July 2025 Buy Points Promotions and Bonuses

There’s no shortage of ways to earn points and miles. From credit card welcome offers to bonus categories and shopping portals to dining programs, the list goes on and on.

Given the numerous options, travelers are often conflicted about purchasing points for their trips. After all, why purchase points when you can amass points with your everyday purchases?

This is a fair point and a solution that works for many. However, there are some instances where purchasing points and miles can make sense. We will explore each of those options later in the post, but first, let’s dive into all of the current promotions that allow you to receive a discount or bonus on your points and miles purchases.

Latest Buy Points Promotions

American Airlines AAdvantage

• Promotion: 
  • Purchase 6,000 to 24,000 miles and get a 10% discount
  • Purchase 25,000 to 79,000 miles and get a 15% discount
  • Purchase 80,000 to 104,000 miles and get a 20% discount
  • Purchase 105,000 to 149,000 miles and get a 25% discount
  • Purchase 150,000 miles and get a 35% discount (2.44 cents per mile)
• Deadline: None specified
• Programs that transfer to American: Marriott Bonvoy
• Purchase link

American Airlines AAdvantage is a well-known program, offering numerous redemption options. This sale doesn’t have an end date at this time, and it won’t make sense for most people — unless you’re redeeming your miles at a value above the costly price of buying them. We value AA miles at 1.4 cents apiece, so buying at 2.44 cents is best avoided in most circumstances.

British Airways Avios

• Promotion: 
  • Purchase 2,000 to 200,000 and get a 40% bonus (1.64 cents per Avios)
• Deadline: July 23, 2025
• Programs that transfer to British Airways: Amex Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, Capital One Miles, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Wells Fargo Rewards
• Purchase link

We value British Airways Avios at 1.25 cents each, which means you’re paying more than the average value of Avios with this sale. Thus, you should only consider purchasing Avios if you have a very high-value redemption in mind or just need a few more Avios for an upcoming award ticket.

Choice Privileges

• Promotion: 
  • Buy 1,000 to 5,000 points without a discount
  • Buy 6,000 to 9,000 points with a 30% discount
  • Buy 10,000 to 17,000 points with a 35% discount
  • Buy 18,000+ points with a 40% discount (0.62 cents each)
• Deadline: August 25, 2025
• Programs that transfer to Choice: Amex Membership Rewards, Capital One Miles, Citi ThankYou Rewards, Wells Fargo Rewards
• Purchase link

At Upgraded Points, we value Choice Privileges points at 0.6 cents per point. Thus, this 40% discount means you’re buying points at a price just above their typical value. That said, it’s certainly possible to get more than 0.62 cents per point in value, depending on how you redeem Choice Privileges points. 

Copa Airlines ConnectMiles

• Promotion: 
  • Buy 1,000 to 4,000 miles without a bonus
  • Buy 5,000 to 14,000 miles to get a 50% bonus
  • Buy 15,000 to 29,000 miles to get a 70% bonus
  • Buy 30,000+ miles to get a 100% bonus (1.5 cents each)
• Deadline: July 31, 2025
• Programs that transfer to Copa: Marriott Bonvoy
• Purchase link

This matches the best price we’ve ever seen to purchase miles from Copa Airlines. There are some great ways to redeem miles with ConnectMiles, and one of the advantages of this program is that it still has a fixed award chart, meaning there’s no guesswork required to know how many miles you need for a flight — assuming award seats are available.

Garuda Indonesia GarudaMiles

• Promotion: 
  • Buy 1,000 to 4,000 miles without a bonus
  • Buy 5,000 to 250,000 miles with a 50% bonus (1.075 cents each)
• Deadline: July 31, 2025
• Programs that transfer to Garuda: None
• Purchase link

This sale is technically a mystery bonus, and the highest offer we’re seeing is a 50% bonus to drop the per-mile price to 1.075 cents — matching the best price we’ve ever seen from Garuda. There are some great ways to redeem GarudaMiles, though earning GarudaMiles isn’t very easy in the U.S., due to a lack of transfer partners. If you’re interested in the airline’s acclaimed first class, buying miles here could be a good way to get a seat.

Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles

• Promotion: 
  • Buy 1,000 to 2,000 miles without a bonus
  • Buy 3,000 to 9,000 miles with a 30% bonus
  • Buy 10,000 to 19,000 miles with a 40% bonus
  • Buy 20,000 to 100,000 miles with a 50% bonus (1.87 cents each)
• Deadline: August 16, 2025
• Programs that transfer to Hawaiian: Marriott Bonvoy
• Purchase link

We value HawaiianMiles at 0.9 cents apiece. Buying miles at more than double that value (1.87 cents each) doesn’t make sense in most situations.

Hilton Honors

• Promotion: 
  • Purchase 5,000+ points and get an 100% bonus (0.5 cents per point)
• Deadline: July 24, 2025
• Programs that transfer to Hilton: Amex Membership Rewards and Bilt Rewards
• Purchase link

We value Hilton Honors points at 0.5 cents per point, so this is a good opportunity to stock up on points at that valuation if you’re planning to make a redemption that offers higher value than the purchase price.

JetBlue TrueBlue

• Promotion:
  • Purchase 3,000+ points and get a 125% bonus (1.43 cents per point) or a 55% discount (1.45 cents per point)
• Deadline: August 11, 2025
• Programs that transfer to JetBlue: Amex Membership Rewards, Capital One Miles, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Citi ThankYou Rewards
• Purchase link

We value JetBlue TrueBlue points at 1.3 cents per point, so this is a promotion worth passing on unless you’re able to redeem them for a value higher than 1.43 or 1.45 cents per point.

