Miles and Points On Sale — September 12 2019
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 miles or points is when they are on sale.
Miles and Points On Sale — September 12 2019
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 100 percent, which is another way of reducing the cost of miles or points.
For this edition of miles and points on sale, the Hilton Honors, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, Emirates Airline Skywards, British Airways Executive Club and Choice Privileges Rewards frequent travel loyalty programs are featured.
Hilton Honors: Up to 100 Percent Bonus
Photograph ©2017 by Brian Cohen.
You can receive a bonus of 100 percent on any purchase of a minimum of 5,000 Hilton Honors points — up to a maximum limit of 160,000 Hilton Honors points for $800.00, which is $0.005 per point — but you only have until until Tuesday, October 22, 2019 to take advantage of this offer.
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Up to 50 Percent Bonus
Photograph ©2013 by Brian Cohen.
The regular price for purchasing Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles is $27.50 per 1,000 miles; but until Saturday, September 14, 2019, you can purchase up to a maximum of 60,000 points and receive a bonus of up to 50 percent — if you qualify for the “mystery” bonus — as follows, before taxes:
- Buy 10,000 to 19,000 Mileage Plan miles = 20 percent bonus = $24.60 per 1,000 miles
- Buy 20,000 to 39,000 Mileage Plan miles = 35 percent bonus = $21.90 per 1,000 miles
- Buy 40,000 to 60,000 Mileage Plan miles = 50 percent bonus = $19.71 per 1,000 miles
Emirates Airline Skywards: 25 Percent Discount
Photograph ©2015 by Brian Cohen.
As part of offering 25 days of discounts, special offers, prizes and surprises in celebration of 25 million members of the Emirates Airline Skywards frequent flier loyalty program, you can save 25 percent on the purchase of a minimum of 5,000 Emirates Skywards miles and up to a maximum total of 100,000 Emirates Skywards miles until Wednesday, October 2, 2019.
British Airways
Photograph ©2017 by Brian Cohen.
Choice Privileges Rewards: Save 30 Percent on Purchase
Photograph ©2017 by Brian Cohen.
The regular price for purchasing Choice Privileges Rewards points is $11.00 per 1,000 points; but until Tuesday, September 17, 2019, you can save 30 percent on the purchase of Choice Privileges Rewards points — up to a maximum limit of 250,000 Choice Privileges Rewards points — meaning that the price for purchasing Choice Privileges Rewards points is $7.70 per 1,000 points.
Summary
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 other. 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 am not an advocate of purchasing miles or points; but I have done so 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.
All photographs ©2012, ©2013, ©2015, and ©2017 by Brian Cohen.
