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, May 3 2024.
Miles and Points On Sale — May 3 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:
- Hilton Honors
- IHG One Rewards
- The Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club
- Air Canada Aeroplan
- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- Etihad Airways Etihad Guest
- JetBlue Airways TrueBlue
- Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards
- Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
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, May 14, 2024 to take advantage of this offer.
IHG One Rewards: 80 Percent Bonus Points
You have until the end of the day on Saturday, June 8, 2024 to take advantage of receiving a bonus of 80 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 150,000 IHG Rewards base points for $1,500.00 — not including the bonus points.
The Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club: Up to 60 Percent Bonus Points
Through Monday, May 6, 2024, you can purchase a minimum of 1,000 The Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club points and receive a bonus of up to 60 percent — meaning you can get as many as 50,000 bonus Leaders Club points — as follows:
- Buy 1,000 to 29,000 Leaders Club points = 40 percent bonus Leaders Club points
- Buy 30,000 to 50,000 Leaders Club points = 60 percent bonus Leaders Club points
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Up to 60 Percent Bonus Miles
The regular price for purchasing Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles is $27.50 per 1,000 miles; but until Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 11:59 in the evening Pacific Daylight Time, 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 19,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 40 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
- Buy 20,000 to 39,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 50 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
- Buy 40,000 to 100,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 60 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
Air Canada Aeroplan: Up to 85 Percent Bonus Miles
Until the end of the day on Saturday, May 11, 2024, you can purchase or gift a minimum of 15,000 Aeroplan points and receive a bonus of up to 85 percent.
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 Friday, May 31, 2024 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
Etihad Airways Etihad Guest: Up to 25 Percent Bonus Miles
Until Monday, May 6, 2024, you can purchase a minimum of 25,000 Etihad Guest miles and receive a bonus of 25 percent with Etihad Airways.
JetBlue Airways TrueBlue: 75 Percent Bonus Points
The end of the day on Friday, June 28, 2024 is the last day on which you can purchase a minimum of 3,000 TrueBlue points and receive a bonus of 75 percent with JetBlue Airways.
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards: Up to 50 Percent Discount
Through Wednesday, May 15, 2024, purchase a minimum of 3,000 Rapid Rewards points and receive a discount of up to 50 percent.
Turkish Miles&Smiles: Up to 100 Percent Bonus Miles
You can purchase a minimum of 5,000 Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles miles and receive a bonus of up to 100 percent through the end of the day on Thursday, May 9, 2024 as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 19,999 Miles&Smiles miles = 10 percent bonus Miles&Smiles miles
- Buy 20,000 to 49,999 Miles&Smiles miles = 30 percent bonus Miles&Smiles miles
- Buy 50,000 to 79,999 Miles&Smiles miles = 60 percent bonus Miles&Smiles miles
- Buy 80,000 to 99,999 Miles&Smiles miles = 100 percent bonus Miles&Smiles 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, May 3 2024, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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