Miles & Points Sale

The standard way by which the various hotel rewards programs sell their currency to their members is via the sales that we see appear every couple of months (or, in the case of IHG and Hilton, every two days!). There are, however, other ways that hotel currencies are put on sale, and a less well-known method that Marriott uses to sell Bonvoy points is called 'Multiply Your Points', and in this article, we show how this works.

I can't remember having seen IHG offering members the chance to purchase more than 500,000 points in a single sale before, so that leaves me wondering if the current IHG points sale (in which members can buy up to 600,000 points) is the biggest points sale IHG has run. I'm not sure.

Finnair Plus is now running an Avios sale in which it's offering bonuses of up to 50% for Avios purchases made through 22 May 2026, but even though this the best bonus we usually see Finnair offering, this is a sale you should be avoiding.

Qatar Airways has launched a new Avios flash sale in which it's offering bonuses of up to 50% for Avios purchases made through 25 May 2026 (you have until next Monday to make your purchase).

Finnair Plus is now running an Avios sale in which it's offering discounts of up to 40% for Avios purchases made through 30 March and, as usual, you'll find that the price you'll pay per Avios varies depending on the number of Avios you buy. Unlike some other Avios sales, however, the price won't vary depending on where your Finnair Plus account is based, and for some people, there may be a good deal here.

Virgin Atlantic's has brought back the best points sale that we see it run, and that means that for the next few weeks, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members can buy points from 0.89 pence each (UK accounts) or from 1.48 cents each (US accounts).

Finnair Plus is now running an Avios sale in which it's offering bonuses of up to 50% for Avios purchases made through 5 February 2026 (THURSDAY) and you'll find that the price you're asked to pay per Avios will vary depending on how many Avios you buy.

Over the past few years, we've seen a number of airline loyalty programs introduce subscription services which allow their members to purchase miles/points at a discount on a monthly basis. Air France/KLM Flying Blue is one of the programs with a subscription service and it's called "Subscribe to Miles".

Finnair has just launched an interesting new Black Friday Avios sale which could be more useful than usual. The airline has taken one of its standard "buy Avios and get a bonus" deals and added to it an extra element - you'll earn Tier points towards elite status on top of whatever Avios you buy.

Marriott is currently running another one of its points sales and while once again this one isn't quite as good as a sale we saw earlier in the year, this one allows Marriott Bonvoy members to lock in the best deal with just a very small purchase, so this could be a good opportunity to top up an account if you're just a little shy of the points you need for your next redemption.

British Airways is running a flash sale (it ends in 5 days) in which it's selling Avios with a 40% bonus and, as usual the sale has a very simple structure. But is this a deal you should be jumping on or should you hold off?

Flying Blue is running a new mileage sale in which its offering a discount (not a bonus) of up to 45% on purchases made by mid-September. It should be noted that Flying Blue miles can also be generated by transfers from all four big US credit card programs (Membership Rewards, Ultimate Rewards, Capital One, and Citi's ThankYou program), so make sure you consider that option before diving into a purchase.

Back in October 2022, in what may have been a world-first for a major airline loyalty program, the British Airways Executive Club (as it was called then) introduced a subscription service which allows its members to buy Avios at a highly discounted rate. In this article, we take a look at what this subscription service offers.

IHG One Rewards is, again, running another another one of its points sales and this one in which members can buy up to 400,000 points at a cost of just 0.5 cents per point. This sale is running through to 17 July (no hurry to buy) and even though this deal isn't isn't anything new, for some it offers a good opportunity to top up an account at the best rate that IHG usually sells its points.

United Airlines has been selling its miles with a 100% bonus since the first week of the month but the promotion is set to be pulled at the end of today.

Hilton is back with yet another mystery points sale just a couple of weeks after the last points sale ended, so it's probably time that we stop thinking of these events as 'sales' and start thinking of the times when a sale isn't on as an aberration.

For the second month running, Alaska Airlines has launched a new mileage sale in which it's offering select Mileage Plan members a mystery maximum bonus which varies from account to account.

With the British Airways flash sale on Avios ending yesterday, Aer Lingus has now joined in the fun and launched its own sale in which it's offering a 50% bonus on most purchases. This is better than the British Airways sale which just ended and in some ways it's better than the Finnair Avios sale which is still in progress (it ends on 18 September), so this sale may be worth considering.