Svöðufoss and Lookout Overlooking Ólafsvíkur Iceland
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Miles and Points On Sale — June 21 2023

Nine frequent travel loyalty programs are offering deals in this edition.

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 Saturday, June 21, 2023.

Miles and Points On Sale — June 21 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. 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:

  • Hilton Honors
  • IHG One Rewards
  • Marriott Bonvoy
  • Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
  • American Airlines AAdvantage
  • Emirates Airline Skywards
  • Etihad Airways Etihad Guest
  • Qatar Airways Privilege Club
  • TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go

Hilton Honors: 100 Percent Bonus Points

Hilton La Romana
Photograph ©2019 by Brian Cohen.

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 for $1,600.00, which is $0.005 per point when factoring in the bonus points — but you have until the end of the day on Saturday, July 8, 2023 to take advantage of this offer.

IHG One Rewards: 100 Percent Bonus Points

Candlewood Suites Grand Junction NW
Photograph ©2020 by Brian Cohen.

You have until the end of the day on Sunday, June 25, 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 $1,500.00 — not including the bonus points.

Marriott Bonvoy: Mystery Bonus

Marriott Cairo
Photograph ©2015 by Brian Cohen.

You can buy or gift a minimum of 2,000 Marriott Bonvoy points — up to a maximum total of 100,000 points — and get a bonus of up to 50 percent through Sunday, July 2, 2023. Moreover, members may purchase an additional 100,000 points annually while booking a stay at a hotel or resort property through the reservation path on Marriott.com.

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Up to 50 Percent Bonus Miles

Alaska Airlines Washington National Airport
Photograph ©2018 by Brian Cohen.

The regular price for purchasing Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles is $27.50 per 1,000 miles; but until Monday, June 26, 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 9,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 30 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
  • Buy 10,000 to 19,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 40 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
  • Buy 20,000 to 100,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 50 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles

American Airlines AAdvantage: Up to 35 Percent Discount

Punta Cana airport American Airlines
Photograph ©2019 by Brian Cohen.

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 Friday, June 30, 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

Emirates Airline Skywards: 20 Percent Discount

Emirates Airline Airbus A380
Photograph ©2015 by Brian Cohen.

You can enjoy a discount of 20 percent on the purchase or gifting of a minimum of 5,000 Emirates Skywards miles through Monday, June 26, 2023.

Only members of the Skywards frequent flier loyalty program who have had any previous activity in their membership accounts can purchase miles.

Etihad Airways Etihad Guest: Up to 50 Percent Bonus Miles

Etihad Airways airplane in Abu Dhabi
Photograph ©2015 by Brian Cohen.

Until Saturday, June 24, 2023, you can purchase a minimum of 2,000 Etihad Guest miles and receive a bonus of up to 50 percent with Etihad Airways as follows:

  • Buy 2,000 to 10,000 Etihad Guest miles = 25 percent bonus Etihad Guest miles
  • Buy 11,000 to 25,000 Etihad Guest miles = 35 percent bonus Etihad Guest miles
  • Buy a minimum of 26,000 Etihad Guest miles = 50 percent bonus Etihad Guest miles

Qatar Airways Privilege Club: Up to 60 Percent Bonus Avios

Qatar Airways
Photograph ©2018 by Brian Cohen.

You can buy or gift up to 250,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios and get up to a bonus of up to 60 percent Avios when your transaction is completed by Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 11:59 in the evening Arabian Standard Time or 3:59 in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time as follows:

  • Buy 5,000 to 19,000 Avios = 35 percent bonus
  • Buy 20,000 to 36,000 Avios = 45 percent bonus
  • Buy 38,000 to 250,000 Avios = 60 percent bonus

TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go: Up to 150 Percent Bonus

TAP Air Portugal
Photograph ©2018 by Brian Cohen.

You can purchase TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go miles — up to a maximum of 20,000 Miles&Go miles — in order to receive a bonus of up to 150 percent through tomorrow, Thursday, June 22, 2023 as follows:

  • Buy 8,000 to 16,000 Miles&Go miles = 50 percent bonus Miles&Go miles
  • Buy 18,000 Miles&Go miles = 100 percent bonus Miles&Go miles
  • Buy 20,000 Miles&Go miles = 150 percent bonus Miles&Go 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 other. 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 Saturday, June 21, 2023, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.

All photographs ©2015, ©2017, ©2018, ©2019, ©2020, ©2022, and ©2023 by Brian Cohen.


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