{"version":"1.9","identifier":"923d3f04-e17a-457f-bb3c-68ab9325707f","language":"en-US","title":"One Week Left: October Transfer Bonuses, Including 50% to JAL and 40% to Flying Blue, End October 31","layout":{"columns":7,"width":1024,"margin":32,"gutter":20},"componentLayouts":{"text":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"maximumContentWidth":720,"margin":{"top":12,"bottom":12}},"photo":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"margin":{"top":20,"bottom":20}}},"componentTextStyles":{"default":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":18,"lineHeight":29,"textColor":"#171717"},"headline":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue-Bold","fontSize":36,"lineHeight":42,"conditional":[{"conditions":{"maxViewportWidth":480},"fontSize":28,"lineHeight":34}]},"intro":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":20,"lineHeight":28,"textColor":"#555555"},"caption":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":19,"textColor":"#666666"},"byline":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":20,"textColor":"#666666"},"body":{"fontName":"HelveticaNeue","fontSize":18,"lineHeight":29,"paragraphSpacingAfter":14,"linkStyle":{"textColor":"#00704a"}}},"metadata":{"canonicalURL":"https://www.pointsfrog.com/news/october-2026-transfer-bonuses-ending-jal-flying-blue","datePublished":"2026-10-26T00:08:52.894646Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T00:10:52.774404Z","authors":["Patrick Karsh"],"excerpt":"Rove, Amex, Capital One, Citi and Wyndham all have bonuses expiring this week. Here's what's left and how to decide.","thumbnailURL":"https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/923d3f04-e17a-457f-bb3c-68ab9325707f/7cf4f4a11915f3a954fce93f945ceea8.jpg","keywords":["transfer_bonus"],"generatorName":"Frog News","generatorVersion":"1.0"},"components":[{"role":"title","text":"One Week Left: October Transfer Bonuses, Including 50% to JAL and 40% to Flying Blue, End October 31","textStyle":"headline","layout":"text"},{"role":"intro","text":"Rove, Amex, Capital One, Citi and Wyndham all have bonuses expiring this week. Here's what's left and how to decide.","textStyle":"intro","layout":"text"},{"role":"byline","text":"By Patrick Karsh · Published October 26, 2026","textStyle":"byline","layout":"text"},{"role":"photo","URL":"https://pub-fac99da959e344fe99d810d309cef7df.r2.dev/photos/article/923d3f04-e17a-457f-bb3c-68ab9325707f/7cf4f4a11915f3a954fce93f945ceea8.jpg","caption":"Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing. Rove's 50% transfer bonus to JAL Mileage Bank ends October 31. · Rove (photo: Sofia Terzoni)","accessibilityCaption":"Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing. Rove's 50% transfer bonus to JAL Mileage Bank ends October 31.","layout":"photo"},{"role":"caption","text":"Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing. Rove's 50% transfer bonus to JAL Mileage Bank ends October 31. · Rove (photo: Sofia Terzoni)","textStyle":"caption","layout":"text"},{"role":"body","format":"markdown","text":"Several transfer bonuses ran at the same time this October, and most of them **end October 31**. Here's what's still available as of October 25, based on official program announcements and The Points Guy's tracker.