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 18 2024.
Miles and Points On Sale — October 18 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:
- Choice Privileges
- Hilton Honors
- IHG One Rewards
- Wyndham Rewards
- Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flying Blue
- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- Avianca LifeMiles
- Copa Airlines ConnectMiles
- Frontier Airlines Frontier Miles
- JetBlue Airways TrueBlue
- Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Flying Club
Choice Privileges: Up to 50 Percent Bonus
You only have until Sunday, November 10, 2024 to take advantage of receiving a bonus of up to 50 percent more points on your purchase of Choice Privileges points with a minimum purchase of 6,000 Choice Privileges points in one transaction as follows:
- Buy 6,000 to 15,000 Choice Privileges points = 30 percent bonus Choice Privileges points
- Buy 16,000 to 23,000 Choice Privileges points = 40 percent bonus Choice Privileges points
- Buy 24,000 to 161,000 Choice Privileges points = 50 percent bonus Choice Privileges 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 240,000 Hilton Honors — but you have until the end of the day on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 11:59 in the evening Eastern Daylight Time to take advantage of this offer.
IHG One Rewards: 80 Percent Bonus Points
You have until the end of the day Friday, November 1, 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.
Wyndham Rewards: 25 Percent Discount
Starting with a minimum of 3,000 points, you can get a discount of 25 percent on your purchase of up to 100,000 Wyndham Rewards points through Monday, October 21, 2024.
Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airways Flying Blue: Up to 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 Sunday, October 27, 2024, you can purchase Flying Blue miles and receive 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 4,000 to 11,000 Flying Blue miles = 35 percent discount
- Buy 12,000 to 23,000 Flying Blue miles = 40 percent discount
- Buy a minimum of 24,000 Flying Blue miles = 45 percent discount
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 Thursday, October 31, 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 50 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
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, October 31, 2024 as follows:
- Buy or gift 6,000 to 24,000 AAdvantage miles = 10 percent discount
- Buy or gift 25,000 to 79,000 AAdvantage miles = 15 percent discount
- Buy or gift 80,000 to 104,000 AAdvantage miles = 20 percent discount
- Buy or gift 105,000 to 149,000 AAdvantage miles = 25 percent discount
- Buy or gift 150,000 AAdvantage miles = 35 percent discount
Avianca LifeMiles: Up to 160 Percent Bonus Miles
Receive a bonus of up to 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 Thursday, October 31, 2024 as follows:
- Buy or gift 1,000 LifeMiles = 120 percent bonus
- Buy or gift 2,000 to 15,000 LifeMiles = 140 percent bonus
- Buy or gift 16,000 to 30,000 LifeMiles = 150 percent bonus
- Buy or gift 31,000 to 200,000 LifeMiles = 160 percent bonus
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles: Up to 50 Percent Bonus Miles
Enjoy a bonus of up to 50 percent on Copa Airlines ConnectMiles with a minimum purchase of 3,000 miles through Friday, November 8, 2024 as follows:
- Buy 3,000 to 9,000 ConnectMiles = 30 percent bonus ConnectMiles
- Buy 10,000 to 14,000 ConnectMiles = 40 percent bonus ConnectMiles
- Buy a minimum of 15,000 ConnectMiles = 50 percent bonus ConnectMiles
Frontier Airlines Frontier Miles: Up to 150 Percent Bonus
Until Friday, October 25, 2024, 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 3,000 miles as follows:
- Buy 3,000 to 7,000 Frontier Miles = 100 percent bonus Frontier Miles
- Buy 8,000 to 19,000 MileagePlus miles = 120 percent bonus Frontier Miles
- Buy 20,000 to 50,000 MileagePlus miles = 150 percent bonus Frontier Miles
JetBlue Airways TrueBlue: Up to 125 Percent Bonus Points
The end of the day on Friday, November 8, 2024 is the last day on which you can purchase a minimum of 3,000 TrueBlue points and receive a bonus of up to 125 percent with JetBlue Airways.
Qatar Airways Privilege Club: Up to 60 Percent Bonus Avios
You can buy or gift a minimum of 3,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios and get a bonus of up to 60 percent Avios when your transaction is completed through tomorrow, Saturday, October 19, 2024 as follows:
- Buy 3,000 to 19,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios = 35 percent bonus Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios
- Buy 20,000 to 39,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios = 45 percent bonus Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios
- Buy 40,000 to 100,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios = 60 percent bonus Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards: Up to 60 Percent Discount
Through Tuesday, October 22, 2024, purchase a minimum of 3,000 Rapid Rewards points and receive a discount of up to 60 percent.
Virgin Atlantic Airways Flying Club: Up to 70 Percent Bonus Miles
You can receive a bonus of up to 60 percent on Flying Club miles through Wednesday, November 6, 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 99,000 Flying Club miles = 60 percent bonus Flying Club miles
- Buy 100,000 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, October 18 2024, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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