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Virgin Atlantic Transfers to Hilton HHonors Ratio Changing from 1:2 to 2:3, use AMEX Membership Reward Points to Liquidate Balance

UPDATE 3/1/14 @ 5:30PM PST: my transfer from Virgin Atlantic to Hilton HHonors took 22 days to complete (see photo below).

HH Honors

Virgin Atlantic Transfers to Hilton HHonors Ratio Changing from 1:2 to 2:3, use AMEX Membership Reward Points to Liquidate Balance

(Hat Tip to Mommy Points for breaking the story)

Good morning from Rome! That title is a mouthful, I know, but here is the breaking news of the morning:

  • Please note from 6 February 2014 the exchange miles to points rate is changing. Flying Club members will be able to exchange miles at the following rate: 2 Flying Club miles for 3 Hilton HHonors points.
  • You can currently exchange miles at a rate of (up until 5 February 2014): 1 Flying Club mile for 2 HHonors point.
  • Minimum Level: 10,000 miles and then in increments of 5,000. Just call the Flying Club Helpline (1-800-365-9500) with your HHonors account number.

Now that the cat (news) is out of the bag, it pays to be proactive. I have a small balance of Virgin Atlantic miles (only 11,260).  I want to get my balance up to 15,000 so I can transfer them out to my Hilton HHonors account.

Virgin Atlantic Balances

Here is my Virgin Atlantic account.  Copy your account number and head over to your American Express Membership Rewards Account.  I’m skipping a lot of steps below, but you can see the entire step-by-step guide here.  The guide shows you how to transfer to British Airways, but the process is exactly the same.   Continue reading

Update Award Wallet in Less than a Minute (iPhone App)

Award Wallet Logo

Update Award Wallet in Less than a Minute (iPhone App)

Award Wallet is my best friend for keeping track of all my frequent flyer accounts, hotel loyalty accounts, and credit card reward programs.  If you are unfamiliar with Award Wallet, please read What is Award Wallet?

I don’t know about you, but I keep track of 60+ loyalty accounts in my Award Wallet and it takes about 8-9 minutes to update all of my programs.  To update all my accounts in under a minute, I use the Award Wallet iPhone App.

iPhone/iPad App – here

Apple App

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American Airlines and Award Wallet are Back Together!

AA and AW

American Airlines and Award Wallet are Back Together!

Award Wallet is the greatest thing since sliced bread and I am pleased to announce that American Airlines has finally allowed Award Wallet to stalk track it’s members’ miles.  As soon as I heard of the news (you can read the official press release if you want), I went online and added my family’s American Airlines accounts to my Award Wallet.  I am the one in charge of keeping everyone’s miles in order.  If you do not have an Award Wallet account, please read What is Award Wallet?

AA Accounts

Up next, I hope to see Delta and United return to Award Wallet and maybe even Southwest Airlines, but they are definitely a long shot.