This post is a roundup of promotional offers for buying airline miles/points. Limited-time airline mileage sales will be updated in this post.
Whether it is worth buying, and whether you should buy, is up to your own judgment!
Avianca (AV) - LifeMiles
A mileage-selling machine in Star Alliance. Each account can purchase up to 200,000 miles per year.
[11/10/2020-]
Official purchase link: Click here
- Buy 1,000-50,000 miles and receive a 150% bonus
- Buy 51,000-100,000 miles and receive a 175% bonus
- Buy 101,000-200,000 miles and receive a 200% bonus
For example, if you buy 200,000 miles, you would receive a total of 600,000 miles for $6,600, which works out to 1.1 C/P.
Cashback Portals and Credit Cards for Buying Miles
To maximize the value when buying miles, we should use a cashback portal or pay with a credit card that offers a bonus.
Most airline and hotel points sales are processed through Points.com. Generally speaking, these three cashback portals often have better payout rates: RebatesMe, 55haitao and TopCashback (TCB). However, before each purchase, it is still a good idea to compare rates on CashbackMonitor, and then check out with a credit card that offers an online shopping bonus category (data points welcome).
If you have not registered for RebatesMe, 55haitao, or TopCashback (TCB), feel free to use our referral links below. After signing up and meeting the requirements, you can get some rewards, and it also helps support the work of this site:
A small number of airlines sell miles directly on their own websites, such as Avianca LifeMiles. In that case, you can use a card with a travel bonus category to buy miles (CSP, CSR, Citi Preimier, Citi Prestige, AMEX Platinum, etc.).
Of course, if you are working on a minimum spending requirement for a new card, using that new card to buy miles is also an option.