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, August 16 2024.
Miles and Points On Sale — August 16 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:
- Choice Privileges
- Hilton Honors
- World of Hyatt
- IHG One Rewards
- Marriott Bonvoy
- Air Canada Aeroplan
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- JetBlue Airways TrueBlue
- Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards
- United Airlines MileagePlus
Choice Privileges: Up to 30 Percent Bonus
You only have until Tuesday, August 27, 2024 to take advantage of receiving a bonus of up to 30 percent more points 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 as follows:
- Buy 6,000 to 13,000 Choice Privileges points = 20 percent bonus points
- Buy 14,000 to 17,000 Choice Privileges points = 25 percent bonus points
- Buy 18,000 to 180,000 Choice Privileges points = 30 percent bonus 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, September 24, 2024 at 11:59 in the evening Eastern Daylight Time to take advantage of this offer.
World of Hyatt: 20 Percent Discount
Until the end of the day on Tuesday, October 8, 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.
IHG One Rewards: 100 Percent Bonus Points
You have until the end of the day on Saturday, September 7, 2024 to take advantage of receiving a bonus of 100 percent on IHG One Rewards points with a minimum purchase of 5,000 IHG One Rewards base points and up to a maximum limit of 250,000 IHG Rewards base points for $2,500.00 — not including the bonus points.
Marriott Bonvoy: Up to 50 Percent Bonus Points
You can buy or gift a minimum of 2,000 Marriott Bonvoy points — up to a maximum total of 150,000 points — and get a bonus of up to 50 percent through Monday, September 23, 2024. The bonus is a mystery; so different members will receive different offers.
Air Canada Aeroplan: Up to 30 Percent Discount
You can purchase or gift a minimum of 10,000 Aeroplan points and receive a discount of up to 30 percent through Tuesday, September 3, 2024 as follows:
- Buy 10,000 to 19,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points = 15 percent discount
- Buy 20,000 to 39,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points = 20 percent discount
- Buy 80,000 to 100,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points = 25 percent discount
- Buy 100,000 to 100,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points = 30 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 Saturday, August 31, 2024 as follows:
- Buy or gift 6,000 to 24,000 AAdvantage miles = 10 percent discount
- Buy or gift 25,000 to 79,000 AAdvantage miles = 15 percent discount
- Buy or gift 80,000 to 104,000 AAdvantage miles = 20 percent discount
- Buy or gift 105,000 to 149,000 AAdvantage miles = 25 percent discount
- Buy or gift 150,000 AAdvantage miles = 35 percent discount
JetBlue Airways TrueBlue: 125 Percent Bonus Points
The end of the day on Friday, September 13, 2024 is the last day on which you can purchase a minimum of 3,000 TrueBlue points and receive a bonus of 125 percent with JetBlue Airways.
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards: Up to 50 Percent Discount
Through Monday, August 19, 2024, purchase a minimum of 3,000 Rapid Rewards points and receive a discount of up to 50 percent.
United Airlines MileagePlus: Up to 100 Percent Bonus
Until 11:59 in the evening Central Daylight Time through Sunday, August 25, 2024, you can purchase or gift up to a maximum of 100,000 miles and receive a bonus of up to 100 percent as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 19,000 MileagePlus miles = 25 percent bonus
- Buy 20,000 to 49,000 MileagePlus miles = 60 percent bonus
- Buy 50,000 to 100,000 MileagePlus miles = 100 percent bonus
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, August 9 2024, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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