Miles and Points On Sale — October 17 2025

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, October 17, 2025.

Miles and Points On Sale — October 17 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 membership 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:

• Choice Privileges
• Hilton Honors
• Marriott Bonvoy
• Wyndham Rewards
• Air Canada Aeroplan
• Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flying Blue
• American Airlines AAdvantage
• Avianca LifeMiles
• Delta Air Lines SkyMiles
• Frontier Airlines Frontier Miles
• Emirates Airline Skywards
• Miles & More
• United Airlines MileagePlus
• Virgin Australia Velocity

Choice Privileges: Up to 40 Percent Bonus

You only have until Monday, November 10, 2025 to take advantage of receiving a bonus of up to 40 percent on your purchase of Choice Privileges points with a minimum purchase of 4,000 Choice Privileges points in one transaction as follows:

• Purchase 4,000 to 7,000 Choice Privileges points = 30 percent bonus Choice Privileges points or $0.00877 per Choice Privileges point
• Purchase 8,000 to 13,000 Choice Privileges points = 35 percent bonus Choice Privileges points or $0.00763 per Choice Privileges point
• Purchase 14,000 to 180,000 Choice Privileges points = 40 percent bonus Choice Privileges points or $0.00736 per Choice Privileges point

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 — through the end of the day on Friday, November 21, 2025, which comes out to $0.005 per Hilton Honors point.

Marriott Bonvoy: Up to 35 Percent Bonus Points

You can buy or gift a minimum of 2,000 Marriott Bonvoy points — up to a temporarily increased maximum total of 200,000 points that does not include the bonus points instead of the usual 150,000 points — and get a bonus of 40 percent through Sunday, December 7, 2025 as follows:

• Purchase 2,000 to 39,000 Marriott Bonvoy points = 30 percent bonus Marriott Bonvoy points or $0.00962 per Marriott Bonvoy point
• Purchase 40,000 to 200,000 Marriott Bonvoy points = 35 percent bonus Marriott Bonvoy points or $0.00926 per Marriott Bonvoy point

Wyndham Rewards: 90 Percent Bonus

Starting with a minimum of 6,000 points, you can get a 90 percent bonus on your purchase of up to 150,000 Wyndham Rewards points through Tuesday, October 21, 2025. That comes out to $0.068 per Wyndham Rewards point.

Air Canada Aeroplan: Up to 90 Percent Bonus Miles

You can purchase or gift a minimum of 4,000 Aeroplan points and receive a bonus of up to 90 percent through Wednesday, October 29, 2025 as follows:

• Buy or gift 4,000 to 15,000 Aeroplan points = 40 percent bonus Aeroplan points
• Buy or gift 20,000 to 60,000 Aeroplan points = 60 percent bonus Aeroplan points
• Buy or gift 70,000 to 250,000 Aeroplan points = 90 percent bonus Aeroplan points

Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airways Flying Blue: Up to 80 Percent Bonus Miles or 45 Percent Discount

Sharing the Flying Blue membership program are Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Transavia, Aircalin, and TAROM — plus, you can redeem Flying Blue miles for flights operated by many partner airlines. Until Wednesday, November 5, 2025, you can purchase Flying Blue miles and receive either up to 80 percent bonus miles or a discount of up to 45 percent — Flying Blue members who have earned elite status may purchase up to 300,000 miles per transaction before the bonus is added; while other members may purchase a maximum of 100,000 miles as follows:

• Buy or gift 4,000 to 21,000 Flying Blue miles = 35 percent discount
• Buy or gift 22,000 to 49,000 Flying Blue miles = 40 percent discount
• Buy or gift 50,000 to 100,000 Flying Blue miles = 45 percent discount or $0.0168 per Flying Blue mile

— which comes out to $0.0119 per Flying Blue mile.

