Transfer credit card points to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles with up to 15% bonus

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Asia Miles is back with one of its regular bonus offers when you transfer credit card points across to the programme, with 10% or 15% additional miles for each transfer made and no upper cap.

The two-month-long transfer bonus offer is now live and running between 13th September 2022 and 12th November 2022.

Under this offer you’ll get either a 10% or 15% bonus when making transfers to the programme, based on the number of miles you transfer in each conversion:

• Convert credit card points and earn less than 30,000 miles: 10% bonus
• Convert credit card points and earn more than 30,000 miles: 15% bonus

Importantly, unlike some previous deals, there is no limit to the number of conversions and number of points that can be converted within the promotion period with this bonus offer.

Registration required

You will have to successfully register for this Asia Miles offer during the promotion period, using the following link.

  Asia Miles 10-15% Bonus Registration

You can register ay any time during the promotion period, but to keep it ‘tidy’ we’d recommend doing so before transferring your credit card points into the scheme.

Registering your account for the bonus will generate an email confirmation from Asia Miles confirming that you have enrolled successfully, so it’s good to show you did this from the outset in case of any issues later on.

After 12th November 2022 it will be too late to register for the bonus, even if you made one or more transfers during the promotion period.

Again, there is no limit to the number of miles conversions you can complete and no limit on the amount of points converted during this promotion.

Eligible transfer partners

Converting points from all international banks offering transfer of credit card points into Asia Miles will be eligible for the 10% or 15% bonus under this promotion, with the exception of Cathay Pacific and Asia Miles co-brand credit cards and China Merchants Bank credit cards.

In Singapore that means points held with the following banks are eligible:

Bank	Eligible Points
	Membership Rewards
	BOC Points
	Citi ThankYou Points / Citi Miles
	DBS Points
	HSBC Reward Points
	Maybank TREATS Points
	UOB UNI$

For many of our overseas readers, here are some example eligible banks in other countries.

Malaysia American Express AmBank Citi Maybank Standard Chartered UOB USA American Express Brex Capital One Citi

Australia American Express ANZ Citi Commonwealth Bank HSBC National Australia Bank Westpac United Kingdom American Express HSBC

Transfer ratios

Here are the new ‘effective’ transfer ratios from seven eligible Singapore banks into Asia Miles during this promotion, depending on whether you are participating at the 10% or 15% bonus level.

The minimum transfer quantity is shown for each finance partner / credit card.

Note that OCBC and Standard Chartered are the only two banks in Singapore that do not support Asia Miles conversion.

* Amex Platinum Charge and Centurion members require only 400 Points per transfer block

The bonus won’t credit immediately

Bonus miles under this promotion will be credited to your Asia Miles account within 8 to 10 weeks after the end of the promotion, which means you’ll get the standard transfer rate applicable for your bank / card product initially, topped up with the relevant bonus level as a separate credit by 21st January 2023 at the latest.

During a recent Asia Miles bonus promotion for credit card points transferred in December 2020, the miles were actually credited by mid-March 2021, 6 weeks after the promotion ended, despite the same 8-10 week timeframe being quoted.

Similarly in the previous two bonus promotions we participated in, miles were credited at around the 6-week mark, so while there are no guarantees it does look as though you should see the bonus before the end of December 2022 this time round too.

What if the bonus doesn’t credit?

You’ll have until 28th February 2023 to notify Asia Miles if you do not receive the expected bonus miles. That’s a reasonable window since the bonus should have come through at least five weeks before that.

From 1st March 2023 onwards it’s unfortunately too late to claim any missing bonus, so be sure to check and plan a chase-up with Asia Miles if required.

Transfer time

Aside from registering your Asia Miles account for the 10% or 15% promotional transfer bonus, it’s important to consider the lead time for your bank to miles transfer.

The processing time of Eligible Miles Conversion might vary among Eligible Finance Partners. AML accepts no liability for failure or delay in the provision of the Promotion Offer to the Eligible Members for any reason beyond AML’s control.

Asia Miles

Many banks will quote 5-10 working days (i.e. up to two weeks) to complete this process, but in reality most are much quicker. While we have more experience with KrisFlyer transfers, we have the following data points for Asia Miles transfers we have made, or our readers have shared:

• BOC SG: 6 weeks (why bother?)
• Citi SG: 2 working days
• Citi USA: Instant
• DBS SG: 4 working days
• UOB SG: 3 working days

Our recommendation is to initiate any transfers by Friday 4th November 2022 to allow five clear working days before the end of the promotion.

If you prefer to err on the safe side (and sleep better at night!), do it by Friday 28th October 2022 to allow an additional week.

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