\n\n## Still available (ending this week)","textStyle":"body","layout":"text"},{"role":"htmltable","html":"<table><tr><th>From</th><th>To</th><th>Bonus</th><th>Ends</th></tr><tr><td>Rove</td><td>Japan Airlines Mileage Bank</td><td><strong>50%</strong> (1,000 → 1,500)</td><td>Oct. 31, 11:59 p.m. EDT</td></tr><tr><td>Rove</td><td>Air France-KLM Flying Blue</td><td><strong>40%</strong> (1,000 → 1,400)</td><td>Oct. 31, 11:59 p.m. EDT</td></tr><tr><td>Rove</td><td>Qatar Airways Privilege Club</td><td>15% / 25% / 35% by amount</td><td>Oct. 31, 4:59 p.m. EDT</td></tr><tr><td>Amex Membership Rewards</td><td>Flying Blue</td><td>25% (1,000 → 1,250)</td><td>Oct. 31</td></tr><tr><td>Amex Membership Rewards</td><td>Aeromexico Rewards</td><td>20%</td><td>Oct. 30</td></tr><tr><td>Capital One</td><td>British Airways Club</td><td>20%</td><td>Oct. 31</td></tr><tr><td>Citi ThankYou</td><td>Qatar Airways Privilege Club</td><td>15%–35%</td><td>Oct. 31</td></tr><tr><td>Marriott Bonvoy</td><td>Air Canada Aeroplan</td><td>15%</td><td>Oct. 31</td></tr><tr><td>Wyndham Rewards</td><td>United MileagePlus</td><td>100%</td><td>Oct. 31</td></tr></table>","layout":"text"},{"role":"body","format":"markdown","text":"**Already ended:** Citi to JAL (30%) and Citi to Avianca LifeMiles (25%) ended October 24. Amex to Hilton (30%) and Chase to Marriott (70%) ended in mid-October.\n\n**Running longer:** Amex to Marriott Bonvoy (35%, through Dec. 10), Capital One to Virgin Atlantic (30%, through Nov. 20) and Rove to JetBlue (20%, through Nov. 14).\n\n## The Rove bonuses\n\nRove lets members earn transferable miles without a credit card. It launched three bonuses on October 1:\n\n* **JAL, 50%:** Rove notes that JAL's dynamic award pricing from the US to Japan starts at 27,000 miles in economy and 55,000 in business, one way, plus taxes, fees and surcharges. The Points Guy calculated that with the bonus, that's about 18,000 Rove miles for economy and 36,700 for business. Rove allows transfers in 100-mile increments, with a 2,000-mile minimum.\n* **Flying Blue, 40%:** Rove's example is a Phoenix–Paris award for 25,000 Flying Blue miles, or 17,900 Rove miles with the bonus.\n* **Qatar, up to 35%:** Transfers under 50,000 miles get 15%. Transfers of 50,000–99,999 get 25%, and 100,000 or more get 35%. The Points Guy notes that off-peak Qsuite business awards from the US to Doha start at 70,000 Avios one way.\n\n## Flying Blue has bonuses from three programs\n\nAmex (25%), Capital One (20%) and Rove (40%) all ran Flying Blue bonuses this month. TravelPointsPro calculated that, with October promo awards, one-way transatlantic business class was available for 36,000 Amex points. Roame [posted](https://x.com/roametravel/status/2108311452591550561) 48,000-point Air France business awards from New York and Chicago to Paris in January 2027 under the 25% bonus. Availability changes, so check before transferring.\n\n## What people are saying on X\n\nThe Points Guy's post on the Rove bonuses got nearly 17,000 views:\n\n<https://x.com/thepointsguy/status/2105660686940471426>\n\nMost of the advice was about being careful. \"Transfers are final. Decide the trip first,\" [Flightpoints](https://x.com/flightpoints/status/2106889621703430192) wrote. [AwardHack](https://x.com/awardhack_/status/2107926586611912882) put it more directly: \"Do not transfer without confirmed award space.\"\n\n## The Points Frog take\n\nA transfer bonus only helps if you have a specific award to book. Find the seat first, confirm it can be booked, and then transfer. If you've been looking at Japan this winter, a 50% bonus to JAL is uncommon, and it ends Saturday night.\n\n## Sources\n\n* Rove, 50% to JAL: <https://www.rove.com/blog/rove-launches-50-transfer-bonus-to-jal-mileage-bank>\n* Rove, 40% to Flying Blue: <https://www.rove.com/blog/rove-launches-40-transfer-bonus-to-flying-blue>\n* The Points Guy, Rove bonuses: <https://thepointsguy.com/news/rove-transfer-bonuses-jal-flying-blue-qatar/>\n* The Points Guy transfer bonus tracker: <https://thepointsguy.com/loyalty-programs/current-transfer-bonuses>\n* TravelPointsPro: <https://www.travelpointspro.net/post/this-week-in-points-and-miles-2026-10-03>","textStyle":"body","layout":"text"}]}