American Express Membership Rewards
Move Membership Rewards points to 16 airline and 4 hotel partners from the Amex rewards site. Best when you have already found award space with Delta, ANA, Flying Blue, Virgin Atlantic or an Avios program.
Step by step
- 1
Open Membership Rewards transfers
Sign in at americanexpress.com, open Rewards, and choose Transfer Points to see every partner with its current ratio.
Sign inRewardsTransfer Points
- 2
Link your loyalty account
Pick the airline or hotel program, then add your loyalty number. The name on the loyalty account must match your Amex account.
Select partnerAdd loyalty account
- 3
Transfer the exact amount and book
Enter the points you need in the partner's increment, confirm, then book the award on the airline or hotel website.
Enter pointsReviewConfirm transfer
Flights
- Most airline partners transfer 1:1; Cathay and Emirates are 1,000:800 and JetBlue is 250:200.
- Business Platinum cardholders get 35% of points back when using Pay with Points on their selected airline via Amex Travel.
Hotels
- Hilton transfers at 1,000:2,000 and Marriott at 1:1.
- Transfers are final — confirm award availability before moving points.
Watch for
- Statement credits pay about 0.6¢ per point, so transfers to partner airlines usually beat them by a wide margin.
- Link the loyalty account in advance; first transfers can take longer to verify.
Popular partners
Partner roster and ratios read from americanexpress.com on 2026-10-20. Confirm the live ratio before transferring.