Capital One and Copa Airlines have launched a partnership that allows conversions of points to miles at an unfavorable 1:0.75 ratio.
There is a 30% transfer bonus to celebrate this launch until December 1, 2026.
You can access Capital One here, and Copa here.
Capital One’s Current Transfer Bonuses:
Capital One’s Copa ConnectMiles Transfer Ratio:
The transfers from Capital One are usually done at a 1:0.75 ratio, i.e., 1,000 Capital One points become 750 ConnectMiles.
For the duration of this promotion, these transfers are boosted by 30%, and this same transfer becomes 975 ConnectMiles
Capital One Transfer Partners:
Oneworld
British Airways (The Club – Avios) Cathay (Asia Miles) Finnair (Finnair Plus) JAL (JAL Mileage Bank) Qantas (Frequent Flyer) Qatar Airways (Privilege Club)
Star Alliance
Air Canada (Aeroplan) Avianca (LifeMiles) Copa Airlines (ConnectMiles) EVA Air (Infinity MileageLands) Singapore Airlines (KrisFlyer) TAP Air Portugal (TAP Miles&Go) Turkish Airlines (Miles&Smiles)
SkyTeam
Aeromexico (Aeromexico Rewards) Air France KLM (Flying Blue) Virgin Atlantic (Flying Club)
Non-Aligned Airlines
Emirates (Skywards) Etihad Airways (Guest) JetBlue (TrueBlue)
Hotels
Accor (ALL) Choice Hotels (Choice Privileges) Preferred Hotels & Resorts (I Prefer) Wyndham Hotels (Wyndham Rewards)
Conclusion
It is unfortunate that the Capital One to Copa ConnectMiles standard transfer ratio is not 1:1, but rather 1:0.75.
Copa used to use Continental OnePass as its frequent flier program, then United’s MileagePlus, before they launched their own.
I haven’t paid much attention to their frequent flier program because I had registration issues when the program launched. I just had a look at it again, and the information they request to merely open a frequent flier account is excessive: