10 great miles and points buying opportunities available in May 2025

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


Purchase United Mileage Plus Miles with up to a 95% Bonus (Through May 30, 2025)

Through May 30, 2025, United MileagePlus is offering a tiered bonus on purchased miles. The promotion offers up to a 95% bonus at the top end. My tiered bonus is as follows:

  • Buy 5,000–19,000 miles and get a 40% bonus
  • Buy 20,000–44,000 miles and get a 70% bonus
  • Buy 45,000–100,000 miles and get a 95% bonus

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With the 95% bonus, one can buy up to 198,900 miles for USD 3,570, a rate of 1.93 USD cents per MileagePlus mile (or INR 1.64). Note that United MileagePlus used to limit members to purchasing 200,000 MileagePlus miles per account per calendar year, including any bonuses offered. The full details are in this post.

Purchase United Mileage Plus Miles with up to a 95% Bonus (Through May 30, 2025)


Purchase Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiianmiles with up to 50% Bonus Miles (through May 31, 2025)

Through May 31, 2025, Alaska Airlines-owned Hawaiian Airlines’ loyalty programme, HawaiianMiles, is offering a promotion, . Here is the offer I received:

  • Buy 3,000 – 9,000 HawaiianMiles, get 30% bonus HawaiianMiles
  • Buy 10,000 – 19,000 HawaiianMiles, get 40%  bonus HawaiianMiles
  • Buy 20,000+ HawaiianMiles, get 50% bonus HawaiianMiles

At the top end of the promotion, one can buy miles at the price of 1.87 US Cents / INR 1.58 per Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiianmile. Since the promotional offers are targetted, you might have received the same offer or not (like a 50% or a 40% bonus offer).

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You can buy up to a maximum of 100,000 miles per transaction (before the bonus). You can purchase (or be gifted) a maximum of 150,000 miles per year. These miles can then be transferred to Alaska Airlines MileagePlan as well.

Buy Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiianmiles with up to 50% Bonus Miles (through May 31, 2025)


Purchase Copa Airlines ConnectMiles with up to 80% Bonus (Through June 4, 2025)

There is an ongoing bonus of up to 80% on the purchase of Copa Airlines ConnectMiles as long as you purchase a minimum of 3,000 miles through Wednesday, June 4, 2025. At the top end, your price will be 1.67 USD Cents (1.42 INR) per mile. You can use these miles for redemption on Star Alliance member airlines as well. Here is the tiering on offer:

  • Buy 3,000 – 9,000 ConnectMiles, get a 60% Bonus
  • Buy 10,000 – 14,000 ConnectMiles, get a 70% Bonus
  • Buy 15,000 – 100,000 ConnectMiles, get an 80% Bonus

Buy Copa Airlines ConnectMiles with up to 80% Bonus (Through June 4, 2025)


Buy Aeroplan miles with up to 90% Bonus (Through June 9, 2025)

Air Canada is offering up to a 90% bonus on miles purchased with Aeroplan. The promotion is tiered as follows:

  • Buy between 4,000–45,000 points: get 40% bonus miles
  • Buy between 30,000–60,000 points: get 60% bonus miles
  • Buy between 70,000–500,000 points: get 90% bonus miles

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At the top end of the promotion, you can buy Air Canada Aeroplan miles at the rate of 17,500 Canadian Dollars / 12,740 US Dollars / INR 10,85,000 for 950,000 points, pricing it at 1.32 US Cents / INR 1.12 per Aeroplan Mile. You can buy up to 500,000 miles to receive a 450,000-mile bonus.

Buy Air Canada Aeroplan Miles with up to 90% Bonus (Through June 5, 2025)


Buy JetBlue TrueBlue Points with up to a 125% Bonus (till June 9, 2025)

JetBlue’s True Blue is offering a sale with up to a 125% bonus on points bought. The bonus kicks in if you buy 10,000 points in one go. JetBlue allows you to purchase up to 200,000 points per calendar year, before bonuses. This promotion means you can buy a total of 450,000 points, including the bonus, for USD 6,450, translating into a price of 1.43 US cents (INR 1.21) per point. These JetBlue points can now be used for redemptions on Japan Airlines, bringing down the cost of your JAL business class flight between India and Japan to just INR 71,000 + taxes. Read this post if you want more details.

