Amex removing Etihad Guest as transfer partner from 23 June 2026

[Mattg]

According to this page:

Etihad Airways: Effective from 5pm (AEST) on 23 June 2026, if you are enrolled in a Membership Rewards program with Etihad Airways, the ability to transfer Membership Rewards points to the Etihad Guest loyalty program will no longer be available.

 

[hossein_au]

Does Etihad have any sweet spots left in the Etihad Guest program these days? I honestly haven’t bothered looking since the old Velocity partnership, mostly because the redemption rates have always felt pretty bad.

When they’re asking 500k–1M points for a single flight like it’s totally normal, it makes me wonder if I’m missing something.

Is there actually some hidden value in there?

 

[Happy Dude]

Etihad effectively removed themselves as a transfer partner from any program a few years ago when they jacked up their USD copayments (especially) for F and J redemptions per person per sector. Others have since caught up and even exceeded them now of course.