5 Airlines You Can Book to Orlando With Chase Points

Orlando is consistently one of the most-searched domestic destinations on PointsYeah. Between its theme parks, resorts, convention centers, and (just about) year-round warm weather, there’s no shortage of reasons to visit Central Florida.

And if you’ve got Chase Ultimate Rewards points, there are plenty of ways to use them to get there.

Chase has several airline transfer partners that let you book flights to Orlando International Airport (MCO), including on airlines that aren’t direct transfer partners. You can also use points to book flights through Chase Travel.

Airlines You Can Fly to MCO With Chase Points

American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, and United (among several others) all fly to Orlando. And while Chase doesn’t transfer points directly to every airline, you can use its transfer partners to book flights on all five.

Airline	Use These Chase Transfer Partners
American Airlines	British Airways Club, Iberia Club
Delta Air Lines	Air France-KLM Flying Blue, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
JetBlue	JetBlue TrueBlue, United MileagePlus
Southwest Airlines	Southwest Rapid Rewards
United Airlines	United MileagePlus, Air Canada Aeroplan, JetBlue TrueBlue, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

Southwest, United, and JetBlue are the most straightforward options. Chase transfers directly to all three programs, so you can move your points over and book flights through their respective websites.

It’s the simplest way to go from transferring points to booking a flight.

American and Delta work a little differently. Chase doesn’t transfer directly to either airline, but you can use British Airways Avios to book American flights or Air France-KLM Flying Blue miles to book Delta flights.

And those aren’t your only options. For example, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club can be useful for Delta flights. We found one such flight from Seattle (SEA) to Orlando for 22,000 Virgin points.

There’s one thing to keep in mind when booking through a partner program: Airlines don’t necessarily make every flight available to their partners.

For example, you might find a United flight available through MileagePlus but not through Air Canada Aeroplan. That’s because not every seat on the operating airline is made available to partner programs.

That’s why we’d recommend searching before transferring anything. See which programs have flights on your dates, compare the points prices and taxes, and then decide where to transfer your Chase points.

Booking Flights Through Chase Travel

You don’t necessarily need to transfer your Ultimate Rewards points to an airline to book a flight to Orlando.

Chase Travel lets you redeem points for flights on a much larger selection of airlines, including those that aren’t Chase transfer partners.

Redemptions start at 1 cent per point (so 10,000 Chase points can be worth $100 toward flights booked this way), although Chase’s Points Boost feature can get you up to 2 cents per point on select flights, depending on which card you have.

That could be worth considering if you find a cheap cash fare (particularly on a budget airline), aren’t seeing anything appealing through airline loyalty programs, or want to fly an airline that isn’t available through Chase’s transfer partners.

Just check the price in points before booking. Not every flight qualifies for Points Boost, and the redemption rates can vary.

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Find Flights to Orlando With PointsYeah

As mentioned, before transferring your Chase points, it’s worth seeing what’s available.

You can use PointsYeah to search flights to Orlando across multiple loyalty programs at once, rather than checking each airline’s website individually.

And since several Chase transfer partners can book flights on the same airlines, you might find different prices for the exact same flight.

Credit Cards That Earn Chase Ultimate Rewards Points

Of course, you’ll need Chase Ultimate Rewards points before you can transfer them to an airline or book through the Chase Travel portal.

Four Chase cards earn points that can be transferred directly to participating airline and hotel loyalty programs:

There are also two no-annual-fee business cards worth checking out:

These two cards technically earn cash back. However, if you also have one of the four Ultimate Rewards-earning cards above, you can combine your rewards into a single Ultimate Rewards account and transfer those points to Chase’s airline and hotel partners.

That means you can earn rewards on everyday purchases with a no-annual-fee card and still have the option to use them for flights to Orlando.