Business Platinum Card from American Express
130,000 MR points
Convert Points to Asia Miles with a 10% Bonus
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RBC® Avion Visa Infinite†
- Earn 35,000 Avion points upon approval^
- Earn 1.25x Avion points on qualifying travel purchases
- Transfer Avion points to British Airways Executive Club and other frequent flyer programs for premium flights†
- Redeem Avion points for flights with the RBC Air Travel Redemption Schedule†
- Minimum income: $60,000 personal or $100,000 household
- Annual fee: $120
- Supplementary card fee: $50
This is a recurring article, regularly updated with the latest promotion. Some comments may refer to past promotions that are no longer available.
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The T&C’sas defined in clause 4 “Finance partners outside of Hong Kong (“Eligible Finance Partners”) refer to partners featuring under “Other Partner Credit Cards” at the Asia Miles website >” doesn’t include the Royal Bank, it does list American Express.
Has anyone had success receiving the bonus when transferring from a Royal Bank Avion account?.
How long do you normally wait? It’s been 2 weeks now and I still haven’t seen asiamiles yet.
I transferred my points from HSBC Reward+ to Asiamiles but didn’t get the bonus points. I’ve read the email from Cathay after registered and realized it’s for HK based credit cards only. Too sad!!
Ricky – love your content so I am quite interested in transferring some Avion Points to Asia Miles for a Business class trip to Singapore in the Spring. The problem is availability – I have no status with Cathay so when I look for the flights, there doesn’t seem to be any reward seat availability. Any pointers on how to overcome this? Also if I transfer the points and wait the 3-5 days for the points to land into my account, the reward seats may dissappear so it seems like a risky play. I need to make a decision before I trigger my 2CPP option with Avion Rewards for the same flight.
I planned to transfer my RBC Avion Rewards to Asia Miles and have registered with them for the 13 Sep – 12 Nov 2022 10-15% Transfer Bonus promotion. However, I read in this blog that there are 2 RBC Avion Visa card holders did not receive the bonus.
Please verify if RBC Avion Visa is a partner in this promotion. Thanks.
How exactly does this work? I registered for the promotion, did the transfer using the RBC rewards site for my Avion points and after waiting for a week to get the points in my Asia Miles account, all I got was the points on a 1:1 basis. No bonus whatsoever. Are they supposed to come in at the 15% bonus? Or do they converted afterwards?
I found the same offer with the same bonus structure for the the same dates but comes with one of the following for free:
The Upper House, Salisterra Afternoon Tea for Two
The Peninsula Hong Kong, The Lobby Lunch Set for Two
Can anyone confirm?
https://cathaypacific.formstack.com/forms/more_miles_more_rewards_hkg_en
Does the name of the RBC account and the Asia Miles account need to match? Can i send from my wifes RBC card to my asia miles account?
I believe it does need to match. If you and your wife share a last name, it might be worth a try, but be prepared for some difficulties in dealing with RBC and Cathay if it doesn’t work.
This promotion is only applied to Hong Kong based credit cards. RBC Avion is not on their partner list for this promotion. Please verify.
It’s for bank & loyalty partner conversions all over the world, not just Hong Kong.
Can you put a booking on hold while waiting for the points to transfer in?
I don’t believe Asia Miles has this capability.
If you do BOS to HKG to TPE, can you also get 105,000. The date i’m interested in shows about 122,600 Asia Miles.
It would be closer to the First Class price, because HKG-TPE is much shorter of a flight in comparison. It’s the weighted average of the two prices based on the flight distances, basically.
You mention the names & addresses matching for RBC Avion transfers (and I personally have been held up for doing this, my Avion to another person’s Asia Miles), but is this the same for AMEX MR transfers? Can I feed my MR to multiple Asia Miles accounts?
I would assume that at least the last name and address needs to match.
Hi Ricky, any advice on finding award availibility FOR 2 PEOPLE in first on CX? I read it was really difficult. What would be your strategy, then? Thank you!
It’s near-impossible via partners but there would be a higher chance going through Asia Miles, so I’d definitely look into redeeming Asia Miles if you’re looking for two First Class seats.