Sometimes you need an infusion of miles or points to your membership account for whatever reason — perhaps to have enough to redeem for a limited time award as one example — and the best time to purchase or gift miles or points is when they are on sale, as with this miles and points on sale for Friday, April 5 2024.
Miles and Points On Sale — April 5 2024
A sale may be a discount on the price required to purchase miles or points — or perhaps the frequent travel loyalty program from whom you are buying the miles or points will match your purchase up to 150 percent, which is another way of reducing the cost of miles or points.
Offers to purchase miles and points are not usually highlighted in their own articles here at The Gate With Brian Cohen. Rather, they are compiled in this article — typically whenever a new sale is announced or an old sale expires — so that you can shop for miles and points from different frequent travel loyalty programs conveniently in one spot and compare the sales to what you want or need.
Note that you may get a different offer from some of the frequent travel loyalty programs than what are posted in this article — especially when the offer is touted as a “mystery bonus” or some other vague term.
The frequent travel membership programs which are featured in this latest edition of miles and points on sale are:
- Hilton Honors
- Choice Privileges
- World of Hyatt
- The Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club
- Wyndham Rewards
- Air Canada Aeroplan
- Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flying Blue
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- Emirates Airline Skywards
- Finnair Plus
- Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- United Airlines MileagePlus
Choice Privileges: 50 Percent Bonus Points
You only have until Tuesday, April 9, 2024 to take advantage of receiving a bonus of 50 percent on your purchase of Choice Privileges points with a minimum purchase of 6,000 Choice Privileges points in one transaction — and the maximum amount of points which you can purchase this year is 180,000 points.
Hilton Honors: 100 Percent Bonus Points
You can receive a bonus of 100 percent on any purchase of a minimum of 5,000 Hilton Honors points — up to a maximum limit of 240,000 Hilton Honors — but you have until the end of the day on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 to take advantage of this offer.
World of Hyatt: 20 Percent Discount
Until the end of the day on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, you can enjoy a discount of 20 percent on the purchase of a minimum of 5,000 World of Hyatt points — that is, spend a maximum of $1,056.00 to receive a total of 55,000 World of Hyatt points instead of spending $1,320.00.
The Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club: Up to 60 Percent Bonus Points
Through Friday, April 26, 2024, you can purchase a minimum of 1,000 The Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club points and receive a bonus of up to 60 percent — meaning you can get as many as 50,000 bonus Leaders Club points — as follows:
- Buy 1,000 to 29,000 Leaders Club points = 40 percent bonus Leaders Club points
- Buy 30,000 to 50,000 Leaders Club points = 60 percent bonus Leaders Club points
Wyndham Rewards: 40 Percent Bonus Points
Starting with a minimum of 3,000 points, you can get a bonus of 40 percent on your purchase of Wyndham Rewards points through Sunday, April 21, 2024.
Air Canada Aeroplan: Up to 80 Percent Bonus
Until the end of the day today, Friday, April 5, 2024, you can purchase or gift a minimum of 15,000 Aeroplan points and receive a bonus of up to 80 percent.
Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airways Flying Blue: Up to 50 Percent Discount
Sharing the Flying Blue membership program are Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Transavia, Aircalin, and TAROM — plus, you can redeem Flying Blue miles for flights operated by many partner airlines. Until Thursday, April 25, 2024, you can purchase Flying Blue miles and receive a discount of up to 50 percent more miles — Flying Blue members who have earned elite status may purchase up to 300,000 miles per transaction before the bonus is added; while other members may purchase a maximum of 100,000 miles — as follows:
- Buy 4,000 to 14,000 Flying Blue miles = 35 percent discount
- Buy 15,000 to 39,000 Flying Blue miles = 40 percent discount
- Buy 40,000 to 100,000 Flying Blue miles = 50 percent discount
American Airlines AAdvantage: Up to 35 Percent Discount
You can purchase or gift up to a maximum of 150,000 AAdvantage miles in order to receive a discount of up to 35 percent — for a cost of $3,668.44 for 150,000 miles — through the end of the day on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 as follows:
- Buy or gift 5,000 to 54,000 AAdvantage miles = 20 percent discount
- Buy or gift 55,000 to 149,000 AAdvantage miles = 25 percent discount
- Buy or gift 150,000 AAdvantage miles = 35 percent discount
Emirates Airline Skywards: Up to 25 Percent Bonus Skywards Miles
You can enjoy a bonus of up to 25 percent on the purchase or gifting of a minimum of 5,000 Emirates Airline Skywards miles
through Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 11:59 in the evening Gulf Standard Time or 3:59 in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 25,000 Emirates Airline Skywards miles = 10 percent bonus Emirates Airline Skywards miles
- Buy 26,000 to 100,000 Emirates Airline Skywards miles = 25 percent bonus Emirates Airline Skywards miles
Only members of the Skywards frequent flier loyalty program who have had any previous activity in their membership accounts can purchase miles.
Finnair Plus: Up to 70 Percent Bonus Avios
Purchase a minimum of 5,000 Finnair Plus Avios and get a bonus of up to 70 percent Avios when your transaction is completed by Sunday, April 7, 2024 as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 49,000 Finnair Plus Avios = 30 percent bonus Finnair Plus Avios
- Buy 50,000 to 99,000 Finnair Plus Club Avios = 50 percent bonus Finnair Plus Avios
- Buy 100,000 to 200,000 Finnair Plus Avios = 70 percent bonus Finnair Plus Club Avios
Purchase a minimum of 5,000 Finnair Plus Avios and get a bonus of up to 50 percent Avios when your transaction is completed between Monday, April 8, 2024 and Wednesday, April 17, 2024 as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 49,000 Finnair Plus Avios = 30 percent bonus Finnair Plus Avios
- Buy 50,000 to 200,000 Finnair Plus Avios = 50 percent bonus Finnair Plus Club Avios
Qatar Airways Privilege Club: Up to 50 Percent Bonus Avios
You can buy or gift a minimum of 3,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios and get a bonus of up to 50 percent Avios when your transaction is completed by Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 11:59 in the evening Arabian Standard Time or 3:59 in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time as follows:
- Buy 3,000 to 15,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios = 20 percent bonus Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios
- Buy 16,000 to 30,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios = 30 percent bonus Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios
- Buy 31,000 to 100,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios = 50 percent bonus Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios
United Airlines MileagePlus: Up to 100 Percent Bonus Miles
Until the end of the day on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, you can purchase or gift up to a maximum of 102,500 miles and receive a bonus of up to 100 percent as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 19,000 MileagePlus miles = 30 percent bonus MileagePlus miles
- Buy 20,000 to 49,000 MileagePlus miles = 65 percent bonus MileagePlus miles
- Buy 50,000 to 125,000 MileagePlus miles = 100 percent bonus MileagePlus miles
Final Boarding Call
Remember that each frequent travel loyalty program has partners through which you can redeem miles or points; so you are not confined just to the product offered by an airline or lodging company.
Also be sure to read the terms and conditions of each offer. Typically, all sales are final: once you have purchased your miles or points through these sales, you cannot return your points; and your money cannot be refunded.
I have purchased miles and points on rare occasions — and if you need to do so from the aforementioned frequent travel loyalty programs, now is the right time.
If this article is missing any offers of purchasing miles or points on sale, please let me know in the Comments section below. Thank you in advance…
…and until the next edition of this article is written, please keep checking back to this article of miles and points on sale for Friday, March 22 2024, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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