Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/FvHAyEdHrBw/v-deo.html Thanks to Luke for joining me in this endeavor!! www.youtube.com/@LukesPointsandMiles Here Are Some of My Favorite Point/Mile Earning Cards: Chase Freedoms: link.calbyng.com/ChaseFreedom Chase Sapphires: link.calbyng.com/Sapphires Capital One Venture X: link.calbyng.com/VentureX Capital One Venture: link.calbyng.com/Venture Capital One Venture One: link.calbyng.com/VentureOne Aeroplan: link.calbyng.com/AeroplanCard Amex Platinum: link.calbyng.com/AmexPlatinum Amex Gold: link.calbyng.com/AmexGold Citi Strata Premier: link.calbyng.com/StrataPremier Wells Fargo AutographJourney: link.calbyng.com/AutographJourney
I actually flew to Frankfurt on Singapore Airlines, and I was simply blown away. Couldn't agree with Luke more. The entire crew travels through the airport to the plane together, and they look as sharp and crisp as seen on their ads. And the service deserves a "Chef's kiss".
Ohhh mannn, you all are getting me excited to finally getting around and trying Singapore Airlines. I know for sure, I definitely want to visit the Singapore Airport; I've heard that's also insane!
Without a doubt, Singapore-Changi is the best airport in the world, man. I’m there at least once a year, and I check in as early as possible so I have time to enjoy everything.
Thank you so much for taking my crazy request and making it a reality! I appreciate the efforts you went to bring in Luke, and even rank the lesser known international transfer partners. My personal S Tier partners are Air Canada Aeroplan, Alaska Mileage Plan, and American AAdvantage (previous Bilt transfer). Those tick all the boxes for international business sweet spots, versatility, low taxes, and easy website. This was a great list, and I agree with these rankings! I feel B/C tier are programs with expanded award availability on their own flights, but not necessarily high CPP (Singapore, Emirates, EVA Air, Turkish, United). And D tier have
“Sometimes we call him Luke’s Cashback right” 😂😂😂 Damnnn this will be a monster of a video!! Great to get some knowledge like this from someone who has traveled and uses these partners as much as Luke has! Thanks for putting this together Calby!
Hey man I heard rumors in the credit card community, haha 😂 For sure, I knew I had to get Luke on board for this behemoth!! Thanks for stopping by Mr. Venture!
That’s awesome! For sure transfer partners can be a hard topic; a complicated topic even. Honestly I still have a hard time with the international airlines. Thanks for watching Boon Doggle!!
Etihad gives good value for domestic AA flights where you need a connection. Better that Qantas for shorter flights but thier cancellation policy stinks so best for last minute flights
Thanks Nubia! Hope you found it helpful!! Unfortunately we didn’t get to that one yet; however, we’re planning a livestream on Luke’s channel to finish up the rest of the transfer partners
Thanks for the heads up about Asia Miles to BA! Brings taxes to a little under $400 each way, still not the best but for sure more palatable if wanting to fly BA. Also I've found one really good use case for Jet Blue: you can book Qsuites from USA to Qatar for 70-80k with no surcharges, and the availability is better than any other partner.
Great analyses! One observation I would have is that the US airlines could automatically get bumped up one slot because of their cancellation policies on award tickets.
Hey calby, I have barely seen any UA-camr mention this sweet spot: Iberia only charges 36.25k+$25ish for economy from New York to HKG, I just got it for 28k + $25 given the 30% transfer bonus from AMEX. And there is $15 back at HKG if you leave Hong Kong the same day without entering the city. Easy 3+ CPP on economy flights 🎉
Great video! Thank you… Question? I wanna travel with my 2 brothers to France, Italy and or London in May 25 and I plan on using my meager 300k points earned on my Amex Platinum, how would you suggest I best stretch those points with transfer partners?
I’m not exactly sure what I said about Cathay but the same BA flight booked with Asia Miles should cost around $250 vs $900+ with BA. So I think my point was it’s a great alternative.
I have no issues with this tier listing except how high Hyatt gets placed on here. I’ve stayed at multiple Hyatt properties and unless you’re a true Globalist they could care less about you. Nonetheless, as a transfer partner they are (B) in my book due to their award chart. KLM is (S) tier in my book; I have gotten some sweet redemptions over the last two years with that program.
Unfortunately not yet; I missed out on the high 100k offer or 90k offer and the limited edition design. So decided I might go for the Venture X this year. As for my personal picks for Delta cards, for sure Delta Platinum isn’t bad when it has that 90k offer (this is the one I got my parents to sign up for) or the Delta Reserve when it has the 100k offer. Very easy to get value out of those cards due to the companion passes. Everything else (the credits) is just extra. Delta gold is good to pick up for the first year and downgrade it to the Delta Blue ($0 AF). Score a 70k welcome offer or a mixture of a statement credit if you pretend to check out for a flight on Delta
I think Air Canada is overrated ... at least for me. Why? They very, very rarely have more than 2 seats on their own metal for under 100K business. I searched the entire months of June & July 2025 for any airport in US or Canada to Europe. How many flights did they have on their own metal for under 100K per seat (I'm taking the actual transatlantic leg)? ZERO! You can get some funky other airline like Egypt-Air from Toronto to Detroit to Cairo to Zurich for 70K with 4 seats occasionally. But none of their stuff practically works if you travel with more than 2 people.
