US Bank adds hotel and airline transfer partners for the first time — here's why that matters

One of the things the rewards community has waited years for just happened.For the first time, U.S. Bank has officially added airline and hotel transfer partners to the U.S. Bank Altitude™ Reserve Visa Infinite® Card, as reported by The Frequent Miler.This move has been a long time coming. U.S. Bank has said transfer partners were "coming soon" since the $400-per-year card underwent significant benefit changes in 2024 and 2025.Those changes included restricting the card's annual $325 travel and dining credit to purchases through the bank's Travel Center and dropping the value of point redemptions from 1.5 cents each to 1 cent each.Still, with the card's unique bonus category of 3 points per dollar on mobile wallet spending (up to $5,000 per month) and the promise of transfer partners on the way, some cardholders held onto their Altitude Reserve cards to see how the program might evolve.And now we know.The information for the U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite card has been collected independently by The Points Guy. The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer.U.S. Bank's new transfer partnersU.S. Bank now has four transfer partners:US BA...