U.S. Bank Now Has Points Transfer Partners, With Ethiopian As A Weird Interesting Sweet Spot

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U.S. Bank has finally added transfer partners for Altitude Reserve cardmembers, starting with Flying Blue, Accor, Qantas, and Ethiopian ShebaMiles. The partner list is small and oddly limited to a card no longer open to new applicants, but Ethiopian’s fifth-freedom awards create the most surprising new sweet spot — including 15,000-mile business class redemptions on select routes.