I'm not sure it's fair to compare the hotel partners to the airline partners. No hotel program can provide value equal to a business class ticket; some can't even match an economy ticket.
Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/FvHAyEdHrBw/v-deo.html
Thanks to Luke for joining me in this endeavor!!
www.youtube.com/@LukesPointsandMiles
Here Are Some of My Favorite Point/Mile Earning Cards:
Chase Freedoms: link.calbyng.com/ChaseFreedom
Chase Sapphires: link.calbyng.com/Sapphires
Capital One Venture X: link.calbyng.com/VentureX
Capital One Venture: link.calbyng.com/Venture
Capital One Venture One: link.calbyng.com/VentureOne
Aeroplan: link.calbyng.com/AeroplanCard
Amex Platinum: link.calbyng.com/AmexPlatinum
Amex Gold: link.calbyng.com/AmexGold
Citi Strata Premier: link.calbyng.com/StrataPremier
Wells Fargo AutographJourney: link.calbyng.com/AutographJourney
I actually flew to Frankfurt on Singapore Airlines, and I was simply blown away. Couldn't agree with Luke more. The entire crew travels through the airport to the plane together, and they look as sharp and crisp as seen on their ads. And the service deserves a "Chef's kiss".
Ohhh mannn, you all are getting me excited to finally getting around and trying Singapore Airlines. I know for sure, I definitely want to visit the Singapore Airport; I've heard that's also insane!
Without a doubt, Singapore-Changi is the best airport in the world, man. I’m there at least once a year, and I check in as early as possible so I have time to enjoy everything.
Damnnn Luke said there’s a help booth for folks who accidentally fly to Austria instead of Australia, that’s wild!
Legit.
@@AnthonyVenture Unfortunately fake news 🥺 That would be hilarious though 🤣
Damn I wanted to see the follow up video AT the help booth!!
@@mrpotatoooooo ahaha. Apparently it’s a farce. It’s not actually there.
@@mrpotatoooooo 😂😂😂 Imagine haha.
Great format! More of these please!
Thank you so much for taking my crazy request and making it a reality! I appreciate the efforts you went to bring in Luke, and even rank the lesser known international transfer partners.
My personal S Tier partners are Air Canada Aeroplan, Alaska Mileage Plan, and American AAdvantage (previous Bilt transfer). Those tick all the boxes for international business sweet spots, versatility, low taxes, and easy website. This was a great list, and I agree with these rankings! I feel B/C tier are programs with expanded award availability on their own flights, but not necessarily high CPP (Singapore, Emirates, EVA Air, Turkish, United). And D tier have
“Sometimes we call him Luke’s Cashback right” 😂😂😂
Damnnn this will be a monster of a video!! Great to get some knowledge like this from someone who has traveled and uses these partners as much as Luke has!
Thanks for putting this together Calby!
The crazy part is even since this recording some of my opinions have changed! Things move fast
@@LukesPointsandMilesDamn that’s wild!
Hey man I heard rumors in the credit card community, haha 😂
For sure, I knew I had to get Luke on board for this behemoth!!
Thanks for stopping by Mr. Venture!
@@LukesPointsandMiles They really do move fast! It’ll be cool to cover in the livestream on your channel 👍
Great to see Calby and Luke side by side, they both bring great knowledge together, great work guys!
Nice video guys. Excellent 👌
Great video and collab! 👍🏼👍🏼
Very insightful, great video.
This was awesome. Wish there was more info on Finnair. A deep dive series on partner sweet spots would be killer
Great stuff! And thanks for, including, my very brief cameo! 😂🎉🎉🎉
As someone who is new to the transfer partner game, this is extremely helpful.
That’s awesome! For sure transfer partners can be a hard topic; a complicated topic even. Honestly I still have a hard time with the international airlines.
Thanks for watching Boon Doggle!!
Great video Calby with Uncle Luke. Although I’m based in MIA, Aeroplan card is definitely on my radar once I’m under 5/24
Same here that damn 5/24
I would pay for $1,000 AF for a premium Aeroplan card with Star Alliance Gold
@@JohnWick-o5v That would be insane 🤯 They already offer quite a bit for a $95 AF card; honestly might be the only card some people need.
Etihad gives good value for domestic AA flights where you need a connection. Better that Qantas for shorter flights but thier cancellation policy stinks so best for last minute flights
i don't think there is a help desk in any airport in Austria designated to help travelers that thought they were going to Australia.
A real "tour de force" on transfer points programs - Kudos Luke & Calby👍🏾 I didn't get to hear your thoughts on ANA (?).