American Airlines AAdvantage: Up to 40 Percent Discount

You can purchase or gift up to a maximum of 500,000 AAdvantage miles in order to receive a discount of up to 40 percent — for a cost of $11,287.50 for 500,000 miles — through the end of the day on Thursday, October 23, 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 500,000 AAdvantage miles = 40 percent discount or $0.0226 per AAdvantage mile

Avianca LifeMiles: Up to 165 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 Friday, October 24, 2025, which comes out to as much as $0.01269 per LifeMile as follows:

• Buy 1,000 to 20,000 Avianca LifeMiles = 145 percent bonus LifeMiles or $0.0140 per LifeMile
• Buy 21,000 to 50,000 Avianca LifeMiles = 155 percent bonus LifeMiles or $0.0135 per LifeMile
• Buy 51,000 to 200,000 Avianca LifeMiles = 165 percent bonus LifeMiles or $0.0129 per LifeMile

Delta Air Lines SkyMiles: Up to 50 Percent Bonus

This extremely rare sale of Delta Air Lines SkyMiles allows you to purchase up to a maximum of 60,000 SkyMiles in order to receive a bonus of up to 50 percent — for a cost of $2,100.00 for 90,000 miles — through the end of the day on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 as follows:

• Buy 2,000 to 10,000 SkyMiles = 25 percent bonus SkyMiles or $0.0280 per SkyMile
• Buy 12,000 to 20,000 SkyMiles = 30 percent bonus SkyMiles or $0.0269 per SkyMile
• Buy 22,000 to 30,000 SkyMiles = 35 percent bonus SkyMiles or $0.0259 per SkyMile
• Buy 32,000 to 40,000 SkyMiles = 40 percent bonus SkyMiles or $0.0250 per SkyMile
• Buy 42,000 to 50,000 SkyMiles = 45 percent bonus SkyMiles or $0.0241 per SkyMile
• Buy 52,000 to 60,000 SkyMiles = 50 percent bonus SkyMiles or $0.0233 per SkyMile

Emirates Airline Skywards: 50 Percent Bonus Skywards Miles

In celebration of 25 years of its membership program, you can enjoy a bonus of 50 percent on the purchase or gifting of a minimum of 5,000 Emirates Airline Skywards miles through Monday, October 20, 2025 at 11:59 in the evening Gulf Standard Time or 3:59 in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time, which comes out to $0.012 per Skywards mile.

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

Frontier Airlines Frontier Miles: Up to 150 Percent Bonus

Until Friday, October 24, 2025, you can purchase up to a maximum of 50,000 Frontier Miles and receive a bonus of up to 150 percent when you purchase a minimum of 2,000 miles as follows:

• Buy 2,000 to 4,000 Frontier Miles = 100 percent bonus or $0.0125 per Frontier Mile
• Buy 5,000 to 9,000 Frontier Miles = 120 percent bonus or $0.0114 per Frontier Mile
• Buy 10,000 to 50,000 Frontier Miles = 150 percent bonus or $0.01 per Frontier Mile

Miles & More: 50 Percent Bonus

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 Friday, October 31, 2025, you can purchase Lufthansa Miles & More miles and receive a bonus of 50 percent 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, which comes out to $0.0138 per mile when the bonus miles are included:

• Extra Small Bundle = 3,000 Miles & More for $110.00
• Small Bundle = 10,000 Miles & More for $300.00
• Medium Bundle = 50,000 Miles & More for $1,180.00
• Large Bundle = 100,000 Miles & More for $2,070.00

United Airlines MileagePlus: Up to 45 Percent Discount

Until 11:59 in the evening Central Standard Time through tomorrow, Saturday, October 18, 2025, you can purchase or gift a minimum of 5,000 miles and up to a maximum of 200,000 miles and receive a bonus of up to 90 percent as follows:

• Buy or gift 5,000 to 19,000 MileagePlus miles = 20 percent discount or $0.0280 per MileagePlus mile
• Buy or gift 20,000 to 49,000 MileagePlus miles = 30 percent discount or $0.0245 per MileagePlus mile
• Buy or gift 50,000 to 200,000 MileagePlus miles = 45 percent discount or $0.0193 per MileagePlus mile

Virgin Australia Velocity: Up to 40 Percent Discount

You can receive a discount of up to 40 percent on Velocity points through Tuesday, October 21, 2025 when you purchase a minimum of 15,000 Virgin Australia Velocity points as follows:

• Buy 15,000 to 80,000 Velocity points = 20 percent discount
• Buy 90,000 to 150,000 Velocity points = 30 percent discount
• Buy 160,000 to 200,000 Velocity points = 35 percent discount
• Buy 210,000 to 250,000 Velocity points = 40 percent discount

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, October 17, 2025, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.

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