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What makes the Marriott Bonvoy program more valuable than many other hotel programs isn't just the sheer number of properties you can now book using points but also the wide variety of airline partners to which you can transfer points. Bonvoy members he a whopping 40+ airline transfer partners to choose from, giving you valuable flexibility for your points.
In addition, many offer solid transfer ratios. All but three partners he a 3:1 point-to-mile transfer ratio, plus a 5,000-mile bonus for every 60,000 points transferred from the new program, effectively making the ratio 2.4:1.
The only airlines with worse ratios are JetBlue and Air New Zealand. These carriers he transfer ratios of 6:1 and 200:1, respectively. Meanwhile, the RewardsPlus partnership allows you to transfer Marriott points to United at a 3:1.1 ratio.
But how long do these transfers actually take? Let's find out.
Mariott Bonvoy transfer timesHotel point transfers to airlines are generally known to take longer than some other transferable currencies, like American Express Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards and Citi ThankYou Rewards. So we here at TPG wanted to find out just how long it actually takes to move Marriott Rewards points to all partners. To do so, we routinely transfer 3,000 points to each of Marriott's partners and track the time it takes for them to show up.
Your experiences may vary, but here's what we found:
ProgramTransfer TimeAegean Airlines3 daysAer Lingus3 daysAeroflot20 daysAeromexico4 daysAir Canada Aeroplan4 daysAir France/KLM3 daysAir New Zealand