Transfer Capital One Miles To Etihad And Get A 20%-40% Bonus
Transfer miles from Capital One to Etihad by 3/31 at 3:59pm ET and you will get bonus miles, as follows:
- Transfer 1,000 to 9,999 miles, receive 20% Bonus Miles on each transaction.
- Transfer 10,000 to 49,999 miles, receive 30% Bonus Miles on each transaction.
- Transfer 50,000+ miles, receive 40% Bonus Miles on each transaction.
Etihad has a distance-based award chart for partner airlines, like AA and El Al. You’ll have to call Etihad to book some partner award flights, such as El Al.
A short-haul flight on AA up to 500 miles in distance is just 6K miles in coach, or under 4.3K Capital One miles with a 40% bonus.
NYC to Europe on AA is 45K in coach, 49K in premium, or 80K in business class, excluding the 20-40% bonus.
One-way rates on El Al, excluding the 20-40% bonus:
- Larnaca to Tel Aviv will cost 6K coach, 7.5K premium, or 10K business each way.
- Athens to Tel Aviv will cost 12K coach, 13K premium, or 20K business each way.
- Budapest, Dubai, Rome, or Vienna to Tel Aviv will cost 15K coach, 19K premium, or 30K business each way.
- Milan or Zurich to Tel Aviv will cost 23K coach, 25K premium, or 40K business each way.
- London or Paris to Tel Aviv will cost 28K coach, 31K premium, or 50K business each way.
- Boston or NYC to Tel Aviv will cost 67K coach, 74K premium, or 120K business each way.
- Fort Lauderdale, Miami, or LA to Tel Aviv will set you back 75K coach, 90K premium, or 140K business each way.
A 40% bonus will make those rates much better. NYC to Tel Aviv will cost 47.8K Capital One miles in coach, 52.8K Capital One miles in premium, or 85.7K Capital One miles in business each way.
You can spend 160,000 Etihad miles (114.2K Capital One miles) plus $544 to fly one-way in Etihad 787 first class or 200,000 Etihad miles (142.8K Capital One miles) for an Etihad A380 first class apartment.
Note that the A380 operates the JFK to Abu Dhabi route through June 23rd. It will move to Toronto to Abu Dhabi on June 24th. A380 First class apartments run 200,000 Etihad miles (142.8K Capital One miles) plus $562.
Those planes feature first class apartments that have a seat and a bed, along with a shower to boot.
I enjoyed flying it on my way home from the Maldives in 2017.


If you want to upgrade from the Etihad Apartment to The Residence, with a private shower and bedroom, that would set you back some $2,000-$4,000 one-way between JFK and Abu Dhabi.
Two huge caveats with Etihad miles are that the award cancellation fees are usurious and miles will now expire after 18 months, unless you credit a flight to the program.
Capital One cards with transferable points include:- Limited time offer: Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card is offering 75,000 bonus miles and a $250 travel credit for spending $4K in 3 months, plus 2 miles per dollar spent on every purchase, transfer points to airlines and hotels, 5K MLB redemptions, and more. No foreign transaction fees. $95 annual fee. Read more here.
- Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card is offering 75,000 bonus miles for spending $4K in 3 months, plus earn 2 miles per dollar spent on every purchase, $300 annual travel credit for bookings through Capital One Travel, 10K anniversary bonus miles, Global Entry/Pre-Check, Capital One lounge access, Priority Pass Lounge membership, Hertz President's Circle status, free lounge access and status for free additional cardholders, transfer miles to airlines and hotels, 5K MLB redemptions, and more. No foreign transaction fees. $395 annual fee. Read more here.
- Capital One Venture X Business is offering 150,000 bonus miles for spending $30K in 3 months, plus earn 2 miles per dollar spent on every purchase, $300 annual travel credit for bookings through Capital One Travel, 10K anniversary bonus miles, Global Entry/Pre-Check, Capital One lounge access, Enhanced Priority Pass Lounge membership, transfer miles to airlines and hotels, 5K MLB redemptions, and more. $395 annual fee. No foreign transaction fees. Read more here.
- Capital One VentureOne Rewards Credit Card is offering 20,000 bonus miles for spending $500 in 3 months, transfer miles to airlines and hotels, 5K MLB redemptions, and more. No foreign transaction fees. No annual fee.
- Capital One Spark Miles for Business is offering 50,000 bonus miles for spending $4,500 in 3 months, 2 miles per dollar spent on every purchase, Global Entry/PreCheck, transfer miles to airlines and hotels, 5K MLB redemptions, and more. No foreign transaction fees. $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $95.
- Capital One Spark Cash is offering $750 cash back (convertible to 75,000 miles) for spending $7,500 in 3 months, 2% back everywhere, $40 MLB redemptions, and more. No foreign transaction fees. $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $95.
- New offer: Capital One Spark Cash Plus is offering $2,000 cash back (convertible to 200,000 miles) for spending $30,000 in 3 months, plus get another $2,000 cash back for every $500K spent in your first year, 2% back everywhere, $40 MLB redemptions, annual fee refund when you spend $150K/year, and more. No foreign transaction fees. $150 annual fee. Read more here.
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How do you know reward availability on El Al without calling Etihad?
Can I see Elal availability online for Etihad or I need to call even to check availability?
You can try searching other partner sites.
Which partner award would be the best to check for availability?
How easy are seats to find in business on these airlines in general? Is there decent award inventory using these miles on the partner airlines?
Depends on the airline, route, and season.
Trying to find jetblue flights using etihad points. Why aren’t they coming up ?
How is Etihad better than Qantas to book El Al?
Qantas blocks El Al business class awards.
Any clue on why they block them or if they will start selling them again??
I have asked them for an explanation and never gotten a good one.
What’s the cheapest way to upgrade to business if I have points in qantas and want to use it for jfk -tlv ?
Fly through Europe.
Called Etihad to make a reservation, they gave me a price which was 50% more expensive than there award chart.
They quoted from the website that the prices are subject to change.
Did anyone experience the same?
For which airline/route/class?
Elal
TLV-JFK
Premium Economy
May 6th
LY009
According to the award chart on Etihad website it should be 74K miles.
When calling them the representative said it’s 111K.
He quoted this line from the website:
“The values in the table below are for one-way journeys only and is subject to change”
Transferred 150K + a few weeks ago so defiantly missed out…