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.

Airline Miles bonus sales

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Purchase United Mileage Plus Miles with up to a 90% Bonus (Through July 31, 2024)

Through July 31, 2024, 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 discount is as follows:

• Buy 5,000 – 19,000 miles, get a 30% bonus
• Buy 20,000 – 39,0000 miles, get a 60% bonus
• Buy 40,000 – 105,000 miles, get a 90% bonus

With the 90% bonus, one can buy, at the top end, 199,500 miles for USD 3,950.63, a rate of 1.98 cents per MileagePlus mile (or INR 1.65). Note that United MileagePlus limits members to purchasing 200,000 MileagePlus miles per account per calendar year, including any bonuses offered. All the details are in this post.

Purchase United Mileage Plus Miles with up to a 90% Bonus (Through July 31, 2024)

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Purchase Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Red Points with up to a 60% Bonus (Through August 4, 2024)

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is offering a bonus of up to 60% when you purchase Virgin Red points through August 4, 2024. The current bonusing is as follows:

• Buy 5,000 to 24,000 Flying Club Points, and receive a 20% bonus
• Buy 25,000 to 69,000 Flying Club miles and receive a 30% bonus
• Buy 70,000 to 124,000 Flying Club miles and receive a 50% bonus
• Buy 125,000 to 200,000 Flying Club miles and receive a 60% bonus

The cost to purchase Virgin Atlantic points is GBP 15 per 1,000 points, pre-tax, before any discounts or bonuses (There is a different price for US-registered accounts). The one thing to know is that all purchases of Virgin Atlantic points transactions are subject to a GBP 15 or USD 22 transaction fee. Assuming you are buying at the top end for a 60% bonus, you can purchase 320,000 Flying Club points for GBP 3,015, a rate of GBP 0.0094 per Flying Club point (USD 0.0121/ INR 1.01)—full details in this post.

Purchase Virgin Atlantic points with up to a 60% Bonus (Through August 4, 2024)

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Purchase Air France/KLM Flying Blue Miles with up to a 40% Discount (Through August 4, 2024)

Air France-KLM’s Flying Blue programme is offering a tiered 40% discount on buying miles. The discount is tiered and is initiated if you buy at least 4,000 miles. Here is how the tiered discount works out:

• Buy 4,000 – 10,000 FB Miles, get 30% Off
• Buy 12,000 – 22,000 FB Miles, get 35% Off
• Buy 24,000 – 100,000 FB Miles, get 40% Off

You can maximise the promotion by buying miles at 1.83 Cents (US)/ 1.68 Cents (Euro)/ INR 1.53 INR. That is close to the best price you’ve gotten with this programme recently. More details are in this post.

Purchase Air France/KLM Flying Blue Miles with up to a 40% Discount (Through August 4, 2024)

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Purchase Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles with up to a 60% Bonus (Through August 15, 2024)

Alaska Airlines is offering tiered bonuses to every account through August 15, 2024. With this promotion, you can receive up to a 60% Bonus when you buy miles, one of the best offers they usually offer.

Different accounts have different promotions. However, accounts I know of or manage have seen an up to 60% bonus offer. 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.

If I go through with the top end of my promotion, I could buy 160,000 miles at 2956.25 USD, which is 1.85 US Cents / INR 1.54 per Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan mile. The full details of this promotion are here.

Purchase Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles with up to a 60% Bonus (Through August 15, 2024)

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Hotel Points bonus sales

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Purchase Wyndham Rewards Points With a 35% Bonus (Through August 9, 2024)

The promotion on the purchase of Wyndham Reward Points offers a straight-up bonus of 35% points as long as at least 3,000 points are purchased. Purchasing points under this promotion reduces the per-point cost to 0.96 Cents (US) / INR 0.80. The maximum number of points that can be purchased with this promotion is 1,00,000 per calendar year (ex-bonus).

Hotel redemptions start at 7,500 points per night, the next tier is 15,000 points, and the highest is 30,000 points. Brands under the Wyndham collection include Wyndham, La Quinta, Travelodge, Registry Collection, Wyndham Grand, Dolce, Wingate, Wyndham Garden, Ramada, Days Inn, Super 8, and Howard Johnson.

Purchase Wyndham Rewards Points With a 35% Bonus (Through August 9, 2024)

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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 Citi Prestige, 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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