- After watching Bilt make noise over the weekend with a 25%-125% transfer bonus, the Rove portal held up its index finger and said “hold my sake”, then announced an integration with JAL MileageBank as a transfer partner at a 1:1 ratio. A few notes:
– There’s a 50% transfer bonus through March 31
– The best new-member bonus for Rove is an affiliate link, don’t use a referral ðŸ˜
– Transferred points post instantly
– New accounts have to wait until the next time it’s 6:00 PM JST to book
– JAL MileageBank miles generally expire 36 months after posting, and new mileage activity doesn’t reset that clock
– We can’t have nice things, most of JAL’s low level award space vanished yesterday
Side note, in case you’re like me, you don’t readily know what time 6:00 PM JST is, I converted it to Nepal Time for you to make it easy: New accounts can book at the first 2:45 PM NPT that follows your transfer. - The not-available-to-new-applicants-sad-panda Citi ThankYou Mastercard sent new offers for the beginning of March, including:
– +5x points in some categories up to 8,000 ThankYou points each month through 2026
– $80 statement credit every month through May with 8 purchases of $75+
– 1,000 ThankYou points for purchases over $500 in March, up to two times
Somehow the card got better after ditching its Sears roots, which in retrospect I guess shouldn’t be shocking, but still is. (Thanks to bird and IAD_Flyer) - Southwest has a generally available status match and challenge, up to A-List Preferred status:
– Status match is valid for 120 days
– Meeting the challenge to keep status is, relative to other airlines, easy
– Extra legroom benefits for status-holders works on already booked flights
Honorary Southwest COO Brian M notes that the terms of Southwest status matches don’t usually match the implementation of status matches, in your favor.
Happy Tuesday!
Sample Southwest business logic explains why implementation may be different.