Since the pandemic, travel has returned strong. As this happens, hotel and flight rates are sky-high, especially in the luxury segment. However, almost all major travel outlets, fortunately, often sell miles and points with bonuses or at a discount, which could make for a good deal on the rates these airlines and hotels offer.
It would be a great time to update all the hotel miles and points that are up for sale right now so that you can stock up on the right ones for your travels and start planning your travel for the times ahead.
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Airline Miles bonus sales
Purchase United Mileage Plus Miles with up to a 90% Bonus (Through January 31, 2025)
Through January 31, 2025, United MileagePlus is offering a tiered bonus on purchased miles. The promotion offered provides up to a 90% bonus at the top end. My tiered bonus is as follows:
- Buy 5,000 – 19,000 miles, get a 30% bonus
- Buy 20,000 – 44,0000 miles, get a 60% bonus
- Buy 45,000 – 141,000 miles, get a 90% bonus
With the 90% bonus, one can buy up to 248,900 miles for USD 4,585, a rate of 1.84 USD cents per MileagePlus mile (or INR 1.58). Note that United MileagePlus used to limit members to purchasing 200,000 MileagePlus miles per account per calendar year, including any bonuses offered. This year, the limit has been enhanced to 250,000 MileagePlus Miles. The full details are in this post.
Purchase United Mileage Plus Miles with up to a 90% Bonus (Through January 31, 2025)
Purchase Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles with up to 60% Bonus Miles (through February 21, 2025)
Through February 21, 2025, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan is offering a promotion, offering up to a 60% bonus on purchasing miles. Here is the offer I received:
- Buy 3,000-19,000 miles, and get a 40% bonus.
- Buy 20,000-39,000 miles, and get a 50% bonus.
- Buy 40,000-100,000 miles, and get a 60% bonus.
At the top end of the promotion, one can buy miles at the price of 1.85 US Cents / INR 1.6 per Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan mile. Since the promotional offers are targetted, you might have received the same offer or not (like a 50% or a 40% bonus offer). You can get the full details of the promotion in this post.
Buy Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles with up to 60% Bonus Miles (through February 21, 2025)
Buy Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Points with up to a 50% Discount (Till February 23, 2025)
Through February 23, 2025, Southwest is offering a flat discount of 50% when you purchase Rapid Rewards points, as long as you purchase at least 3,000 points in one transaction. The airline lets you buy up to 60,000 Rapid Rewards points daily with no annual limits. With the discount, you are looking at paying US Cents 1.5 per point purchased.
Buy Southwest Rapid Rewards Points with a 50% Discount (Through February 23, 2025)
Buy JetBlue TrueBlue Points with up to a 120% Bonus (till February 24, 2025)
JetBlue’s True Blue is offering a tiered sale with up to a 120% bonus on points bought. You can purchase miles with up to a 120% Bonus on purchased miles, bringing your net cost of miles bought to 1.47 US Cents/ INR 1.27 per mile purchased at the top end. It might make sense to buy miles if you want to top up your JetBlue True Blue account for your next flight. The bonus of 120% triggers when you purchase at least 3,000 TrueBlue Points.
Buy JetBlue True Blue Points with up to a 120% Bonus (till February 24, 2025)
Hotel Points bonus sales
Purchase IHG Rewards points with an (up to) 100% Bonus (till January 31, 2025)
IHG Rewards is currently offering an up to 100% bonus on purchased points. When you buy more than 5,000 points, you earn a 100% bonus until January 31, 2025. You can buy a maximum of 200,000 points in this promotion (with another 200,000 points coming in as a bonus). The price of each point works out to be 0.5 USD Cent or INR 0.43 per point purchased. Read this post for details.
Buy IHG Rewards points with a 100% Bonus (Through January 31, 2025).
Buy Choice Privileges Points with up to 40% Bonus (Through February 6, 2025)
Through Thursday, February 6, 2025, Choice Privileges is offering a tiered bonus of up to 40% on purchased points when you purchase at least 16,000 points in one transaction. The maximum amount of points which you can purchase this year is 180,000 points, excluding the bonuses offered. If you max out this promotion, you can purchase a total of 252,000 points (including 72,000 bonus points) for USD 1,854, which is a cost of USD Cents 0.74 (INR 0.64) per Choice Privileges point.
Buy Choice Privilege Points with up to 40% Bonus (Through February 6, 2025)
Which credit card should you use to buy miles and points?
Typically, these point purchases are processed through Points.com and not directly by the hotel or airline. However, you will almost always pay in USD/EUR/GBP, not INR. So, the best cards to earn a bonus are Axis Olympus, American Express Platinum Charge Card and Axis Bank Reserve Credit Card, as these cards offer an international spending bonus. Beyond these, you might look at any card that provides a reduced foreign exchange spend conversion or one where you want to meet minimum spend requirements.
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