Korean Air has been one of my favorite uses of Chase points.
- First class awards have been so darned easy to get.
- There are real sweet spots in their Skyteam award chart
- They offer cheap awards to Hawaii
Although they are of course very Korean and their processes for redeeming awards are unique.
Korean went offline as a Chase transfer partner last month, though I wrote that it was expected to come back.
Korean Air’s Skypass website lists Chase Ultimate Rewards as a partner and the page says transfers will be back next month.
※ Chase Ultimate Rewards point transfer is temporarily unavailable. It is planned to re-open during Jan, 2015.
I don’t take the date as definitive and there isn’t yet a specific date, but it’s good to be hearing from both side that transfers should return — and soon.
(HT: MileCards)
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Great news! been waiting for book KE award.
Korean Air has been very accommodating in extending/reissuing my planned itinerary until the Chase partnership can return. I am, however, still booked on Singapore as a (pricey) fallback.
Thank Mark.
Good to know. Just put my booking on hold.
Thank you so much for the info. I booked four award tickets to Hawaii from Korean air site, but I couldn’t transfer my chase point to Skypass account.The rep said that I can transfer the points before my trip date, but is it true? Hope I can transfer my points in January.It would be our first trip to Hawaii….