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 29, 2023.
Miles and Points On Sale — September 29 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:
- World of Hyatt
- Wyndham Rewards
- Air Canada Aeroplan
- American Airlines AAdvantage
- Emirates Airline Skywards
- Miles & More
- Sri Lankan FlySmiles
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Flying Club
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.
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
Emirates Airline Skywards: Up to 30 Percent Bonus
You can enjoy a bonus of 20 percent on the purchase or gifting of a minimum of 5,000 Emirates Skywards miles
through today, Friday, September 29, 2023 at 4:00 in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time as follows:
- Buy 5,000 to 15,000 Emirates Skywards miles, and get a 10 percent bonus
- Buy 16,000 to 25,000 Emirates Skywards miles, and get a 20 percent bonus
- Buy 26,000 to 100,000 Emirates Skywards miles, and get a 30 percent bonus
Only members of the Skywards frequent flier loyalty program who have had any previous activity in their membership accounts can purchase miles.
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 tomorrow, 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
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 tomorrow, 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
Virgin Atlantic Airways Flying Club: Up to 70 Percent Bonus Miles
You can receive a bonus of up to 70 percent on Flying Club miles through Wednesday, October 4, 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 = 70 percent bonus Flying Club miles
Between Thursday, October 5, 2023 and Tuesday, October 24, 2023, the maximum amount of miles which can be purchased will be reduced to a bonus of 60 percent instead of 70 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, September 29, 2023, as more offers of purchasing miles or points on sale may be added.
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