Another transfer partner? In this economy??

Good morning from Monte-Carlo, Monaco! 🇲🇨

I don’t know what the heck is going on, but I feel like every week there’s a new transfer partner, transfer bonus, or both…

And this week is no different. We’ve got ANOTHER new transfer partner and TWO new transfer bonuses.

Let’s get into it:

• 🤓 Travel Trivia Tuesday

• 🏨 30% transfer bonus to Wyndham

• ✈️ Another new transfer partner? In this economy??

• 🌎 Travel Trivia Reveal

🤓 Travel Trivia Tuesday

The answer is keeping costs low a little farther down…

🏨 30% transfer bonus to Wyndham

Last week, I told you that Wyndham Rewards had become a brand-new transfer partner for UR points.

And if we’re being honest… the reaction was basically:

“Okay.”

Don’t get me wrong – Wyndham isn’t exactly the first program people think about when they’re trying to maximize points.

Most UR points fans immediately default to transferring them to World of Hyatt.

But there’s just one small detail that makes this new option a lot more interesting now.

Hyatt is now dead. ☠️

A bunch of properties are jumping categories, peak pricing is about to get worse, and in May, the whole program will look a lot different.

And right on cue… a new Wyndham transfer bonus showed up.

For a limited time, you’ll get a 30% bonus when transferring UR points to Wyndham Rewards.

Now remember something important about Wyndham: award nights start at just 7,500 points.

That means with the transfer bonus, you could theoretically book a hotel night for around 5,800 UR points.

Suddenly, that “underwhelming” new partner starts looking a little more useful.

Wyndham hotels aren’t always glamorous, but they’re everywhere in the U.S… road trips, smaller cities, national parks, etc.

If the hotel works for your trip and the math makes sense, that’s real value.

But if you don’t have a stash of UR points yet, there’s a pretty easy fix for that.

Right now, you can earn 75,000 UR points after signing up for this epic card (which has a teeny tiny annual fee, by the way).

Transfer those 75,000 UR points with this 30% bonus, and you’d end up with 97,500 Wyndham points.

At the lowest award level, that’s 13 free hotel nights at Wyndham.

Not bad for a single welcome offer, huh? 😏

Even better, this card earns the same flexible UR points on everyday spending, without the kind of annual fee that makes your wallet cry.

So between a brand-new transfer partner, a 30% bonus, and this tasty welcome offer floating around… Wyndham just became a lot more interesting.

✈️ Another new transfer partner? In this economy??

Last week, I told you about Rove Miles adding Japan Airlines as a transfer partner. That was already a pretty big deal (especially with the current 50% transfer bonus).

Well… apparently they’re not done yet.

Rove has now added SAS EuroBonus, the loyalty program of Scandinavian Airlines, as another transfer partner.

And to celebrate the launch, they’re offering a 20% transfer bonus through April 8, which gives you a full month to use it.

A couple of years ago, SAS ran one of the craziest airline promos we’ve ever seen. If you flew 15 different SkyTeam airlines, they’d give you one million SAS miles.

Naturally, I did the only reasonable thing and flew all over the world to complete it.

I finished the challenge, and today I’m still sitting on more than 700,000 SAS miles.

And I’ll be honest… at first I assumed they’d be kind of average in terms of value.

Turns out, they’re actually way more useful than I expected.

Use them to fly SAS itself

SAS operates a bunch of nonstop routes between Scandinavia and cities across the United States. Their award pricing is refreshingly simple, too.

Economy flights start at 30,000 miles each way, premium economy runs 45,000 miles, and their lie-flat business class seats come in at 60,000 miles.

That business-class price is actually pretty competitive these days. But because of the 20% transfer bonus, you’d only need about 50,000 Rove Miles to book that same seat.

And unlike some programs that release almost no award space, SAS tends to have decent availability – even during busy travel periods like summer (as shown in the screenshot above).

Once you’re actually in Europe, the value gets even better.

Short flights within Scandinavia can cost as little as 5,000 SAS miles in economy.

And this isn’t just for tiny 30-minute hops. In fact, one of the more fun examples is a flight from Oslo to Longyearbyen in Svalbard, which sits deep in the Arctic Circle.

Personally, though, I think SAS miles become even more interesting when you use them for partner awards.

Partner award examples

This is how I’ve been using most of my miles.

For example, within Asia, you can book long-haul business-class flights for around 60,000 miles. I used SAS miles to fly Garuda Indonesia from Jakarta to Tokyo – a roughly seven-hour flight in lie-flat business class. 😎

With the current transfer bonus, the same redemption would require only about 50,000 Rove Miles.

You can also find some surprisingly good value flying around Africa on Kenya Airways, with flights starting at 15,000 miles in economy, even when flights are priced at $500 to $1,000.

So between transatlantic business-class flights, cheap Scandinavian routes, and some surprisingly good partner awards, SAS miles have turned out to be a lot more useful than I originally expected.

So the next obvious question is…

How do you actually earn Rove Miles?

You earn Rove Miles by… doing things you already do.

For starters, you get 1,000 miles just for signing up for the program, no purchase required. So that’s step one.

But the real power comes from how Rove rewards travel bookings. Hotels frequently earn 40x, 50x, even 60x Rove Miles per dollar.

For example, you could book five nights at this hotel in Stockholm – the stunning Hotel Reisen, right in the center of Gamla Stan.👇

But also… you’ll earn 46,000 Rove Miles.

Even with no transfer bonus, that’s enough to transfer to SAS and book a premium economy flight from the U.S. to Stockholm.

If you earn a few thousand more miles, you can transfer them to SAS with the 20% bonus and book BUSINESS class.

In other words:

• Step 1: Book a really nice hotel

• Step 2: Use the rewards to book a business class flight to stay in said hotel

Don’t sleep on Rove Miles… I think this program is only going to keep getting better and better.

If you book hotels through Rove, you’ll want to use a card with a good travel multiplier for hotels. My go-to choice is this one.

🌎 Travel Trivia Reveal

Earlier, we asked which U.S. city was ranked the cheapest destination for American travelers in 2026…

If you chose Las Vegas, Nevada — congrats!

Skyscanner ranked Las Vegas as the #1 cheapest destination for U.S. travelers in 2026.

Why Vegas?

✈️ One of the most competitive flight markets in the country
📈 High airline capacity and frequent routes
🎰 Year-round demand that keeps fares relatively low

The report also found that Wednesday is the cheapest average day to fly in 2026, so midweek flexibility could make a real difference if you're trying to keep costs down.

Other cities that made the top 10 cheapest list included:

• Orlando, Florida

• Miami, Florida

• San Juan, Puerto Rico

• Kahului, Hawaii

Moral of the story? You don’t need a passport (or a massive budget) to travel smart in 2026.

Guys… this is an exciting time to be alive.

There are SO MANY good deals right now in the points-and-miles space, so I really hope you can jump on as many as possible.

Take care and see you tomorrow,

43.7401° N, 7.4266° E

With contributions by McKay Moffitt, April Wilson, and Alison Carrico