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 4 2024.
Miles and Points On Sale — October 4 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
- World of Hyatt
- IHG One Rewards
- Wyndham Rewards
- Air Canada Aeroplan
- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- Copa Airlines ConnectMiles
- Frontier Airlines Frontier Miles
- Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards
Choice Privileges: Up to 50 Percent Bonus
You only have until Wednesday, October 9, 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.
Hilton Honors: 90 Percent Bonus Points
You can receive a bonus of 90 percent on any purchase of a minimum of 5,000 Hilton Honors points — up to a maximum limit of 160,000 Hilton Honors. No end date has been officially announced for this particular promotion.
World of Hyatt: 20 Percent Discount
Until the end of the day on Tuesday, October 8, 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.
IHG One Rewards: 100 Percent Bonus Points
You have until the end of the day tomorrow, Saturday, October 5, 2024 to take advantage of receiving a bonus of 100 percent on IHG One Rewards points with a minimum purchase of 11,000 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 Canada Aeroplan: Up to 85 Percent Mystery Bonus Points
You can purchase or gift a minimum of 4,000 Aeroplan points and receive a mystery bonus of up to 85 percent through Thursday, October 10, 2024 — such as this example of up to a 75 percent bonus:
- Buy 4,000 to 10,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points = 40 percent bonus Air Canada Aeroplan points
- Buy 15,000 to 20,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points = 50 percent bonus Air Canada Aeroplan points
- Buy 25,000 to 500,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points = 75 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 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
Copa Airlines ConnectMiles: Up to 30 Percent Discount
Enjoy a discount of up to 30 percent on Copa Airlines ConnectMiles with a minimum purchase of 3,000 miles through today, Friday, October 4, 2024.
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
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.
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 4 2024, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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