Lufthansa Miles & More

• Promotion: 
  • XS bundle: 4,500 miles for $110 (2.44 cents per mile)
  • Small bundle: 15,000 miles for $300 (2 cents per mile)
  • Medium bundle: 75,000 miles for $1,180 (1.57 cents per mile)
  • Large bundle: 150,000 miles for $2,070 (1.38 cents per mile)
• Deadline: N/A
• Programs that transfer to Lufthansa: N/A
• Purchase link

We value Miles & More miles at 1.3 cents apiece. If you purchase the Large bundle with a 50% bonus, you can buy miles for just above that number, which might make sense.

However, this sale also makes sense if you view it as a discounted method of accessing premium redemptions through Miles & More. Booking Lufthansa first class with points and miles is an aspirational maneuver that isn’t as easy as it sounds.

Southwest Rapid Rewards

• Promotion: 
  • Buy 3,000 to 60,000 points, get a 50% discount (1.5 cents per point)
• Deadline: July 22, 2025
• Programs that transfer to Southwest: Bilt Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Marriott Bonvoy
• Purchase link

Even with a discount of 50%, this promotion isn’t necessarily enough to make it a great deal. Because the cost to purchase points is more expensive than the redemption value — and the purchase price is above our valuation of Southwest points at 1.3 cents each — you’ll want to keep point purchases to a minimum when dealing with Rapid Rewards.

United MileagePlus [Targeted]

• Promotion: 
  • You may be targeted to score up to a 30% discount:
    • Buy 1,000 without a discount
    • Buy 2,000 to 6,000 miles with no bonus
    • Buy 7,000 to 200,000 miles, receive a 30% discount (2.63 cents per mile)
  • You may be targeted to score up to a 60% bonus:
    • Buy 1,000 to 4,000 miles with no bonus
    • Buy 5,000 to 19,000 miles, receive a 40% bonus
    • Buy 20,000 to 125,000 miles, receive a 60% bonus (2.35 cents per mile)
• Deadline: December 31, 2025
• Programs that transfer to United: Chase Ultimate Rewards, Bilt Rewards, and Marriott Bonvoy
• Purchase link

If you were to max out this promotion with the best offer, which is the 60% bonus, instead of purchasing miles for the usual 3.5 cents per mile, you’d get them for 2.35 cents apiece. However, note that this price is still significantly more expensive than our valuation of United miles at 1.2 cents apiece — and significantly more than typical United sales offering miles for 1.88 cents apiece. Check out the best uses of United miles to help you see if purchasing can make sense in your situation.

World of Hyatt [Targeted]

• Promotion: 
  • Purchase 3,000+ points and receive a 20% discount (2.17 cents per point)
• Deadline: July 26, 2025
• Programs that transfer to Hyatt: Chase Ultimate Rewards and Bilt Rewards
• Purchase link

We value World of Hyatt points at 1.5 cents apiece, though it’s often possible to get more value than that. That said, the price of points during this sale is higher than our valuation. However, this new purchase promotion allows you to buy Hyatt points at a fairly reasonable rate.

Wyndham Rewards

• Promotion: 
  • Purchase 3,000+ points and receive up to a 60% bonus (0.81 cents per point)
• Deadline: August 6, 2025
• Programs that transfer to Wyndham: Capital One miles and Citi ThankYou Rewards
• Purchase link

This Wyndham promotion lets you buy points for less than their average value, assuming you have the 50% or 60% bonus. This is a targeted offer, and only those with a Wyndham credit card will find the 60% bonus, while other members may see 40% or 50% offers. A bonus of at least 50% lets you buy points below their average value of 0.9 cents in our estimates, and you can unlock some great redemptions using Wyndham points.

When Should You Purchase Points?

As promised, let’s examine some examples of when it might be wise to purchase points and miles.

Topping Off Your Account

It can be frustrating to have a redemption you’d like to make, with available award space to boot, but you don’t have quite enough points or miles to make the booking. Of course, you could wait until you do, but if you’re looking to book a business or first class award ticket, award space can vanish quickly.

In cases like these, it can make sense to purchase a small number of points to acquire the number of points or miles needed to book the award.

Price Arbitrage

We frequently discuss the opportunity to take advantage of price arbitrage when talking about purchasing points or miles.

For instance, say you’d like to fly from the U.S. to Europe in business class. You pull up Google Flights, pop in your desired destination and travel date, and the results reveal that the best nonstop option is an American Airlines flight that costs a whopping $2,500 — yikes.

While the best award redemptions require locating award space at the saver level, assuming it is available on the date you’d like to travel, you could purchase the points needed for this ticket for far less. For example, you could purchase 58,000 American Airlines miles for just over $1,400 — more than $1,000 less than the retail price.

Bottom Line:

Simply put, purchasing points and miles can be a great way to get a substantial discount on flights you were planning to purchase anyway.

Preventing Points From Expiring

One of the annoyances of some loyalty programs is that their points or miles expire after a set period, usually 1 to 3 years. Depending on your travel habits, you may be at risk of your points expiring if you go long periods without earning or redeeming points within the program.

Fortunately, most programs count purchasing points as a qualifying earn activity, allowing you to extend the life of your miles simply by purchasing a small number of them.

Final Thoughts

In most cases, your primary points strategy should be earning them through new credit card welcome bonuses, everyday card spending, and other point-earning activities like shopping portals, as these activities shouldn’t require a significant expense beyond your everyday spending habits.

That said, there is a time and a place when it can make sense to purchase points and miles. In those cases, promotions that allow you to receive a discount or bonus miles on your purchase can offer you even more value.

Of course, you should always run the numbers when deciding which path makes the most sense for your next redemption, but it is always great to have options.