuses, if you’re unfamiliar with them, are promotions that incentivize you to exchange one point of currency for another. As one of the most versatile ‘bank points,’ Amex Membership Rewards can be transferred to 21 programs, 18 airlines, and three hotel loyalty programs. This current transfer bonus with these Avios airlines might be a good deal if you’re seeking to top up your Avios balance for an immediate redemption.
It’s worth mentioning that all the airlines that use Avios as their currency, usually sell Avios (at least once annually), usually with a bonus of between 25-70%, so depending on your situation, it may make sense to purchase Avios directly through one of these airlines’ websites (via points.com) if you only need a handful. As Amex Membership Rewards can be deployed in many different ways, there’s a real opportunity cost to transfer them out when there are relatively frictionless alternatives.
How Do You Transfer AMEX Membership Rewards?
Transferring your Membership Rewards points is simple:
- Start by logging into your AMEX account at americanexpress.com, then navigate to the Account Home page of one of your credit cards, and click on ‘Rewards & Benefits.’
- Select the ‘Transfer Points’ option from the ‘Earn and Redeem’ sub-menu.
- Scroll down to the list of loyalty programs to find Qatar Airways, and enter in your Privilege Club number (you’ll need to register for an Qatar Airways Privilege Account first, if you don’t have one), then toggle the slider (or enter the amount of points) you’d like to transfer. Follow the prompts to complete the process.
What are Some Good Uses of Avios?
Since Avios are used by five airlines there are a lot of options to redeem them for good value. Here are a couple:
For as little as 70,000 Avios, you can fly to Doha in Qatar Airways business class.
Recent Qatar partnerships with JetBlue mean that JetBlue’s Mint business class is available on transatlantic routes for as little as 78,000 Avios.
Conclusion
If you plan to take advantage of this 30% transfer bonus between Amex and Qatar Airways you have until the July 15, 2025 to do so. And remember Avios are freely transferrable amongst all airlines that use it as a currency via British Airways.
Feel free to share your favorite Avios redemption ideas in the comments!
