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, November 17, 2023.
Miles and Points On Sale — November 17 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
- Hilton Honors
- World of Hyatt
- IHG One Rewards
- Marriott Bonvoy
- Air Canada Aeroplan
- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- Emirates Airline Skywards
- JetBlue Airways TrueBlue
- Miles & More
- Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards
- United Airlines MileagePlus
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.
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 — but you have until the end of the day on Thursday, November 23, 2023 to take advantage of this offer.
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.
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 Canada Aeroplan: Up to 125 Percent Bonus
Until the end of the day on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 — you can purchase or gift a minimum of 5,000 Aeroplan points and receive a bonus of up to 125 percent as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 59,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points = 50 percent bonus Air Canada Aeroplan points
- Buy 60,000 to 99,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points = 85 percent bonus Air Canada Aeroplan points
- Buy a minimum of 100,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points = 125 percent bonus Air Canada Aeroplan points
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 Thursday, November 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: Up to 35 Percent Bonus
You can enjoy a bonus of 35 percent on the purchase or gifting of a minimum of 5,000 Emirates Skywards miles
through Friday, November 24, 2023 at 4:00 in the afternoon Eastern Standard Time.
Only members of the Skywards frequent flier loyalty program who have had any previous activity in their membership accounts can purchase miles.
JetBlue Airways TrueBlue: Up to 70 Percent Bonus
Until the end of the day on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, you can purchase a minimum of 3,000 TrueBlue points and receive a bonus of up to 70 percent with JetBlue Airways as follows:
- Buy 3,000 to 19,000 TrueBlue points = 40 percent bonus
- Buy 20,000 to 39,000 TrueBlue points = 60 percent bonus
- Buy 40,000 to 60,000 TrueBlue points = 70 percent bonus
Miles & More: 40 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 Thursday, November 30, 2023, you can purchase Lufthansa Miles & More miles and receive a bonus of 40 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 = 14,000 Miles & More miles instead of 10,000
- Medium Bundle = 70,000 Miles & More miles instead of 50,000
- Large Bundle = 140,000 Miles & More miles instead of 100,000
- Special Bundle = 280,000 Miles & More miles instead of 200,000
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.
United Airlines MileagePlus: Up to 100 Percent Bonus Miles
Until the end of the day on Monday, November 20, 2023, you can purchase or gift up to a maximum of 87,500 miles and receive a bonus of up to 100 percent as follows:
- Buy 7,000 to 19,000 MileagePlus miles = 50 percent bonus
- Buy 20,000 to 44,000 MileagePlus miles = 75 percent bonus
- Buy 45,000 to 87,500 MileagePlus miles = 100 percent bonus
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, November 17, 2023, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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