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, September 15, 2023.
Miles and Points On Sale — September 15 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. 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
- Wyndham Rewards
- Air Canada Aeroplan
- Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flying Blue
- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- British Airways Executive Club
- Finnair Plus
- Miles & More
- Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards
- Sri Lankan FlySmiles
- Tunisair Fidelys
- United Airlines MileagePlus
Choice Privileges: Up to 35 Percent Bonus
You only have until Sunday, September 24, 2023 to take advantage of receiving a bonus of up to 35 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 as follows: when you purchase…
- 6,000 to 19,000 Choice Privileges points = 25 percent bonus
- 20,000 to 180,000 Choice Privileges points = 35 percent bonus
Hilton Honors: 100 Percent Bonus Points or 50 Percent Discount
You can receive either a bonus of 100 percent or a discount of 50 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 Tuesday, September 19, 2023 to take advantage of this offer.
World of Hyatt: 25 Percent Bonus
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.
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
Air Canada Aeroplan: 80 Percent Bonus
Until the end of the day on Monday, October 2, 2023 — you can purchase or gift a minimum of 15,000 Aeroplan points and receive a bonus of 80 percent.
Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airways Flying Blue: Up to 100 Percent Bonus Miles
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, September 27, 2023, you can purchase Flying Blue miles and receive a bonus of up to 100 percent more miles — 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 10,000 Flying Blue miles = 50 percent bonus Flying Blue miles
- Buy 12,000 to 22,000 Flying Blue miles = 70 percent bonus Flying Blue miles
- Buy a minimum of 23,000 Flying Blue miles = 100 percent bonus Flying Blue miles
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 tomorrow, Saturday, September 16, 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 19,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 40 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
- Buy 20,000 to 39,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles = 50 percent bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles
- Buy 40,000 to 100,000 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 Saturday, September 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
British Airways Executive Club: 40 Percent Bonus Avios
Until Wednesday, September 20, 2023, you can purchase or gift a minimum of 2,000 Avios up to a maximum of 200,000 Avios and receive a bonus of up to 40 percent Avios — or receive up to 280,000 total Avios
Finnair Plus Points: 100 Percent Bonus
Soon to become Avios in early 2024, you can purchase or gift up to a maximum of 200,000 Finnair Plus points and receive a bonus of up to 100 percent through Monday, September 18, 2023 as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 19,000 Finnair Plus points = 40 percent bonus
- Buy 20,000 to 49,000 Finnair Plus points = 60 percent bonus
- Buy 50,000 to 99,000 Finnair Plus points = 80 percent bonus
- Buy 100,000 to 200,000 Finnair Plus points = 100 percent bonus
Miles & More: 60 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 Saturday, September 30, 2023, you can purchase Lufthansa Miles & More miles and receive a bonus of 60 percent more miles when you purchase one of three 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:
- S Bundle = 16,000 Miles & More miles instead of 10,000
- M Bundle = 80,000 Miles & More miles instead of 50,000
- L Bundle = 160,000 Miles & More miles instead of 100,000
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards: Up to 50 Percent Discount
Through Wednesday, September 20, 2023, purchase a minimum of 3,000 Rapid Rewards points and receive a discount of up to 50 percent bonus Rapid Rewards points.
SriLankan FlySmiles: Up to 100 Percent Bonus
Purchase SriLankan FlySmiles miles and get up to a bonus of up to 100 percent FlySmiles miles by Saturday, September 30, 2023 as follows:
- Buy 2,500 to 9,999 FlySmiles = 50 percent bonus
- Buy 10,000 to 29,999 FlySmiles = 75 percent bonus
- Buy a minimum of 30,000 FlySmiles = 100 percent bonus
Tunisair Fidelys: Up to 50 Percent Discount
Get a discount of up to 50 percent Fidelys miles when you purchase Tunisair Fidelys miles by today, Friday, September 15, 2023.
United Airlines MileagePlus: Up to 100 Percent Bonus
Until the end of the day on Sunday, September 17, 2023, you can purchase or gift up to a maximum of 112,500 miles and receive a bonus of up to 100 percent as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 14,000 MileagePlus miles = 50 percent bonus
- Buy 15,000 to 39,000 MileagePlus miles = 75 percent bonus
- Buy 40,000 to 112,500 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, September 15, 2023, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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