Master Chart of Earning Miles & Points From Credit Cards

For my “Cheapest Miles To” series, I pick a region and make a chart of cheapest mileage options. Then I go over all the best options, discounted mileage options, maximizing stopovers, and avoiding fuel surcharges.

Within the chart is “transfer partners” and it will mention Chase, Citi, Amex and SPG transfers. But this doesn’t actually give a view of which credit cards you can get to transfer, nor does it give a complete list of credit cards. Many partners have way too many partners to transfer from to put on a chart where the goal is to display cheapest mileage options, not how to earn.

This chart on the other hand has every credit card for each one of the mileage programs I go over. First I’ll give a chart of credit cards for earning airline miles, then hotel points. And then we’ll go over the smaller/lesser-known mileage programs and complete list for programs.

Master Chart of Earning Airline Miles from Credit Cards

Master Chart of Earning Hotel Points from Credit Cards

The hotel chart may not be as complete yet, as there are lesser known options I found when doing Hilton. Hopefully I can find more of those for other programs. If you have suggestions for alternatives (meaning not from Chase/Citi/Amex) to hotel points (or miles), please comment below!

Complete List of Bank Points Transfers

I did leave out some airlines, because I never write about or use them. But this is the complete list taken from What Credit Cards Transfer to Miles.

• American Express Membership Rewards points:
  Delta Skymiles, AeroMexico, Air Canada Aeroplan, Flying Blue (KLM & Air France), Alitalia MilleMiglia, Cathay’s Asia Miles, British Airways Executive Club, El Al Israel, Emirates Skywards, Frontier, Hawaiian Airlines, Iberia Plus, Jet Blue, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Virgin Elevate, Virgin Atlantic, All Nippon Airways (ANA) Mileage Club 
• Chase Ultimate Rewards points:
  British Airways Executive Club Avios, Korean Air Skypass, Southwest Rapid Rewards, United Mileage Plus, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
• Citi ThankYou points:
  Asia Miles, EVA Air Infinity MileageLands, Etihad Guest, Flying Blue, Garuda Indonesia Frequent Flyer, Malaysia Airlines Enrich, Qatar Airways Privilege Club, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
• SPG points:
  Aeromexico Club Premier, Aeroplan/Air Canada, Air Berlin, Air China Companion, Air New Zealand & Air Points, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, Alitalia MilleMiglia, All Nippon Airways (ANA) Mileage Club, American Airlines AAdvantage, Asia Miles, Asiana Airlines, British Airways Executive Club, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines’ Sky Pearl Club, Delta Airlines SkyMiles, Emirates Skywards, Etihad Airways, Flying Blue, Gol Smiles, Hainan Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL) Mileage Bank, Jet Airways, LAN Airlines LANPASS Kms, Miles and More, Qatar Airways, Saudi Arabian Airlines Alfursan, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Thai Airways International Royal Orchid Plus, US Airways Dividend Miles, United Mileage Plus, Velocity Frequent Flyer, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club

Cards that actually transfer

• Chase cards that transfer to miles:
  Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Ink Bold, Chase Ink Plus
• Amex cards that transfer to miles:
  Both Amex EveryDay Credit Cards, Green Card, both Gold Cards, and the Platinum Card.
• Citi cards that transfers to miles:
  Citi ThankYou Premier, Citi Prestige, and Citi Chairman

This doesn’t include the fact that you can combine Chase points from the Freedom card, the regular Sapphire card, or Ink Cash with a card that can transfer to miles (like the Chase Sapphire Preferred). So in a roundabout way you can earn United miles, for example, from the Freedom card.

Conclusion

There are a ton of options to earn miles out there, and while the “transfer partners” overlap quite a bit, there are still a lot of cards out there to earn miles and points with. In order to better understand how to use those points, check out 2 things:

1) My “Cheapest Miles To” series

2) My “Best Use” posts:

• Best Use of Chase Ultimate Rewards
• Best Use of Amex MR
• Best Use of Singapore Miles
• Best Use of Korean Miles
• Best Use of Amtrak points
• Best Use of Alaska Miles
• Best Use of Flying Blue Miles
• Best Use of Choice Points
• Best Use of Lufthansa Miles
• New Best Use of AA miles

As well as the Complete Guides on my favorite miles and points:

• Complete Guide to United Miles
• Complete Guide to IHG Points
• Complete Guide to British Airways Avios
• Complete Guide to Hyatt

There are many other posts out there, but this is a good start and seems to parallel the list above pretty well.