Thanks Nubia! Hope you found it helpful!! Unfortunately we didn’t get to that one yet; however, we’re planning a livestream on Luke’s channel to finish up the rest of the transfer partners
@@CalbyNg looking fwd to it
@@CalbyNgmake sure Luke talks about what has changed because I’m scared
Thanks for this
Luke your completely right
Hilton: best credit cards
Hyatt: best program
Marriott: best properties
Hooyahhh passport bros 😎
*you're
Do you have step by step tutorials on maximizing point redemption using airline and hotel transfer partners?
Thanks for the heads up about Asia Miles to BA! Brings taxes to a little under $400 each way, still not the best but for sure more palatable if wanting to fly BA.
Also I've found one really good use case for Jet Blue: you can book Qsuites from USA to Qatar for 70-80k with no surcharges, and the availability is better than any other partner.
Great analyses! One observation I would have is that the US airlines could automatically get bumped up one slot because of their cancellation policies on award tickets.
THIS!
Lukes in the house!
Hey calby, I have barely seen any UA-camr mention this sweet spot: Iberia only charges 36.25k+$25ish for economy from New York to HKG, I just got it for 28k + $25 given the 30% transfer bonus from AMEX. And there is $15 back at HKG if you leave Hong Kong the same day without entering the city. Easy 3+ CPP on economy flights 🎉
Virgin Atlantic and Red can be linked. There are even 80k cruises offered from time to time. They are all intents and purposes - the same account
Great video! Thank you…
Question?
I wanna travel with my 2 brothers to France, Italy and or London in May 25 and I plan on using my meager 300k points earned on my Amex Platinum, how would you suggest I best stretch those points with transfer partners?
Right off the bat Luke has me thinking of getting the Aeroplan card to use those points for Europe travel in the future haha.
I would get it if I could.
@@LukesPointsandMilesGood to know hmmmm.
Aeroplan is def worth looking into! Some great deals to be found!!!!
@@AnthonyVenture Mannnn 3x on groceries; could be a Amex Gold killer
@@CalbyNg I was just thinking that hahaha.
Is that a Hyatt Place couch?
Good eye! Yes it was haha; one of my favorite category 1 properties to stay at
🏆AEROPLAN🏆 Great collab with the Travel Expert Mr. Luke's Pts & Miles!!!
Hey! What’s your favorite sweet spot redemption with Turkish Airlines, especially after the recent devaluation?
Wrong for Cathay, they charge double for surcharge on BA business class.
I’m not exactly sure what I said about Cathay but the same BA flight booked with Asia Miles should cost around $250 vs $900+ with BA. So I think my point was it’s a great alternative.
I forgot to say: Round trip from Philadelphia
I have no issues with this tier listing except how high Hyatt gets placed on here. I’ve stayed at multiple Hyatt properties and unless you’re a true Globalist they could care less about you. Nonetheless, as a transfer partner they are (B) in my book due to their award chart.
KLM is (S) tier in my book; I have gotten some sweet redemptions over the last two years with that program.
JetBlue flies to over 108 destinations, being the sixth-largest US airline, with 879 average roundtrips daily
Uncle Luke's arms are so huge 😭
@@iGimmie For real! 💪
Hyatt as been some of my best Hotel experiences and the point redemptions Is definitely S tier 👏
IHG is awesome, but not a good transfer partner
Calby did you get Delta SkyMiles Reserve Card. Which Delta card do you recommend with new high offers.
Unfortunately not yet; I missed out on the high 100k offer or 90k offer and the limited edition design. So decided I might go for the Venture X this year.
As for my personal picks for Delta cards, for sure Delta Platinum isn’t bad when it has that 90k offer (this is the one I got my parents to sign up for) or the Delta Reserve when it has the 100k offer. Very easy to get value out of those cards due to the companion passes. Everything else (the credits) is just extra.
Delta gold is good to pick up for the first year and downgrade it to the Delta Blue ($0 AF). Score a 70k welcome offer or a mixture of a statement credit if you pretend to check out for a flight on Delta
Uncle Luke for the RL experience win!
Grandma was totally offended.
Haha, my pearls!
I think Air Canada is overrated ... at least for me. Why? They very, very rarely have more than 2 seats on their own metal for under 100K business. I searched the entire months of June & July 2025 for any airport in US or Canada to Europe. How many flights did they have on their own metal for under 100K per seat (I'm taking the actual transatlantic leg)? ZERO!
You can get some funky other airline like Egypt-Air from Toronto to Detroit to Cairo to Zurich for 70K with 4 seats occasionally. But none of their stuff practically works if you travel with more than 2 people.
SWA point Xfers isn't a bad value if you have a companion pass to double your miles.
Note to self...Transfer Chase points to Air Canada
I’m not your buddy guy!
I’m not your guy friend!
I'm not sure it's fair to compare the hotel partners to the airline partners. No hotel program can provide value equal to a business class ticket; some can't even match an economy ticket.
LMAO. "If you value safety."
What about Virgin Australia vs Virgin Red? Same program?
@@waddoo1234 im not exactly sure. I think all those points are the same though.
You skipped American, the world's largest airline?
I'd appreciate you refraining from using GOD's name in vain ( 12:36 ) so I can continue to watch your informative videos.