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Buy JetBlue True Blue Points with up to a 125% Bonus (till June 9, 2025)


Hotel Points bonus sales


Buy Hilton Honors Miles with a 100% Bonus (Through May 29, 2025)

Hilton Honors is offering a 100% bonus on Hilton Honors Points purchased through May 29, 2025. In this round of points sale, you get your bonus if you buy a minimum of 5,000 points. The price of each Hilton point drops to 0.5 US cents or INR 0.42 during the sale.

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Buy Hilton Honors Points with a 100% Bonus (Through May 29, 2025)


Buy Wyndham Rewards Points with up to 50% Bonus (Through June 5, 2025)

Through June 5, 2025, Wyndham Rewards is offering a 25-50-60% bonus on points purchased when you buy at least 3,000 points in one transaction.

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The promotion allows you to purchase a maximum of 100,000 points (the maximum points you can buy in a calendar year), apart from the 50,000 points bonus that comes along. It will cost you 0.87 USD cents or INR 0.75  per Wyndham Rewards point. If you were targetted for the 60% bonus offer, your price per point could further go down to 0.81 USD cents or INR 0.70 per point. More details in this post.

Buy Wyndham Rewards Points with up to 50% Bonus (Through June 5, 2025)


Buy Choice Privileges Points with up to 30% Discount (Through June 20, 2025)

Through June 20, 2025, Choice Privileges is offering a discount of up to 30% on purchased points when you buy at least 18,000 points in one transaction. The maximum amount you can purchase this year is 180,000 points, excluding any bonuses offered. If you max out this promotion, you can purchase a total of 180,000 points for USD 1,297.80, which is a cost of USD Cents 0.72 (INR 0.61) per Choice Privileges point.

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Buy Choice Privilege Points with up to 30% Discount (Through June 20, 2025)


Buy Marriott Points with a 40% Bonus (Through July 16, 2025).

Marriott Bonvoy is offering a bonus on the purchase of Marriott Bonvoy Points until July 16, 2025. You must purchase at least 2,000 Marriott Bonvoy points in a single transaction to qualify for the promotion. The promotion is not tiered; therefore, everyone above 2,000 points receives a 40% Bonus.

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Marriott Bonvoy had also doubled its cap on the points that could be purchased in 2025. The limit was previously 50,000 points, but it has now been increased to 100,000 points. For this promotion, the limit has been increased to 150,000 points. In this case, hence, you can buy a total of 210,000 points for USD 1,875 (INR 1,60,000), making the per point cost of purchase at US Cent 0.89 (INR 0.76). More details in this post here.

Buy Marriott Bonvoy Points with up to 40% Bonus (Through July 16, 2025)


Buy Hyatt Points with a 20% bonus on points (July 21, 2025)

Through July 21, 2025, World of Hyatt is offering a 20% bonus on points purchased when you buy at least 5,000 points in one transaction.

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Hyatt usually allows you to purchase a maximum of 55,000 points. At the top end, it costs 2.16 USD cents per World of Hyatt point after the 20% bonus is factored in. In Indian Rupees, this becomes INR 1.84 per point. Full details in this post here.

Buy World of Hyatt Points with up to a 20% Bonus (Through July 21, 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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About Ajay

Ajay Awtaney is the Founder and Editor of Live From A Lounge (LFAL), a pioneering digital platform renowned for publishing news and views about aviation, hotels, passenger experience, loyalty programs, travel trends and frequent travel tips for the Global Indian. He is considered the Indian authority on business travel, luxury travel, frequent flyer miles, loyalty credit cards and travel for Indians around the globe. Ajay is a frequent contributor and commentator on the media as well, including ET Now, BBC, CNBC TV18, NDTV, Conde Nast Traveller and many other outlets.

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