Etihad Guest Offers Up To 40% Bonus For Points Transfer From Select Credit Card & Hotel Programs

Etihad Guest has opened another campaign for up to 40% bonus on incoming points transfers from select financial institutions and hotel loyalty programs by March 31, 2025.

The partners include both regional and international banking partners, as well as four different hotel programs that will offer a staggered bonus depending on the amount of points transferred.

You can access Etihad to review the applicable points transfer partners here.

Eithad runs this campaign rather frequently and it’s important to note that not all partners are participating in this bonus and the selection of both banking and hotel partners is spread globally.

These are the details of the promotion as advertised:

Earn up to 40% extra Etihad Guest Miles by converting loyalty points to miles before 31 March:

Transfer 0 to 9,999 miles and get 20% Bonus Miles on each transaction.

Transfer 10,000 to 49,999 miles and get 30% Bonus Miles on each transaction.

Transfer 50,000 miles and above and get 40% Bonus Miles on each transaction.

Who is actually participating this time around?

Here is the list of partners from where you can transfer and take advantage of the bonus:

Some partners are notably missing this time around, for example Amex Korea which always participated in the last few campaigns is no longer on the list.

Etihad is quite aggressive as it seems to generate revenue with these points transfers. The big question is, what will members eventually be able to book once the points have hit the account, and at what price!?

As I wrote previously, I tried to make the program work, but never found a proper use case for my travel profile that makes sense and provides value.

Conclusion

Etihad Guest is offering another promotion to transfer points into the program, this time for partners of financial companies and certain hotel programs. It seems that EY management wants to drive these transfers in order to generate extra revenue (these banks and hotels pay Etihad for all points transferred in).

Getting the points into your account is only half the deal, though; in the end, you need to find a worthwhile redemption, and that might prove to be more difficult. I don’t consider Etihad Guest to be a program with many sweet spots for redemptions so I’d be wary before moving points into this program. Make sure that you know what a potential redemption will cost you and that it is available.

These are the Terms & Conditions for this transfer promotion:

The offer is valid for all Points to Miles transfers made from the qualifying partner loyalty programme between 03 March 2025 (00.00am UTC+4) and 31 March 2025 (23.59pm UTC+4) both days inclusive.

Etihad Guest members who transfer 0 to 9,999 miles, will receive 20% Bonus miles on each transaction.

Etihad Guest members who transfer above 10,000 to 49,999 miles, will receive 30% Bonus miles on each transaction.

Etihad Guest members who transfer from 50,000 and above miles, will receive 40% Bonus miles on each transaction.

Once the Miles transfer request in initiated it cannot be reversed.

This offer is subject to the Terms & Conditions of the Etihad Guest Programme.

A valid Etihad Guest membership number is required to successfully perform the transfer.

The Etihad Guest member will be responsible for quoting the correct Etihad Guest membership number to the participating transfer partners for the transfer activity.

Terms and conditions governing the existing transfer partners will apply.

The promotion is applicable for any member who converts their points from a qualifying Partner loyalty programme to Etihad Guest Miles. The eligibility of the bonus for a specific member will be done based on the validity of the promotion and the date of transfer provided by the partner for that respective member.

Base Etihad Guest Miles converted by the member will be awarded as per the applicable transfer ratios of each respective partner

Bonus Etihad Guest Miles earned during this promotion will reflect in the member’s Etihad Guest membership account within 15 business days by the end of the campaign period.

The above promotion construct is valid only for all Points Transfer Partners which fall under the Points Transfer partners listed above and governed by the transfer ratios and minimum thresholds applicable for these respective partners.

Etihad Guest reserves the right to withdraw or cancel the promotion or modify or alter the terms and conditions of such promotion at any time.

Participation under this promotion is purely voluntary for the members.

The decision of Etihad Guest will be final and binding under this promotion and no disputes will be entertained in this regard.

This offer cannot be clubbed with any other transfer offer.

Eligible Partners: Shangri-La, Hyatt, Accor, ADCB Touchpoints, Emirates Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD (UAE), FAB, ADNOC (Earn), Dubai Islamic Bank, Mashreq (UAE), Commercial Bank Dubai, Ajman bank, Burgan Bank, RAK Bank, NBF, Standard Chartered UAE, OCBC, BNZ, CIMB, Inbursa, Al Rajhi, SAB, BSF, CIB, Ping An, Al Baraka (BH), BisB, AUB (BH), NBK (BH), Capital 1 (US)