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, March 8 2024.
Miles and Points On Sale — March 8 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 loyalty programs which are featured in this latest edition of miles and points on sale are:
- Hilton Honors
- World of Hyatt
- Marriott Bonvoy
- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- JetBlue Airways TrueBlue
- Miles & More
- United Airlines MileagePlus
- 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 240,000 Hilton Honors — but you have until the end of the day on Tuesday, March 12, 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.
Marriott Bonvoy: Up to 40 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 Sunday, March 31, 2024. In an interesting twist, if you completed a stay at a participating Marriott hotel or resort property between Sunday, October 1, 2023 and Sunday, December 31, 2023, you are eligible to receive a bonus of 40 percent.
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Up to 70 Percent Bonus Miles
The regular price for purchasing Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles is $27.50 per 1,000 miles; but until Friday, March 15, 2024, you can purchase a minimum of 3,000 miles and receive a bonus of up to 70 percent more miles as follows:
- Buy 3,000 to 14,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 40 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
- Buy 15,000 to 29,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 55 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
- Buy 30,000 to 100,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 70 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, March 31, 2024 as follows:
- Buy or gift 3,000 to 4,000 AAdvantage miles = 10 percent discount
- Buy or gift 5,000 to 9,000 AAdvantage miles = 15 percent discount
- Buy or gift 10,000 to 24,000 AAdvantage miles = 20 percent discount
- Buy or gift 25,000 to 149,000 AAdvantage miles = 25 percent discount
- Buy or gift 150,000 AAdvantage miles = 35 percent discount
JetBlue Airways TrueBlue: 90 Percent Bonus Points
Until the end of the day on Sunday, March 31, 2024, you can purchase a minimum of 3,000 TrueBlue points and receive a bonus of 90 percent with JetBlue Airways.
Miles & More: 30 Percent Bonus Miles
Sharing the Miles & More membership program are Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Discover, Eurowings, Lufthansa, SWISS, Croatia Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, and Luxair — plus, you can redeem Miles & More miles for flights operated by many partner airlines. Until Sunday, March 31, 2024, you can purchase Lufthansa Miles & More miles and receive a bonus of 30 percent more miles when you purchase one of four Bundle&Go packages — all of which include a one-off bonus with hotels and cars by points, privileges on five vehicle rentals with Avis, and a one-off reduction on Priority Pass for lounge access at airports — as follows:
- Small Bundle = 13,000 Miles & More miles instead of 10,000
- Medium Bundle = 65,000 Miles & More miles instead of 50,000
- Large Bundle = 130,000 Miles & More miles instead of 100,000
United Airlines MileagePlus: Up to 95 Percent Bonus Miles
Until the end of the day on Thursday, March 14, 2024, you can purchase or gift up to a maximum of 102,500 miles and receive a bonus of up to 95 percent — or a different bonus through its “Mystery Sale” — as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 19,000 MileagePlus miles = 35 percent bonus
- Buy 20,000 to 39,000 MileagePlus miles = 65 percent bonus
- Buy 40,000 to 102,500 MileagePlus miles = 95 percent bonus
Virgin Atlantic Airways Flying Club: Up to 70 Percent Bonus Miles
You can receive a bonus of up to 70 percent on Flying Club miles through Sunday, March 31, 2024 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 = 40 percent bonus Flying Club miles
- Buy 70,000 to 124,000 Flying Club miles = 60 percent bonus Flying Club miles
- Buy 125,000 to 200,000 Flying Club miles = 70 percent bonus Flying Club 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 8 2024, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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