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, July 4 2025.
Miles and Points On Sale — July 4 2025
A sale may be a discount on the price required to purchase miles or points — or perhaps the membership 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 once per week; but also possibly when 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 membership 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
- IHG One Rewards
- Marriott Bonvoy
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- Avianca LifeMiles
- Etihad Airways Etihad Guest
- Frontier Airlines Frontier Miles
- Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Flying Club
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 160,000 Hilton Honors points — through the end of the day on Thursday, July 24, 2025, which comes out to $0.005 per Hilton Honors point.
IHG One Rewards: 100 Percent Bonus Points
You have until the end of the day on Thursday, July 17, 2025 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 200,000 IHG Rewards base points for $2,000.00 — not including the bonus 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 that does not include the bonus points — and get a bonus of 30 percent through Wednesday, July 16, 2025. That comes out to $0.089 per Marriott Bonvoy point.
American Airlines AAdvantage: Up to 40 Percent Discount
You can purchase or gift up to a maximum of 200,000 AAdvantage miles in order to receive a discount of up to 40 percent — for a cost of $4,515.00 for 200,000 miles — through the end of the day on Thursday, July 31, 2025 as follows:
- Buy or gift 3,000 to 9,000 AAdvantage miles = 10 percent discount or $0.0339 per AAdvantage mile
- Buy or gift 10,000 to 29,000 AAdvantage miles = 15 percent discount or $0.0320 per AAdvantage mile
- Buy or gift 30,000 to 89,000 AAdvantage miles = 20 percent discount or $0.0301 per AAdvantage mile
- Buy or gift 90,000 to 150,000 AAdvantage miles = 30 percent discount or $0.0263 per AAdvantage mile
- Buy or gift 151,000 to 200,000 AAdvantage miles = 40 percent discount or $0.0226 per AAdvantage mile
Avianca LifeMiles: Up to 160 Percent Bonus Miles
Receive a bonus of 160 percent when you purchase a minimum of 1,000 Avianca LifeMiles to a maximum of 200,000 Avianca LifeMiles through the end of the day on Monday, July 14, 2025, which comes out to $0.01269 per LifeMile as follows:
- Buy 1,000 to 20,000 Avianca LifeMiles = 140 percent bonus LifeMiles
- Buy 21,000 to 200,000 Avianca LifeMiles = 160 percent bonus LifeMiles or $0.0127 per LifeMile
Etihad Airways Etihad Guest: Up to 40 Percent Bonus Miles
Until Sunday, July 6, 2025, you can purchase a minimum of 1,000 Etihad Guest miles and receive a bonus of 40 percent with Etihad Airways as follows:
- Buy 1,000 to 20,000 Etihad Guest miles = 20 percent bonus Etihad Guest miles or $0.0167 per Etihad Guest mile
- Buy 21,000 to 40,000 Etihad Guest miles = 30 percent bonus Etihad Guest miles or $0.0154 per Etihad Guest mile
- Buy 41,000 to 200,000 Etihad Guest miles = 40 percent bonus Etihad Guest miles or $0.0143 per Etihad Guest mile
Frontier Airlines Frontier Miles: 100 Percent Bonus
Until today, Friday, July 4, 2025, you can purchase up to a maximum of 50,000 Frontier Miles and receive a bonus of 100 percent when you purchase a minimum of 3,000 miles.
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards: Up to 50 Percent Discount
Through Tuesday, July 22, 2025, purchase a minimum of 3,000 Rapid Rewards points and receive a discount of up to 50 percent, which comes out to $0.015 per Rapid Rewards point.
Virgin Atlantic Airways Flying Club: Up to 60 Percent Bonus Miles
You can receive a bonus of up to 60 percent on Flying Club miles through Friday, July 18, 2025 at midnight Greenwich Mean Time when you purchase a minimum of 5,000 Virgin Atlantic Airways Flying Club miles as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 24,000 Flying Club miles = 20 percent bonus Flying Club miles
- Buy 25,000 to 69,000 Flying Club miles = 30 percent bonus Flying Club miles
- Buy 70,000 to 124,000 Flying Club miles = 50 percent bonus Flying Club miles
- Buy 125,000 to 200,000 Flying Club miles = 60 percent bonus Flying Club miles or $0.0148 per Flying Club mil
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, July 4 2025, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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