Wellness Travel Worth Your Points
Issue #4 · Originally sent June 5, 2026
This issue was originally sent on June 5, 2026. Some promotions, award availability, and transfer bonuses mentioned below may have changed or expired since then.
I Prefer just rolled out a wellness designation worth paying attention to. Preferred Wellbeing now spans more than 50 of its independent luxury hotels — places where wellness is the whole reason to go, not a spa tucked off the lobby.
Here are a few good examples I found: Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, with forest bathing and sound healing above the Pacific. The 7132 Hotel in the Swiss Alps, built around thermal baths carved from quartzite. Amrit Ocean Resort in Florida and its 100,000-square-foot spa. And Corcovado Wilderness Lodge in Costa Rica — off-grid and boat-access only, where unplugging isn't optional.
All of them book through I Prefer, which is free to join. Citi is running a 30% transfer bonus to I Prefer through June 13. This is an easy way to stretch your ThankYou points and gain value.
One note on how I Prefer works: there's no points-per-night chart. You redeem points as cash-value certificates (2,500 points = a $50 credit) toward any participating hotel's rate, so the Citi bonus just stretches those certificates further.
Sweet spot: Virgin Atlantic Flying Club: buy points with up to 70% bonus
Through July 7, Virgin Atlantic is selling Flying Club points with a bonus that gets bigger the more you buy, maxing out at 70%. Go big and you'll pay noticeably less per point than you would outside a promo. You can buy up to 200,000 points a year. The one rule that actually matters: confirm the award seat exists before you buy. Points are non-refundable once redeemed, and partner space on carriers like ANA can vanish fast.
- ANA business class to Tokyo (round-trip via Flying Club) — ANA business class to Japan is one of Flying Club's most reliable partner sweet spots — if you're a few thousand points short of the award, topping up is a low-risk use of this promo.
Live offers
Transfer bonuses
- Citi ThankYou: 25% Transfer Bonus to Wyndham Rewards — Citi ThankYou: 25% Transfer Bonus to Wyndham Rewards — Ends June 13 (Ends Jun 13)
- Citi ThankYou → iPrefer 30% Transfer Bonus — Your ThankYou points have been quietly waiting for a reason to move — this is one. Through June 13, transferring Citi ThankYou Points to Preferred Hotels iPrefe (Ends Jun 13)
- Amex Membership Rewards to Air France-KLM Flying Blue with 25% Bonus — Between June 2 and June 30, 2026, you can receive a 25% bonus when you transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Air France-KLM Flying Blue. (Ends Jun 30)
Earning promos
- Marriott Homes & Villas: 3x Points on Caribbean & Latin America Stays — If a villa in the Caribbean or Latin America has been sitting in your someday folder, this is a real reason to move on it. Book a 5+ night stay at a participati (Ends Jun 26)
- Hyatt: Up to 25% Off This Summer (Plus Stackable Bonus Points) — World of Hyatt's Summer Sale takes up to 25% off the member rate at participating U.S., Canada, Caribbean, and Latin America hotels — book by June 30 for stays (Ends Jun 30)
- Chase: Sapphire Reserve unlocks FIFA World Cup Dinner on the Pitch tickets May 28 — plus chef dinners and an Oaxaca trip — Sapphire Reserve cardmembers now have access to a new wave of cardmember-only experiences, including a FIFA World Cup 2026 tie-in. "Dinner on the Pitch" tickets (Ends Jun 30)
- Hyatt: Bahia Principe Double Points Promo — World of Hyatt is offering double base points on stays at participating Bahia Principe resorts. Registration is required. Eligible stays must be completed betwe (Ends Jun 30)
- Hilton Honors Road Trip Packages: 250 Points Each — Two hundred and fifty points. Not a typo. Starting May 26, Hilton is dropping a limited series of road trip packages on the Honors Experiences platform for 250 (Ends Jul 31)
- Hilton Honors Summer Bonus: 2,000–4,000 Points per Stay — Got Hilton stays on the calendar this summer? Register before you check in and pocket 2,000 bonus points for 1–3 nights, or 4,000 for 4+ nights. Stays must be c (Ends Aug 15)
Purchase bonuses
- United MileagePlus Buy Miles: Up to 100% Bonus — If you're a few thousand United miles short of a Lufthansa First, ANA, or Turkish Business redemption you've already scoped out, this is your window. Through Ju (Ends Jun 24)
- Atmos Rewards Buy Miles: Up to 100% Bonus (Targeted) — Atmos Rewards (formerly Alaska Mileage Plan) is running a buy-miles bonus of up to 100% through July 5 — but it's targeted, so the rate you get depends on your (Ends Jul 5)
- Virgin Atlantic Flying Club: Buy Points with Up to 70% Bonus — Through July 7, Virgin is running tiered bonuses on purchased points - the more you buy, the bigger the boost, topping out at 70%. The tiers: 5,000-39,000 point (Ends Jul 7)
- World of Hyatt: Buy Points with 20% Bonus — Short on Hyatt points for a specific stay? The program is selling points with a 20% bonus. Sale ends July 27, 2026. (Ends Jul 27)