Bilt provides Etihad Visitor as a brand new switch accomplice

Bilt Rewards has been busy including to its listing of switch companions this yr. Within the final six months, this system has added Southwest Speedy Rewards, Japan Airways Mileage Financial institution and Qatar Airways Privilege Membership to its accomplice listing. Now, Bilt Rewards is including yet one more switch accomplice: Etihad Visitor.

This information signifies that members can now switch Bilt Factors to Etihad Visitor at a 1:1 ratio in increments of 1,000.

So, must you switch your Bilt factors to Etihad Visitor?

Etihad Visitor companions with airways from a number of alliances and is usually thought-about an under-the-radar loyalty program. So, having a brand new method to earn its rewards is actually a optimistic improvement. You can too switch American Specific Membership Rewards factors, Capital One miles and Citi ThankYou Rewards factors to Etihad Visitor.

Etihad Visitor has many companions, however probably the most related are seemingly American Airways, Air Canada, Air France and KLM. This system makes use of a one-way distance-based award chart for every accomplice airline, however so far as I can inform, Etihad Visitor unifies the awards throughout the companions.

So, you might fly on American Airways one-way from New York to Los Angeles in top quality for 67,000 miles plus $61.

Or you might fly on Scandinavian Airways in economic system one-way from New York to Copenhagen for 45,000 miles plus $29.

The choices are intensive. For those who want inspiration or need to decide whether or not it is price caring about Etihad Visitor as a Bilt switch accomplice, take a look at the companions and award charts or head to Seats.aero to see what varieties of awards different customers discovered not too long ago. By doing so, you need to see what varieties of awards you might ebook.

After all, you will additionally need to be certain that different Bilt switch companions, similar to Air Canada Aeroplan, Air France-KLM Flying Blue and Atmos Rewards, aren’t higher choices for the award you need to ebook earlier than you switch Bilt factors to Etihad Visitor. You may additionally need to double-check that the award you need to safe is bookable via Etihad Visitor on the date and flight quantity(s) you need. In any case, transfers from Bilt to Etihad Visitor are a one-way transaction, which suggests they’re irreversible.

Lastly, you will need to be assured you will fly on the award you ebook as a result of Etihad Visitor’s punitive award cancellation insurance policies. The award cancellation insurance policies rely upon the fare you ebook and the time at which you cancel. However you will often face a 25% mileage penalty when you cancel an Etihad Visitor redemption greater than 21 days earlier than departure. For those who cancel nearer in, you will often face a 50% or 75% penalty. And when you cancel inside 24 hours of departure, you often will not get any refund. That is fairly tough, and positively price contemplating earlier than you switch factors to Etihad Visitor.