Amex MR transfer guide

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.

Open Amex transfer partners

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.