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If you’re in the ever-growing group of travelers who are choosing to book vacation rentals over hotels, it’s important you realize that you don’t have to pass up on earning miles and points just because your chosen accommodation isn’t part of a major corporation.
Sometimes it may take a bit of effort to maximize your earnings, but the earning opportunities are still there. You just have to know where to look.
Which Airlines Partner With Airbnb?
At the time of writing, just 4 airlines partner with Airbnb but I plan to keep this blog post updated as more airline partners are added so it may be a good idea to bookmark this page for future reference.
Airbnb’s Airline Partners:
Click on a link to be taken to the appropriate airline/Airbnb information
ANA
Earning on Airbnb Stays
ANA Mileage Club members in Japan can earn miles through bookings made with Airbnb and in-depth details of the partnership can be found via ANA’s dedicated Airbnb page.
Mileage Club members will earn 1 mile for every ¥200 spent with Airbnb, and first time Airbnb users can earn double miles and get a ¥3,000 discount on their first booking.
The promotion for new Airbnb users is for reservations completed by 31 December 2024, but this date is far from set in stone as ANA has extended this deal several times (dating back to 2021) so there’s every chance that it will be extended again.
Note: only bookings made directly through the ANA Airbnb page will earn miles.
Earning for renting out your property
At the time of writing, there are no publicly available ANA Mileage Club offers for new hosts on Airbnb.
British Airways/Avios
Earning on Airbnb Stays
Using the dedicated page British Airways has set up for its partnership with Airbnb, Airbnb users can earn 2 Avios per £1/€1/$1 spent with Airbnb (does not include taxes or fees).
At the time of writing, there is no ‘new user’ bonus available.
Earning for renting out your property
A the time of writing, the British Airways Airbnb page doesn’t show any offers for landlords but if you’re based in the US, you can earn 2.4% cash back through topcashback.com.
Currently, topCashback.co.uk doesn’t appear to offer a similar cash back deal for UK-based customers.
Delta Air Lines
Earning on Airbnb Stays
Using the dedicated page Delta has set up for its partnership with Airbnb, Delta SkyMiles members can earn 1 Mile per $1 spent with Airbnb.
Historically, Delta has been known to offer bonuses to SkyMiles members making their first booking through Airbnb (the last bonus I remember seeing was for 1,000 points with a minimum booking requirement of $150 or foreign equivalent) but, right now there doesn’t seem to be a welcome offer in place.
There’s no minimum spend required to earn SkyMiles through Airbnb but be aware that miles will be awarded on the cost of the rental less taxes and fees. It’s also important to note that only bookings made via Delta’s Airbnb page will earn SkyMiles.
Earning for renting out your property
At the time of writing, there is no publicly available SkyMiles offer for new hosts on Airbnb but as mentioned earlier, US-based landlords can earn 2.4% cash back through topcashback.com.
Qantas
Earning on Airbnb Stays
Qantas has a dedicated page where you can earn points for Airbnb and hotel stays and the airline offers 1 Qantas Point per AU$1 spent through Airbnb.
500 bonus Qantas Points will also be awarded to Qantas Frequent Flyer members who make their first Airbnb booking via the Qantas Airbnb site.
Should your Airbnb rental not be charged in Australian dollars the Australian dollar equivalent amount will be calculated by Airbnb using an exchange rate at the end of the month following your stay.
Per the terms and conditions set out by Qantas, “QFF Members will earn 1 Qantas Point per A$1 value on the total amount you paid to Airbnb, provided that you booked on qantas.com/airbnb and were currently logged into your QFF membership account or provided your Qantas Frequent Flyer membership number during the booking process“.
This appears to suggest that the total cost of a booking (including fees and taxes) will earn Qantas Points.
Earning for renting out your property
Historically, Qantas has offered bonuses of up to 20,000 bonus points to Qantas Frequent Flyer members who sign up as a new Airbnb host and list their first property in Australia but, at the time of writing, there are no publicly available bonuses for hosting.
Be careful
Whenever you’re given the option to earn miles and points for a product or a service by using a dedicated portal, you should always be careful to check that the price of that product or service isn’t being inflated to cover the cost of the miles and points being issued.
Always check the cost of Airbnb rentals without going through an airline portal and then compare the prices to the ones being displayed after you click through the portal.
If there’s no difference, you’re free to earn whatever miles and points are on offer. If there’s a price discrepancy, however, make sure that whatever your loyalty earnings are outweigh the added cost (I willing to wager that they won’t!)
Use the right credit card
Bookings made through Airbnb should code as ‘travel’ bookings when they’re paid using a credit card and that means that as well as the miles and points discussed above, someone using a credit card that offers a bonus for spending in the ‘travel’ category, can boost their earnings even further.
We suggest the following (terms apply):
- Chase Sapphire Reserve® (review) – 3 points/dollar on most travel spending
- Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card (review) – 3 points/dollar on most business travel spending
- American Express® Green Card – 3 points/dollar on most travel spending
- Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card (review) – 3 points/dollar on most travel spending
Given that the points earned by the Chase Sapphire Reserve® card, the Ink Business Preferred® credit card and the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card can be converted to several airline programs in a 1:1 ratio, those cards would help someone booking an Airbnb property through an airline portal to, effectively, earn two airline currencies in one transaction.
Note: All information about the American Express® Green Card has been collected independently by Traveling For Miles. The American Express® Green Card is not currently available through Traveling For Miles.
Bottom line
At the time of writing, four airlines offer members of their loyalty/rewards programs the opportunity to earn miles or points on Airbnb booking made through their portals.
If you’re planning on using Airbnb, this could be an easy and economical way to top up an account, but make sure (a) you’re not overpaying for the miles or points you’re earning and (b) that there isn’t a more rewarding cash back offer elsewhere.
If you notice Airbnb adding more airline partners before I do, let me know in the comments and I’ll update this page.
