Transfer Chase Points To British Airways With 30% Bonus

By Ben Schlappig On Aug 30, 2023

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Chase Ultimate Rewards has launched a few new transfer bonuses today, complementing the 50% transfer bonus to Marriott Bonvoy that’s currently available. It’s nice to see how Chase has become really competitive among the transferable points currencies when it comes to transfer bonuses.

Chase offering 30% bonus on Avios transfers

Between August 28 and September 22, 2023, Chase Ultimate Rewards is offering a 30% bonus when you transfer points to British Airways Executive Club.

Transfer Chase points to British Airways with a 30% bonus

This is the fourth time we’ve seen such a bonus, as it seems to be offered about once per year — we also saw this in 2022, 2021, and 2020.

Not only is there a 30% transfer bonus to British Airways Executive Club, but the same bonus is available to Aer Lingus AerClub and Iberia Plus. That’s nice, though keep in mind that you can freely transfer Avios between the various “flavors.”

The same bonus is available to Aer Lingus & Iberia

The bonus isn’t hard-coded into the transfer ratio, meaning that when you transfer Ultimate Rewards points you won’t see the bonus on the transfer page. Rather you’ll see the 30% bonus show up in your Executive Club account once the points transfer (which is typically instant).

This is especially awesome when you consider that there are Chase cards offering 1.5x points per dollar spent on everyday purchases, like the Chase Freedom Unlimited® (review) and Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card (review). So getting a 30% bonus means you’re looking at earning 1.95 Avios on non-bonused spending.

Then you have cards like the Ink Business Cash® Credit Card (review), which offer up to 5x points, or cards like the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card (review) or Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card (review), which offer up to 3x points.

Redeem Avios for travel in British Airways first class

British Airways Executive Club is also transfer partners with Amex Membership Rewards and Capital One. We do sometimes see transfer bonuses from those currencies to British Airways Executive Club as well.

Redeeming British Airways Avios

British Airways has a roughly distance based award chart. The cost of an award is based on the distance of each individual segment you fly. Here’s the award chart for travel on British Airways, Iberia, and Aer Lingus:

Zone // Distance	Economy Off Peak // Peak	Premium Economy Off Peak // Peak	Business Off Peak // Peak	First Off Peak // Peak
Zone 1 1-650 miles* *Not available in North America	4,000 // 4,500	5.750 // 6,750	7,750 // 9,000	15,500 // 18,000
Zone 2 651-1150 miles	6,500 // 7,500	9,500 // 11,250	12,750 // 15,000	25,500 // 30,000
Zone 3 1151-2000 miles	8,500 // 10,000	12,750 // 15,000	17,000 // 20,000	34,000 // 40,000
Zone 4 2001-3000 miles	10,000 // 12,500	20,000 // 25,000	31,250 // 37,500	42,500 // 50,000
Zone 5 3001-4000 miles	13,000 // 20,000	26,000 // 40,000	50,000 // 60,000	68,000 // 80,000
Zone 6 4001-5500 miles	16,250 // 25,000	32,500 // 50,000	62,500 // 75,000	85,000 // 100,000
Zone 7 5501-6500 miles	19,500 // 30,000	39,000 // 60,000	75,000 // 90,000	102,000 // 120,000
Zone 8 6501-7000 miles	22,750 // 35,000	45,500 // 75,000	87,500 // 105,000	119,000 // 140,000
Zone 9 7001+ miles	32,500 // 50,000	65,000 // 100,000	125,000 // 150,000	170,000 // 200,000

British Airways Executive Club Award Chart

Then here’s British Airways’ award chart for travel on partner airlines, excluding Aer Lingus and Iberia:

Zone // Flight Distance	Economy	Premium Economy	Business	First
Zone 1 1-650 miles* *Not available in North America	6,000	9,000	12,500	24,000
Zone 2 651-1150 miles	9,000	12,500	16,500	33,000
Zone 3 1151-2000 miles	11,000	16,500	22,000	44,000
Zone 4 2001-3000 miles	13,000	25,750	38,750	51,500
Zone 5 3001-4000 miles	20,2750	41,250	62,000	82,500
Zone 6 4001-5500 miles	25,750	51,500	77,250	103,000
Zone 7 5501-6500 miles	31,000	62,000	92,750	123,750
Zone 8 6501-7000 miles	36,250	72,250	108,250	144,250
Zone 9 7001+ miles	51,500	103,000	154,500	206,000

British Airways Executive Club Award Chart for Partner Airlines

The basic things to be aware of include the following:

For the British Airways award chart, peak and off-peak pricing varies based on the day you’re flying
Pricing is per segment, so no matter what type of award you book, you’ll pay individually for each segment
Travel on British Airways and many partner airlines is subjected to carrier imposed surcharges, which is the frustration that many people have with the program
In some cases flights don’t follow the above chart, as British Airways Executive Club has a tendency to devalue the program without notice

Here’s a post I wrote sharing some great ways to redeem British Airways Avios without paying big carrier-imposed surcharges.

Redeeming Avios on Aer Lingus can be a great value

Bottom line

For the next several weeks, you can get a 30% bonus when you convert your Chase Ultimate Rewards points into British Airways Executive Club Avios. The same bonus is also available to Aer Lingus AerClub and Iberia Plus.

Ultimately Avios aren’t the most valuable points currency out there, but this is still worth considering. It could be worth transferring some points so you have a reserve of Avios, though I also wouldn’t go overboard. After all, there’s lots of value to the flexibility offered by Ultimate Rewards points.

Do you plan on taking advantage of this transfer bonus from Chase Ultimate Rewards to British Airways Avios?

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