April 2026 Newsletter

Redemption Multipliers Monthly Newsletter April, 2026.

Join us for our next Redemption Multiplier Q&A session!

When: April 22, 2026

What time: 3:30pm Pacific/ 4:30pm Mountain/ 5:30pm Central/ 6:30pm Eastern

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🔥 Current Transfer Bonuses 🔥

We like to bookmark this list from Frequent Miler.

• 20% transfer bonus from Rove miles to SAS Scandinavian airlines until Apr 8.

• Up to 25% bonus from Citi Thank You points to Avianca Lifemiles until Apr 18.

• Up to 30% bonus from Citi Thank You points to Virgin Atlantic until Apr 18.

• 100% transfer bonus from Choice hotels to Flying Blue until Apr 18.

• 20% transfer bonus from Chase Ultimate Rewards to Air Canada Aeroplan until Apr 30.

• 70% transfer bonus from Chase Ultimate Rewards to IHG until Apr 30.

• 30% transfer bonus from CapitalOne Miles to JAL mileage bank.

Noteworthy Business class finds

These deals are often over 3 cents per point in value for desirable routes and airline products and assume 2 seats are available. (Note, we found these over the week so availability may be running out!)

🛫 Montreal (YUL) ⇄ Paris (CDG), Summer 2026

Business Class on Air France, KLM via Flying Blue: 60,000 points + ~$271–$302 in taxes

Available Dates at this price:

Jul: 4, 9–10, 13, 18–29

Aug: 1–2, 5, 7–9, 11–13, 17, 21–22, 25–27, 30

Typical Price: $5,000 round trip.

How to Book? Transfer points to Air France from Amex, Chase, Capital One, or Bilt after confirming availability, then book!

🛫 JFK or BOS ⇄ Zurich (ZRH), Fall 2026! Great for positioning around Europe and North Africa

Swiss Air Business Class via Air Canada: 60,000-70,000 points + ~$80 in taxes

Available Dates at this price:

Outbound (JFK → ZRH):

Sep: 1, 7, 9, 13, 20–22, 28–29

Oct: 4–7, 11–14, 17–22, 24–29

Nov: 1, 3–5, 8–19, 21–26, 29–30

Dec: 1–3, 6–10, 13, 15–16, 22, 24, 27–31

Outbound (BOS → ZRH):

Sep: 1, 6–7, 14, 21, 27, 29

Oct: 5–6, 12–13, 18–21, 26–27

Nov: 1–4, 7–11, 14–19, 21–26, 28–30

Dec: 1–3, 5–9, 13–15, 21–22, 24, 27–31

Typical Price: $4,000 round trip.

How to Book? Transfer points to Air Canada from Amex, Chase, Capital One, or Bilt after confirming availability, then book directly on Air Canada.

🛫 Toronto (YYZ) ⇄ Shanghai (PVG), Early 2027!

Business Class via Air Canada Aeroplan: 87,500 points + ~$128.82 in taxes (CAD)

Available Dates at this price:

Outbound (YYZ → PVG):

Feb: 2, 7, 9, 11–12, 14, 16, 18–19, 21, 23, 25–26, 28

Mar: 2, 5, 9, 11–12, 14, 16, 19

Typical Price: ~$7,000+ round trip.

How to Book? Transfer points to Air Canada from Amex, Chase, Capital One, or Bilt after confirming availability, then book directly on Air Canada.

🛫 West Coast ⇄ Hong Kong (HKG), Early 2027!

Business Class via Asia Miles: 88,000 points + ~$200 in taxes

Tip: sometimes you can book all the way through to cities like BKK, HAN, SGN and Cathay will still price at 88k

Available Dates at this price:

Outbound (LAX → HKG):

Feb: 17-18, 25

Mar. 2, 5, 9, 11-14

Outbound (SFO → HKG):

Feb: 18, 23

Mar. 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10, 13-14

Outbound (SEA → HKG):

Feb: 16, 18, 22-25

Mar: 1-4, 6, 9, 11, 13

Outbound (YVR → HKG):

Feb: 4-5, 7-10, 14, 23-24, 26-28

Mar: 4-8, 11-12, 14

Typical Price: ~$7,000+ round trip.

How to Book? Transfer points to Cathay Pacific from Amex*, Capital One, or Bilt after confirming availability, then book directly on Cathay.

*Amex no longer transfers at 1:1

🛫 East Coast US ⇄ Addis Ababa (ADD), last minute space! Great for positioning around Africa and the Middle East - for those that are struggling with canceled flights through the Middle East right now, these can be very useful

Ethiopian Business Class via United MileagePlus: 88,000 points + ~$5.60–$84.70 in taxes (USD)

Available Dates at this price:

Outbound (ORD → ADD):

Apr: 3–4, 6–8, 10, 13–15, 19–21, 26–29

May: 4, 10–13, 18, 24–25

Outbound (IAD → ADD):

Apr: 4–6, 8, 10, 12–13, 15, 20–21, 24–29

May: 2, 4–6, 9–12, 18, 22–23, 25, 27–29

Outbound (JFK → ADD):

Apr: 2–10, 12, 14–17, 20–30

May: 1, 3–6, 10–12, 16, 20, 25

Outbound (EWR → ADD):

Apr: 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 15, 20–22, 27–28

May: 4, 6, 10–11, 25

Outbound (ATL → ADD):

Apr: 4, 6–11, 20–21, 25, 27–29

May: 4, 6

Typical Price: ~$5,000+ round trip.

How to Book? Transfer points to United MileagePlus from Chase or Bilt after confirming availability, then book directly on United.

Current Air France Promo of the month:

Flying Blue releases promo routes each month on the first week day. This month Portland (PDX) is the promo city for 45k point business class fares. Read more at:

https://www.flyingblue.us/en/spend/flights/rewards

How do the Flying Blue promos work? Flying Blue is the award program for both Air France and KLM, simply search for the promo city to your designated destination in Europe and look for the promo price.

Keep the date blank to see the calendar view and make sure you are using the 'book with points' tab when you search! Promo pricing is available for dates in the next 6 months only.

Sweet Spot Award Space Spotlight: Hotel

🏨 Park Hyatt Paris - Vendôme

Hyatt's top brand in one of the most expensive hotel cities - book now before Hyatt's new pricing takes effect!

3–5 night stay, Starting Dates:

Jan: 3-31

Feb: 2-28

Mar: 9-31

Apr: 1-7, 10-14, 17-18

Types of points you can use: Chase, Bilt

Cost in Points: 35,000-40,000

Avg Cash Value: $949 per night

Redemption Value: 3.7 cents per point

How to book: Search to confirm availability, then transfer points to Hyatt.

Have you made Frequent Flier accounts with all the airlines you can transfer to?

Have you made Frequent Flier accounts with all the airlines you can transfer to?

Here is how to find out which airlines you should make accounts with: Refer to the Transfer Partner Matrix to identify which airlines you can transfer points to with your current cards.

In this example you can transfer Chase, Amex, Bilt and Capital One points to Air Canada Aeroplan. If you have any of those transferable points, go ahead and create a frequent flier account with Air Canada.

- Stephanie & Thomas