Wells Fargo Transfer Partners Overview

Tim Qin
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Learn about Wells Fargo's new transfer partners and what we think are the best ones so far
Wells Fargo Transfer Partners Overview

Wells Fargo has recently reentered the credit card arena and will be enabling users to transfer their points to travel partners starting April 6, 2024.

Although Wells Fargo currently has a pretty limited batch of transfer partners so far, there's a lot of potential, especially when we see what they've been able to accomplish with Bilt. In this article, we'll highlight Wells Fargo's current transfer partners, which ones are good, and what the future could entail.

Wells Fargo's Transfer Partners

Wells Fargo has 7 airlines and 1 hotel transfer partners, totaling 8.

The programs they have access to aren't anything particularly unique—they're amongst the most widely accessible transfer partners around:

Airline Transfer PartnerTransfer Ratio(Wells Fargo → Partner)Transfer Time
Aer Lingus AerClub
1:1TBD
Air France/KLM Flying Blue
1:1TBD
Avianca LifeMiles
1:1TBD
British Airways Executive Club
1:1TBD
Iberia Plus
1:1TBD
Qatar Airways Privilege Club
1:1Instant
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
1:1TBD
Hotel Transfer PartnerTransfer Ratio(Wells Fargo → Partner)Transfer Time
Choice Privileges®
1:2TBD

How To Earn Wells Fargo Points

Wells Fargo has launched two exciting new cards that are eligible to both earn and transfer points to partners.

Wells Fargo Autograph Journey℠ Visa® Card

While this fresh card has a standard welcome offer, it comes with best in class spending multipliers that give many of the existing incumbents a run for their money:

  • 5x points on hotels (direct bookings, not portal!)
  • 4x points on airlines (direct bookings, not portal!)
  • 3x points on travel and dining
  • 1x points on all other purchases

The card also comes with up to $50 in airfare statement credits each year and decent travel insurance benefits.

Credit Card

Wells Fargo Autograph Journey℠ Visa® Card

Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases using your new card in the first 3 months after account opening

Wells Fargo Autograph℠ Card

This no annual fee card is giving a lot of the incumbents a run for their money, with a slew of strong earning categories and the ability to transfer points to partners:

  • 3x points on restaurants, travel, gas, transit, popular streaming services, and phone plans
  • 1x points on all other purchases

Surprisingly, despite no annual fee, the Autograph also comes with Visa Signature® perks and no foreign transaction fee.

Wells Fargo Autograph℠ Card

Wells Fargo Autograph℠ Card

Earn 20,000 bonus points after you spend $1,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening

Examples Of High Value Transfer Partners

Air France/KLM Flying Blue

Flying Blue is one of our favorite transfer programs for a multitude of reasons. With reasonable award pricing and free stopovers, there's a lot to like about it.

They have one of the best US/Europe deals around: you can fly business class on Air France or KLM to/from Europe via the contiguous 48 United States, Canada, and Mexico for just 50,000 miles each way.

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Examples Of Ok Value Transfer Partners

Choice Privileges

Using your Wells Fargos points to book Choice Hotels could be an ok way to get some value out of them. Choice uses dynamic pricing to determine the cost of their award nights, which can make it more difficult to find good value redemptions.

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For example, this stay in New York is running at a base rate of 222 USD (before taxes & fees), but costs 30,000 per night. With a 1:2 transfer ratio, this starts to net you about 1.5 cents per point. However, other redemptions may not prove as friendly—definitely a case by case basis.

Conclusions

Wells Fargo has reentered the points space with a bang, and we're excited to see where they take this. Based on their existing work with Bilt, they've been able to develop some incredible, never before seen transfer partner relationships. Perhaps we could see Wells Fargo partnering with American Airlines... or Hyatt... but these are pipe dreams at best.

Wells Fargo Autograph℠ Card

Wells Fargo Autograph℠ Card

Earn 20,000 bonus points after you spend $1,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening

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