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 6, 2023.
Miles and Points On Sale — October 6 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
- Wyndham Rewards
- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- Iberia Plus
- Spirit Airlines Free Spirit
- United Airlines MileagePlus
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Flying Club
Choice Privileges: Up to 35 Percent Discount
You only have until Sunday, October 8, 2023 to take advantage of receiving a discount of up to 35 percent on your purchase of Choice Privileges points with a minimum purchase of 4,000 Choice Privileges points in one transaction — and the maximum amount of points which you can purchase this year is 180,000 points as follows: when you purchase…
- 4,000 to 11,000 Choice Privileges points = 20 percent discount
- 12,000 to 17,000 Choice Privileges points = 25 percent discount
- 18,000 to 180,000 Choice Privileges points = 35 percent discount
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 Points
Spend a maximum of $990.00 to receive a total of 55,000 World of Hyatt points instead of spending $1,320.00 until the end of the day on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, as you can enjoy a bonus of 25 percent on the purchase of a minimum of 7,000 World of Hyatt points.
IHG One Rewards: 100 Percent Bonus Points
You have until the end of the day on Monday, October 9, 2023 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: Up to 30 Percent Discount
Starting with a minimum of 3,000 points, you can get a discount of 30 percent on your purchase of Wyndham Rewards points through Friday, October 20, 2023 as follows:
- 20 percent discount when you buy 3,000 to 4,000 Wyndham Rewards points
- 25 percent discount when you buy 5,000 to 14,000 Wyndham Rewards points
- 30 percent discount when you buy a minimum of 15,000 Wyndham Rewards 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 Monday, October 30, 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 24,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 40 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
- Buy 25,000 to 44,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 50 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
- Buy 45,000 to 150,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 60 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 Tuesday, October 31, 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
Iberia Plus: 25 Percent Bonus Miles
Until Tuesday, October 31, 2023, you can purchase up to a maximum of 200,000 miles and receive a bonus of 25 percent Iberia Avios — but the minimum purchase is 2,000 Iberia Avios..
Spirit Airlines Free Spirit: Up to 60 Percent Bonus Miles
You can purchase a maximum of 60,000 Spirit Airlines Free Spirit miles through Friday, October 13, 2023 and receive a bonus of up to 60 percent as follows:
- Buy 4,000 to 12,000 Free Spirit miles = 20 percent bonus Free Spirit miles
- Buy 13,000 to 39,000 Free Spirit miles = 40 percent bonus Free Spirit miles
- Buy 40,000 to 60,000 Free Spirit miles = 60 percent bonus Free Spirit miles
United Airlines MileagePlus: Up to 90 Percent Bonus Miles
Until the end of the day on Thursday, October 26, 2023, you can purchase or gift up to a maximum of 92,000 miles and receive a bonus of up to 90 percent as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 14,000 MileagePlus miles = 30 percent bonus
- Buy 15,000 to 39,000 MileagePlus miles = 60 percent bonus
- Buy 40,000 to 112,500 MileagePlus miles = 90 percent bonus
Virgin Atlantic Airways Flying Club: Up to 60 Percent Bonus Miles
You can receive a bonus of up to 60 percent on Flying Club miles through Tuesday, October 24, 2023 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 124,000 Flying Club miles = 60 percent bonus Flying Club miles
- Buy 125,000 to 200,000 Flying Club miles = 60 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 6, 2023, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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