![]() ![]() Spoiler alert: they don’t really having amazing award values. Without looking at the SAS award chart, my first thought was that SAS would need to have some amazing award values to make this interesting. *Note that the first two levels noted above are based on the Radisson to SAS ratio, but in reality you need to transfer Citi points to Choice in increments of 1,000, so you’d need to double the first redemption and bump up the second level to 13K Citi points, thereby orphaning some points in Choice/Radisson.ĭoes it make sense to transfer 25K Citi points for 14,286 airline miles? That’s a ratio of 1 Citi point to 0.57 airline miles. 25K Citi points = 50K Choice points = 100K Radisson points = 14,286 SAS miles.12.5K Citi points = 25K Choice points = 50K Radisson points = 7,143 SAS miles*.500 Citi points = 1,000 Choice points = 2,000 Radisson points = 286 SAS miles*.This creates weird ratios that look like this: However, SAS EuroBonus gets a slightly better ratio of 7 Radisson points to 1 airline mile (which is noted on the Radisson to airline miles transfer page). It is hard to imagine that there are many awards where that would make sense. It means that you’d need to transfer 2500 Citi points to end up with 1,000 airline miles. That’s generally not a good deal even with the 1:4 ratio from Citi to Radisson Americas. You can access the point transfer page with that information here. Radisson points transfer to most airline programs at an absolutely abysmal ratio of 10 Radisson points to 1 airline mile (in increments like 2000 Radisson points to 200 airline miles, 5000 Radisson points to 500 airline miles, or 100K Radisson points to 10K miles. Radisson Americas to airline partners is mostly a bad deal - but is SAS a sweet spot? It’s like giving you a cute moose stuffed animal to make you overlook the negative changes. That’s what made the thought of perhaps transferring on to an airline intriguing to me. There are some Radisson Americas properties where that might be attractive enough, though there aren’t a ton of great uses of Radisson points. We’ve covered that part before - it works out to be 1 Citi point = 4 Radisson Americas points.įor most people, there wouldn’t be much intrigue in anything beyond that step. Choice Privileges Points then transfer 1: 2 to Radisson Americas. Citi Points transfer to Choice Privileges at a rate of 1 Citi point to 2 Choice Privileges points. The creative play here is a multi-step conversion. At the very least, I enjoyed taking a look. I didn’t find much of anything that would appeal to most North America-based travelers, but for those who might look to piece together longer / more complex trips, there are some instances where this could come in handy. Given the circuitous nature of the path from Citi to SAS, this won’t be a great option in most instances, but Brant’s example got me to peek at the SAS award chart in search of a sweet spot. EuroBonus general membership conditions apply.Prolific Frequent Miler Insider Brant Stookey posted something in our Frequent Miler Insiders Facebook group that caught my interest in our Facebook group yesterday: it is possible to transfer points from Citi ThankYou to SAS Eurobonus, albeit in a roundabout way.Cannot be combined with other award discounts/offers with the exception of Mastercard FlyPremium (levels 2-4).The traveler must pay any applicable charges, such as airport taxes.Reservations cannot be changed after the campaign booking period is over.Number of award seats available is limited.Start & end times for the offers are always midnight to midnight CET time, unless stated otherwise.Infants travel for free, if you book a seat for your baby - 50 % discount.Children receive a 50 % discount on the offer, unless stated otherwise.Both the outbound and the inbound travels must be completed during the stated travel period.When mixing a SAS Bonus ticket with a regular ticket for points in a single booking, only the Bonus ticket will receive the discount.It not available when you mix points and cash, and for regular tickets for points. The point discount is only available for SAS Bonus tickets.Taxes and fees cannot be paid with points. Taxes and carrier-imposed fees are added per person and may vary according the destination and routing.You must be logged in to view the points discount.The discount applies to both one-ways and round trips.The price is set according to the origin and destination, regardless of the chosen routing (direct or with transfers). ![]()
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