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, December 1, 2023.
Miles and Points On Sale — December 1 2023
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 loyalty programs which are featured in this latest edition of miles and points on sale are:
- Choice Privileges
- World of Hyatt
- IHG One Rewards
- The Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club
- Marriott Bonvoy
- Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flying Blue
- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards
- Spirit Airlines Free Spirit
Choice Privileges: 50 Percent Bonus Points
You only have until Sunday, December 3, 2023 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.
World of Hyatt: 25 Percent Bonus
Until the end of the day on Monday, December 4, 2023, you can enjoy a bonus of 20 percent on the purchase of a minimum of 3,000 World of Hyatt points — that is, spend a maximum of $1,320.00 to receive a total of 66,000 World of Hyatt points instead of receiving 55,000 World of Hyatt points.
IHG One Rewards: 100 Percent Bonus Points
You have until the end of the day on Saturday, December 30, 2023 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.
The Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club: Up to 100 Percent Bonus Points
Through Tuesday, December 26, 2023, you can purchase a minimum of 2,000 The Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club points and receive a bonus of up to 100 percent — meaning you can get as many as 50,000 bonus Leaders Club points — as follows:
- Buy 2,000 to 11,000 Leaders Club points = 50 percent bonus Leaders Club points
- Buy 12,000 to 29,000 Leaders Club points = 75 percent bonus Leaders Club points
- Buy 30,000 to 50,000 Leaders Club points = 100 percent bonus Leaders Club points
Marriott Bonvoy: 30 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 30 percent through Wednesday, December 20, 2023.
Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airways Flying Blue: Up to 100 Percent Bonus Miles
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, December 21, 2023, you can purchase Flying Blue miles and receive a bonus of up to 100 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 10,000 Flying Blue miles = 50 percent bonus Flying Blue miles
- Buy 12,000 to 22,000 Flying Blue miles = 70 percent bonus Flying Blue miles
- Buy a minimum of 23,000 Flying Blue miles = 100 percent bonus Flying Blue miles
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Up to 50 Percent Bonus Miles
The regular price for purchasing Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles is $27.50 per 1,000 miles; but until Saturday, December 23, 2023, you can purchase a minimum of 3,000 miles and receive a bonus of up to 60 percent more miles as follows:
- Buy 3,000 to 14,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 30 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
- Buy 15,000 to 24,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 40 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
- Buy 25,000 to 150,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 50 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
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 Sunday, December 31, 2023 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
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards: Up to 50 Percent Discount
Through Sunday, December 24, 2023, purchase a minimum of 5,000 Rapid Rewards points and receive a discount of up to 50 percent bonus Rapid Rewards points.
Spirit Airlines Free Spirit: 40 Percent Discount
You can purchase a minimum of 12,000 Spirit Airlines Free Spirit miles through today, Friday, December 1, 2023 and receive a discount of 40 percent on your purchase.
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, December 1, 2023, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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