Etihad 25% Transfer Bonus For Citibank & Hotel Programs (Excludes SPG)

The Offer

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• Receive a transfer bonus of 25% when you transfer your loyalty points from one of the participating partners to Etihad Guest Miles by July 31st. Below are a list of the transfer partners participating and their standard transfer rates:
  • Accor Hotels: 2:1
  • Citibank: 1:1
  • Hilton HHonors: 10:1
  • Hyatt Gold Passport: 2.5: 1
  • IHG: 5:1
  • Marriott Rewards: 10,000:1,500
  • Club Carlson: 10:1
  • Shangri-La Golden Circle: 1:1

The Fine Print

• The offer is valid for all Points to Miles conversions made between 1 July and 31 July both days inclusive.
• Participating points conversion partners: Accor Hotels, ADCB, Radisson Blu, Citibank, Emirates Islamic Bank, Heathrow Rewards, Hilton Honors, Hyatt, IHG, Joyalukkas, Marriott Rewards, NBAD, Shangri-La.
• Non participating points conversion partners: HSBC, Etisalat Rewards, American Express Membership Rewards (All regions), Starwood StarPoints and Flybuys Rewards
• Bonus Etihad Guest Miles will not be calculated on retroactive basis under any circumstances i.e. credit card/ hotel reward points converted to Etihad Guest Miles and posted into the membership account during the promotion period but for which the conversion request was placed outside the promotion period will not qualify for the bonus miles promotion.
• This offer cannot be clubbed with any other conversion offer.

Our Verdict

It’s a shame that SPG is excluded, because they are the only hotel program that is really worth converting from (1:1 rate, but the 5,000 bonus miles for transfers in increments of 20,000). This promo is also being issued by Etihad rather than any of the other card issuers (e.g Citi), Etihad ran a similar deal twice last year in December and April. Even though this bonus isn’t from Citi directly, we’ve included it in the complete list of Citi transfer bonuses.

Hat tip to TPG